{"id":341821,"date":"2017-05-24T21:30:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T13:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1494982"},"modified":"2017-05-24T21:30:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T13:30:34","slug":"with-a-new-ceo-metabiota-looks-to-new-markets-for-its-epidemic-monitoring-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/with-a-new-ceo-metabiota-looks-to-new-markets-for-its-epidemic-monitoring-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"With a new CEO, Metabiota looks to new markets for its epidemic monitoring toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bill Rossi, the new chief executive officer at Metabiota<\/a>, believes that (unlikely as it seems) the insurance industry might be the key to stopping epidemic outbreaks worldwide \u2014 and that Metabiota would supply the monitoring tools to make the product work.<\/p>\n

Rossi, who quietly took the reins at the San Francisco-based company earlier in the year, said that a new product is being developed by international insurance companies alongside global financial institutions to respond to pandemic risk.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s chief executive said that the new policies will provide financing in the wake of deadly pandemics and encourage multi-national corporations and nation-states to invest in preventing the spread of disease.<\/p>\n

Metabiota launched its insurance product<\/a> last month and has been pitching its services to insurers, nations, and companies ever since. Indeed,\u00a0Metabiota is partnering with the African Risk Capacity<\/a> (ARC) agency, an agency of the \u00a0African Union<\/a>\u00a0(AU) to help nations respond to threats.<\/p>\n