Profiles in Risk

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Join insurance nerds Carly, Nick and Tony as they discuss insurance careers, insurtech startups and current events in the insurance industry in their fresh and unique style. This is not your grandpa's insurance industry!

August 20, 2018
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E105 - Preview of Insurance Nerds Day (Sat. October 6 - Chicago, IL)

A half day of learning labs, a half day of TED style talks, Insurance Jeopardy hosted by Nick, it's on a Saturday and it's only $99! Insurance Nerds Day (in conjunction with The...
August 19, 2018
Insurance Nerds

E104: Preview of The Internet of Insurance Conference (Houston, TX - 09-26/27)

Now in its third year, the annual Internet of Insurance is North America’s leading forum exploring how IoT, AI, and blockchain technologies are enabling insurance carriers, rein...
August 16, 2018
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E103 - How To Create Successful MGAs/Programs With John Willemsen of Arch Re/ Watford

Join The Insurance Nerd In Chicago on October 6th for Insurance Nerds Day - go to InsuranceNerdsDay.com for more info! A few weeks ago we interviewed Michael Gay about his car...
August 13, 2018
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E102 - Software & Automation of the Insurance Backoffice with Phil Reynolds, CEO of BriteCore

Join us at Insurance Nerds Day, Saturday, October 6th in Chicago. Go to InsuranceNerdsDay.com to register! In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Phil Reynolds found...
August 06, 2018
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E101 - Marc DeLeonibus, co-Founder of Bold Penguin on Creating A Digital Commercial Marketplace

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Marc DeLeonibus from ...
August 01, 2018
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E100 - Developing Agency Excellence with David Siekman of Agency Performance Partners

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com THIS IS OUR 100th EPISODE!!! In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spok...
July 29, 2018
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E99: Luke Magnan, Insurance Technologist & co-Founder of Combined Ratio Solutions

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com Luke Magnan was introduced to me by a close friend who told me that Luke ...
July 26, 2018
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E98: Joey Giangola of Agency Nation on Agencies, Content & The Creative Process

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com Agency Nation is the voice of agents throughout the United States. They a...
July 23, 2018
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E97 - Charles Spect of Permission Group on Growing Your Agency by Getting Permission and The Broker of Record Letter

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com In this episode, I had a pleasant conversation with Charles Specht of Per...
July 19, 2018
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E96 - Reinsurance Brokers in Cars Getting Coffee with David Wright of Beach & Assoc

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com You may have heard about Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Sein...
July 16, 2018
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E95 - The Private Risk Management Association with Lisa Lyndsay and Azeema Hartley

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com The Private Risk Management Association (PRMA) is a non-profit, industry ...
July 09, 2018
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E94: Putting Insurance Expertise on the Customer's Side with Craig Tappel of HUB International

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com Craig Tappel is a customer advocate. He has been in insurance since at a...
July 02, 2018
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E93- Insurtech Investment Landscape With Chris Downer, Principal at Venture Capital Firm XL Innovate

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Chris Downer of XL Inn...
June 28, 2018
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E92 - Practice Makes Permanent With Steve Gordon of MIFB Advisory

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com Talking with Steve Gordon is inspiring. He struggled with education as a ...
June 25, 2018
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E91 - Michael Gay of Volvo Financial on MGAs & Specialty Program Business

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com Michael Gay has built a career in the program business space & MGA/MGU...
June 17, 2018
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E90: Amy Waninger - Founder of Lead At Any Level and Author of Network Beyond Bias

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com Amy Waninger fell into insurance just like many of us (she needed a job). ...
June 14, 2018
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E89 - Randy Schwantz, Author, Sales Trainer & Creator of The Wedge

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com My first experience with Randy Schwantz was at the first agency I worked a...
June 11, 2018
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E88 - The Captive Insurance Market With Van Carlson, CEO of Strategic Risk Alternatives

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com I've been enamored with captive insurance for most of my insurance career....
June 07, 2018
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E87 - Lawanda Hall On Being A Corporate Risk Manager & How To Avoid Calling Olivia Pope

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com If in any moment of crisis you need to call Olivia Pope, you are not pract...
June 04, 2018
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E86 - Rebecca Wheeling: Automating Claims Communications With Schedule It

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com It is such a pleasure when I get to speak to someone to is solving a probl...
May 30, 2018
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E85 - Full Stack Brokerage & Technology With John Prichard Jr., President of Oli Insurance Services

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com We often get questions at the Insurance Nerds Slack Channel on how one wou...
May 28, 2018
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E84 - Matteo Carbone on His Career, Insurance Innovation and His New Baby - Archimedes SPAC

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com A transcript of this broadcast has been provided below. Matteo Carbone is...
May 23, 2018
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E83 - Patrick Muscenti On Agency Production, Sales Training & Casual Fridays

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com Patrick Muscenti is the Lebron James of insurance production. He would blu...
May 21, 2018
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E82 - Extreme Agency Makeover with Kelly Donahue-Piro

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Online Adjuster Training. Go to https://iapath.com This episode was almost too much fun. Tony and I discuss all things agency with Kelly ...
May 17, 2018
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E81 - BONUS EPISODE: Conversations At Insurtech Rising in Boston 2018

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Learn to write auto, heavy truck, and other claim types with IA Path’s online trainings. Go to http://iapath.com I apologize for some ...
May 16, 2018
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E80 - Carl Moulton on Insurance Lead Generation Using DMCOs

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com In this episode of Profiles in Risk, Carl Moulton, managing partner at dat...
May 13, 2018
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E79 - Patrick West, Founder and Chief Shopping Officer of Hedge Quote

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com Pat West is NOT an acting as an agent or a broker. But he helps customers ...
May 08, 2018
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E78 - Insurtech Namaste With Jason Keck, CEO of Broker Buddha

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to iapath.com Broker Buddha helps Insurance Brokers & Agents win more business by moving the...
May 06, 2018
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E77 - Ashley Fitzsimmons - On Being The Beyonce of Insurance & Doing Deals in Heels (Sponsored by IA Path)

This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to iapath.com Recently I had the pleasure to spend a Saturday morning speaking with Ashley Fitzs...
May 02, 2018
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E76 - SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE - Conversations From The 2018 Global Insurance Symposium

Last week I was very fortunate to attend the 2018 Global Insurance Symposium in Des Moines, IA. With well over 650 attendees, this is one of the biggest insurance focused events...
April 29, 2018
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E75: Bob Frady, CEO of HazardHub on Property Risk, Fire Hydrants, The Law of Large Numbers & Stand-up Comedy

Bob Frady is not your normal CEO. Bob is CEO and co-founder of HazardHub, a company which provides a full hazard report card on your property. Fire, flood, wind, earth movement...
April 22, 2018
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E74 - Steve Evans Celebrating 20 Years of ILS and Artemis

Steve Evans is the owner of Artemis and Reinsurance News. These are the two go-to publications when it comes to ILS and reinsurance news (fitting name). Steve has been building ...
April 18, 2018
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E73 - Bill Wilson on His New Book: When Words Collide-Resolving Insurance Coverage and Claims Disputes

This is a special episode of Profiles in Risk. The audio for this episode is derived from a video webcam recording we did with Bill Wilson to announce the release of his new boo...
April 15, 2018
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E72: David Tobias, co-Founder of BetterView: On Drones, Digital Imagery & Insurtech Product/Market Fit

David Tobias understood insurance from a young age (his Dad was in insurance and David started doing inspections before he turned 20). He also had a passion for technology (he t...
April 11, 2018
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E71 - So You're Saying There's a Chance? - How Standup Can Improve Your Career With Avolyn Fisher

Avolyn Fisher caught my eye by writing an article on LinkedIn about how she tried stand-up comedy and how that training helped her in her day job as a data analyst. I was very ...
April 08, 2018
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E70: Tom Johansmeyer of PCS - Aggregating Catastrophe Data For Industry Benchmarking and ILS Parametric Index Triggering

Tom Johansmeyer is the Michael Lewis of Insurance. As the head of Verisk's PCS division, Tom is continuing the PCS tradition of aggregating insured industry losses, and taking t...
April 04, 2018
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E69 - Jeff Arnold: Insurance Monopoly; The Art of Buying & Selling Agencies

Jeff Arnold is the President of RightSure Insurance Group and the author of the book The Art of The Insurance Deal. Jeff spoke with Tony and me about how he locates, finances an...
April 02, 2018
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E68: Deidre Wright - Using Employee Diversity & Inclusion As A Company Asset

March is Women's History Month. We end March by discussing diversity in insurance with a woman who knows quite a bit about the topic. Diversity in the workplace is an asset acco...
April 01, 2018
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E68 - Deidre Wright: Using Employee Diversity & Inclusion As A Company Asset

March is Women's History Month.We end March by discussing diversity in insurance with a woman who knows quite a bit about the topic. Diversity in the workplace is an asset acco...
March 27, 2018
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E67: Patrick Schmid, VP of the RiskBlock Alliance - Developing Blockchain For The Insurance Ecosystem

Out of all the insurtech ideas sprouting in the market, I have yet to see anything that has the potential that blockchain has. In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with ...
March 25, 2018
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E66 - Garrett White of Blue Lime & Chris Prewit of IIASA on Agencies & Teaching High Schoolers Insurance

In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Garrett White, President of Blue Lime Group & Chris Prewit, co-director of the IIASA (Independent Insurance Agents of San A...
March 19, 2018
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E65 - David Milton, CEO of TelaClaims: The Only Good Claims is a Closed Claim

David Milton is the founder and CEO of TelaClaims, based in Florida. In this episode we discussed the tech advancement of claims from an old paper based system to a modern tech ...
March 11, 2018
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E64 - Lisa Miller: Regulators Are People Too

In this episode, Lisa Miller and I discuss regulators, regulations and how the insurance ecosystem can interrelate effectively with regulators. Lisa provides some advice on when...
March 04, 2018
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E63 - Chris Stanley - Creating the Next Generation of Independent Adjusters

February was Insurance Careers Month. In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Chris Stanley, someone who is literally helping people to build an insurance career. Chri...
February 27, 2018
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E62 - Cooper Cohen: International Underwriter at CNA Financial

We finish Insurance Careers Month by speaking with an up and coming insurance professional. Cooper Cohen is an International Underwriter at CNA in Chicago. We discussed how he g...
February 24, 2018
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E61 - Kyle Nakatsuji, CEO of Cleacover: On Auto Insurance and Existential Crises

In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Kyle Nakatsuji, CEO of Clearcover, an auto insurer looking to deliver the right coverage, at the right time, so you can pay les...
February 18, 2018
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E60 - Trent Cooksley: Head of Open Innovation at Markel Corp

In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I speak with Trent Cooksley who is the head of open innovation at Markel Corp. Markel is a large insuance company, with a global presence, a...
February 11, 2018
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E59 - Thomas Accardo of BrokerLift: "Disintermediate Yourself"

In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Thomas Accardo of BrokerLift. BrokerLift helps brokers & agents digitize their products and services, creating a full eComm...
February 04, 2018
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E58 - Karn Saroya of Cover - "Insurance Companies are Glaciers Carved by Rivers of Money"

In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Karn Saroya, Co-Founder and CEO of Cover, an insurtech company whose primary product is a mobile app in which you can take a ph...
January 28, 2018
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E57 - Discussing: "NEXT GEN ANALYTICS AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS: POWERING INSURTECH" Conference with Larry Pistell & Herbert Chain of St. John's University

In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Herbert Chain and Larry Pistell of the St. John's University Tobin College of Business. Herb and Larry talked about the busines...