InsurTechTalk

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 68 Haytham Elhawary, CEO and co-founder of Kinetic, and Gilad Shai talk about Wearables, Workers' Compensation, Robotics, and inspiring Haytham's daughter to go to Mars. Chapters: 00:00 warm-up 03:20 Robotics and Ph. D. in Imperial College and Harvard Medical School 06:16 Introduction 10:22 Workers Comp 14:35 Twist, bend, data, and ML 20:45 Selli...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 66  Wendy Aarons-Corman, CEO of OWIT Global, and Barry Bablin, SVP of Actuarial Services at Farm Family Insurance, joined Gilad Shai to talk about data, bordereaux management, no-code / low-code, and more and more data. Wendy's dog made a brief appearance, and Barry's dog howled in.  Chapters: 00:24 Introductions 10:25 Data and more data 19:42 Ex...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 65  Michael Lebor joins Gilad Shai to talk about InsuranceGIG, InsurTech applications, workflows, partnerships, and winning awards. Chapters: 0:00 Hobbies - pistols and building furniture  1:09 Leaving a large insurance company for a startup 6:37 Introduction to InsuranceGIG 19:25 More than a buzz and a vision 26:47 Competition? Partnerships 29:38 Awards 3...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 67 Philip Charles-Pierre, CEO and co-founder of Semsee, joined Gilad Shai to talk about Semsee, developing technology for agents, UNC, and a new program to cover R&D interruption.  Shoutout to Michael Lebor. Chapters: 00:12 Warm-up 04:57 Building technology for insurance agents 07:25 Semsee 14:13 More tools for agents 21:31 Competition? Partnerships! 2...

Sasha Gainullin, CEO and co-founder of Battleface, joins Gilad Shai to talk about travel insurance, embedded insurance, and geo-politics that we may or may not cut out. Chapters: 0:00 Embedded Insurance 1:27 Introduction 5:21 Travel Insurance 13:41 Battleface 21:56 Battleface part 2 26:42 COVID19 33:34 Distribution of insurance 41:14 Parametric insurance 43:53 Recommendations  Signup for our angel...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 63 James Benham is a CEO, serial entrepreneur, technologist, speaker, podcast host, and pilot. James joins Gilad Shai to talk about insurance, construction, SmartCompliance, TerraClaim, and JBKnowledge. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 05:51 Insurance 09:20 Claims and subrogation 16:55 Removing silly things 26:29 Construction  30:05 Recommendation Books: The Toyota w...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 62  Raj Pofale, Founder&CEO of Claim Genius, joins Gilad Shai to talk about Damage Estimation, Computer Vision, Going Global, and Bollywood. Chapters: 0:05 Bollywood 01:12 Claim Genius 04:12 Global Presence  13:04 AI and accuracy  17:29 Adjusters? 23:19 Tips on going Global 27:11 Differentiation  30:37 A recommendation    Signup for our angel syndicati...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 61 Vivek Krishnamurthy, principal at Commerce Ventures, and Gilad Shai talk about the future of insurance, Commerce Ventures investment thesis, documentaries, and crypto. Chapters: 0:05 Documentaries  2:59 Commerce Ventures 4:45 The future of insurance 14:52 Introduction 18:21 More Insurance 20:02 Crypto 30:45 Health 34:40 Performance  43:39 Recommendation...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 60 Dan Woods, CEO of Socotra, talks with Gilad Shai about re:Think Insurance Summit that Socotra hosts at the end of January 2022. https://rethink.socotra.com/event/4bb68dfc-ceb6-4b58-ba8b-fa53fd80f048/summary Dan shares his background as a classical piano player and talks about the motivation behind Socotra, the value that a modern Insurance Core System p...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 59 Jay Weintraub is back for another holidays episode.  You can use this episode for a drinking game. The rules are very simple - take a shot of espresso (martini) every time Gilad brings up a buzzword that starts with a "C." Jay and Gilad talk about random topics and future shows that have deep roots in insurance. Next up is Manifest conference,...

Ian White, co-founder and CEO of Koffie Labs, and Gilad Shai talk about insuring a commercial fleet of trucks, underwriting data, cartography, 200 data points, climbing Mtn. Kilimanjaro, and the "K" in Koffie. Recommendation: "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767.A_People_s_History_of_the_United_States Signup for...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 57 In this episode, Alex Frommeyer and Gilad Shai talk about drums, Beam Dental, the Beam Brush, growing from a dental PPO to a full benefits suite, and Denise Rodman. Recommendation: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15796700-americanah In the time, between recording this episode and publishing it, I already listen...

Gilad Shai and Joe Emison talk about the latest M&A in the insurTech world, Lemonade's acquisition of Metromile.  You can read more about it on Lemonade's blog https://www.lemonade.com/blog/lemonade-acquires-metromile/ Watch the episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/oCfxrZyRZXA Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don't forget to subscribe: https://www.youtu...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 55 Tsvi (Chuck) Guy, Managing Director - Structured Finance at Eastgate Securities, and Gilad Shai talk about the role of the investment banker in the life cycle of a startup -- it is earlier than expected. Tsvi also elaborates on the opportunities for InsurTech startups (tech or risk) and pitfalls that should be avoided.  Tsvi shares his view on innovatio...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 54 Joe Emison joins Gilad Shai to talk about Branch Insurance, the economics of insurance companies, and InsurTech startups, and the impact of CAC on the premium. Joe shares his love for the Boston Red Sox and keeps his cool when Gilad forgets the name of the NY Yankees. Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don't forget to subsc...

Dustin Yoder, CEO, and co-founder of Sureify, and Gilad Shai talk about failures. Failures are more interesting than successes because they carry lessons. Dustin also talks about building a side hustle to fund the main hustle, the pre-ITC Life and Annuity summit, beekeeping, and a 100 lb. pet tortoise.  Recommendation: The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Co...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Jake Sloan, Global Industry Manager Insurance at Appian, formerly with Farmers insurance, AON, and Santander Bank, talks about Appian's Low-Code platform, Hyperautomation, and drag racing. Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don't forget to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuaq2V4L3mu4D7e9iDQy7Hw #insurtechtalk #insurte...

Liri Halperin Segal, Founder & CEO of LeO, is a serial entrepreneur and voice women leadership in tech. Liri and Gilad talk about LeO, enabling insurance agents to easily access and act on their data, NLQ, Parliament 51, empowering women, and the "Siri" of insurance. https://www.parliament51.com/ https://www.meetleo.com/ Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don...

Sabine VanderLinden, The Queen of InsurTech, CEO and Managing Partner of Alchemy Crew, joins Gilad Shai to speak about The InsurTechBook, Startupbootcamp, Alchemy Crew, building companies, and new ventures. https://alchemycrew.com/ Recommendations: The invincible Company https://www.strategyzer.com/books/the-invincible-company Corporate Venturing By Heidi Mason https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...

David Tobias and Gilad Shai talk about Betterview, understanding property risk, the challenges the insurance companies face, founding a startup, and generating actionable insights from data. Betterview core and super cool computer vision and AI technology is to processes property imagery from satellites, planes, and drones and provides valuable--actionable, geospatial data. The business applicatio...

Caribou Honig, chairman and co-founder of InsureTech Connect (ITC), who is also the co-founder of Blueprint and HR Transform conferences, and a general partner at SemperVirens Venture Capital, joins Gilad Shai to talk about InsurTech, PropTech (RealEstateTech), the inseam that connects insurance and real estate, kayaking and catching crabs. #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 48 Signup for our...

Alan Ringvald and Gilad Shai talk about Relativity6 pivot to provide accurate business classification API. Relativity6 focused on policyholders LTV (churn and cross-sale) and recently shifted its mighty AI models and neural networks to answer a simple question "What is business X's NAICS classification codes?" https://www.relativity6.com/ Signup for our angel syndication: https://ww...

#InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 47 Stuart Winchester, CEO & Founder at Marble, and Gilad Shai talk about using rewards in the insurance industry, rebate laws, Marble, mass transit, and MTA. Mentions: Michael and Michael from McDermott Will & Emery Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don't forget to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuaq2V4L3mu4...

In this episode, Gilad Shai and Daniel Demetri talk about Trellis, an InsurTech startup that acts as a marketplace and follows the analogy of Plaid in the FinTech industry. In the full episode, Daniel elaborates about his hobby of aerobatics, the support from QED Investors, and tips for entrepreneurs based on building Trellis's traction. #InsurTechTalk by #InsurTechLA Episode 44 Signup for ou...

Angela Noble, VP of Innovation at EMC Insurance Group, and Gilad Shai talk about Angela's philosophy about innovation, fostering innovation at EMC Insurance, the role of her team, and culture. Talk to people (listen to people) Recognize gaps and pain points What are the Wins What are people good at What are people proud of #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Signup for our angel syndication: https...