Profiles in Risk

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RKXwIH-xW4 Tony chats with Steve Anderson, Co-Founder & CEO at Catalyit about how he was tapped on the shoulder by a group of state Big I associations and ended up creaitng Catalyit, which is dedicated to helping insurance agencies and brokerages to discover, evaluate, select and finally implement the technologies needed to thrive going forward....

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBK4EnZTprU Tony chats with Ryne Ring, Head of Insurance at Bunker, an insurtech turned agency who has "resurrected". Ryne Ring: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryne-ring-2418b22a/ Bunker: https://enterprise.buildbunker.com/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OjxicJ5-80 Tony chats with Beau Bratton, Founder and CEO at Ricochet360. We go a bit deep on different types of dialers work and how their software gives even small agents superpowers for their outbound sales efforts. Very interesting stuff, I had no idea that this level of sophistication was available outside of very large call centers. Beau Bratton...

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUTnza9xvy4 Tony chats with Andrew Wynn, Co-Founder at Ascend, a modern all-in one payment system built for insurance, even E&S and premium finance! Andrew Wynn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wynnandrewj/ Ascend: https://www. UseAscend.com

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG1CJxdgjFs Tony chats with Jeff Shi, long time agent and now CEO at QuoteHound, which helps agents strategically manage leads in a more effective way. Jeff Shi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffshiva/ QuoteHound: https://www.quotehound.com/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AG3FGmjhKs Tony chats with David McFarland, Founder and CEO at Coterie, an insurance manufacturer who works with both traditional and non-traditional distribution partners with a strong focus in the small commercial space. David McFarland: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmcfarland23/ Coterie: https://coterieinsurance.com/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtucmcSHlsg&t=222s Tony chats with Adam Keifer, CEO & Co-Founder at Talage, a complete digital distribution platform for small commercial insurance. Adam Keifer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamkiefer/ Talage: https:// www.talageins.com

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNIDJRdHsiE Nick chats with Laura Gregory about insurance litigation. Originally recorded for the Yellow Book Podcast but now released under the Profiles in Risk umbrella. Laura Gregory: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-gregory/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VvnG0WOrcY Tony chats with Brendan Corr of The Loss Run Pros about this weirdly inefficient part of the insurance process and how they're helping agencies get loss runs much more efficiently. Brendan Corr: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenden-corr-75a17013/ Loss Run Pros: https://www.lossrunpro.com/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I3_Z2DPVtQ Tony chats with Hugues Bertin, CEO at Digital Insurance LatAm about the Latin America Insurtech space. Hugues Bertin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bertinhugues/ Digital Insurance LatAm: https://www.digitalinsurance.lat/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLLf9pvBzOE Tony chats with Dan Woods, CEO at Socotra, the first truly modern core insurance system that is truly cloud. Socotra is used by many insurtech MGAs as their policy admin and underwriting system. I learned a lot in this conversation. Don't miss it! Dan Woods: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danwoods1/ Socotra: https://www.socotra.com/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgrFDUzgBw8 I chat with Kelly Wade and Diana DePaola at Staff Boom. They can help agencies and MGAs outsource some of your service needs. Kelly Wade: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-wade-141596157/ Diana DePaola: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-depaola-b0b3a45a/ Staff Boom: https://www.staffboom.com/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__TGVmutEbw Tony chats with Michael Pallas, Co-Founder at Flow Flood Insurance about Flood, Biggert-Waters, Flood 2.0 and what it's like to get an insurtech off of the ground. Michael Pallas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelpallas/ Flow Flood: https://flowinsurance.com/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLCbFQCIF8U&t=2s Tony chats with David Fontain, Founder and CEO at Foresight about their recent fundraising, the future of insurtech, the planned expansion of Foresight and more! David Fontain: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidfontain/ Foresight: https://getforesight.com/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGirxhfnfjc Tony chats with Patrick Zerarka, CEO at EzyTise about how they help #insurance agencies with their sales and marketing automation system. Patrick Zerarka: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickzerarka/ EzyTise: https://ezytise.com/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkeeHOI7h0c Darren Bloomfield chats with Julian Sylestro about his experience in Cyber, both insurance and response. https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianrsylvestro/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLiwVc7i_LY Tony chats with Sergey Litvinenko, Co-Founder and CEO at Koop Technologies about autonomous vehicles and how Koop can help carriers deal with this new world. Sergey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergey-from-koop/ Koop: https://www.koop.ai/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuurh-W-2aY Tony chats with Jocelyn Getson about Bindable, an insurtech and digital brokerage firm transforming the embedded and affinity insurance business Jocelyn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jocelyn-getson/ Bindable: https://bindable.com/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipgZy6pZITk I chatted with Peter MacDonald about Wunderite's mission to be the very best tool for independent agents and brokers to collaboratively fill out insurance applications (including supplementals and schedules). Created by brokers, for brokers, and a graduate of the BrokerTech accelerator. In this fun chat we talked about insurance, farm...

Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS8Qm-rFfmI Tony chats with Peter Velardi, CEO at ReferMe IQ about the importance of referrals, and most importantly how to make sure the behaviors that we know lead to referrals never get missed. Peter Velardi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/psvelardi/ ReferMe IQ: https://www.refermeiq.com/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWI1zxTT6nM Tony chats with Charles Merritt, Co-Founder and CEO at Buddy, the insurance gateway for people who build software. They give product teams and developers who are being tasked with integrating insurance APIs inside of applications which helps accelerate distribution of digital insurance products. Charles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles...

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCy85UcyFGk&t=89s Tony chats with Aaron Mikulsky, former insurance executive and operations expert about his career, his consulting company and about leadership in general. https://www.linkedin.com/in/chicagomikulsky/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBYBQpfRycY Tony chats with Andrew Jernigan, CEO at Insured Nomads about the international health insurance market and how Covid radically changed the world of nomads. Andrew Jernigan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjernigan/ Insured Nomads: https://www.insurednomads.com/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YarMk2dd6f8 Tony chats with Frank Sentner about his lifetime of experience in the insurance technology space since the late 1970s. A great conversation about the history, present and future of insurance technology in the agency space. Frank Sentner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franksentner/

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCub54WV_70 Tony chats with Dr. Hannah Farber, PhD about her book "Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding" about her fascinating book. This book will be as important for #insurance as "Against the Gods". The book: https://www.amazon.com/Underwriters-United-States-Insurance-University/dp/146966...