Working Through Risks

Innovations in managing agricultural risks. 

Michael McCord inventor of microinsurance which now covers over 500 million people around  the world. Michael shares his story about the invention of this in Uganda, and his insights into the innovation needed to make this a valuable and sustainable risk management solution for billions of lower income people around the world. This is both a valuable interview for people wanting to innovate in ins...

Former CEO of AM Best who led the Innovation Criteria Assessment for insurers explains why this important and how it can be accomplished. 

 This week, I'm speaking with one of Steven' Haase's chief collaborators, Stan Golanski, who was an executive with the insurance company that created and underwrote this new technology risk, which would later become known as cyber insurance. So Stan has led numerous insurance organizations such as AIG's New Hampshire Insurance Company, XL Specialty, Intercargo Corporation, and...

In this episode I speak with Steven Haase, the broker who helped to create cyberinsurance . We discuss how innovation occurs in insurance from a broker's perspective, and new ideas for innovations.  

 So today on Working Through Risk, we're continuing to look at how innovation occurs in insurance to help solve some of society's emerging risk. And we'll focus, as we like to do from time to time, on some risk that many insurance professionals may consider to be uninsurable. I think at the end of this, we'll hopefully have a better understanding of the drivers of innovation an...