InsurTechTalk

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 80 Roger Peverelli and Gilad Shai talk about DIA Munich, conferences, building connections, InsurTech startups, and the Amsterdam canals.  Chapters: 00:12 Warm-up 05:11 DIA 09:24 Oktoberfest 16:36 Conversations  20:50 ESG 30:30 Investments 34:40 Future plans 37:42 A recommendation Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don't forge...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 79 In this episode, Frank Giaoui and Gilad Shai talk about Optimalex, a Legal Predictive Analytics company. Chapters: 0:18 Having two Ph. D. 4:33 Optimalex 7:11 The product 14:12 KPIs 20:40 Legal Predictive Analytics 26:09 A recommendation Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don't forget to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/ch...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 78 In this episode, Alex (Fro) Frommeyer, the CEO of Beam, returns to the InsurTechTalk podcast to talk about Beam's expansion. In 2022, Fro and his team moved beyond dental and smart toothbrushes, and today, Beam is a benefits provider. Chapters: 00:18 Warm-up 03:00 2022 05:10 Benefits 10:01 Wellness  13:17 The Customers 14:40 The Great American Walk...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 77 In this episode, the musician and former children (Israeli) TV star, Ifty Kerzner talks about Kissterra, MarketingOS, insurance CAC and the powerful impact of marketing as a core system. Chapters: 00:15 Wake up 03:55 How to pronounce Ifty? 06:47 A radio and TV star 13:25 Kissterra 20:10 Telematics 23:38 Let's talk numbers 28:03 Supporting startups...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 76 Mark Scafaro, CEO of Afficiency, joins Gilad Shai to talk about Afficiency, Life insurance, building trust and traction for a SaaS platform and providing Whole Life insurance quotes via API.  Chapters: 00:15 Sailing  01:52 Afficiency 07:50 Mark 12:13 Enabling the sale of insurance 14:50 The chicken or the egg 17:19 Partners 21:28 Whole life 27:10 Future...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 75 🎉🎉 In this episode, Adam Kiefer, CEO and co-founder of Talage, and Gilad Shai talk about Talage's role as the insurance quotes submission system, partnering with the Agency Management System, benchmarks, and business intelligence insights. Chapters: 00:11 Strava and riding a bike 02:33 Talage 11:01 Introduction to Adam Kiefer 14:39 Shout out to M...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 74 Amit Nisenbaum, CEO of Ahoy! and Gilad Shai talk about Ahoy!'s product, niches products, crewmates, and the love to the sea. Chapters: 00:10 warm-up 03:02 Introduction to Ahoy! 04:05 Insurance 09:30 Claims and Preventive insurance 18:23 Customer Acquisition Cost 21:10 Recommendation Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don&ap...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 73 In this episode, Justin Kahn, the CEO and Co-Founder of Reepher, joins Gilad Shai to talk about covering cannabis DUI expenses.  As medical cannabis and other THC products consumption increase, so does driving under the influence. The financial and social impact on a person that is being accused of a cannabis DUI is very high and Reepher comes to mitiga...

Paul Tyler and Gilad Shai talk about RetirementTech, SeniorCare, and The Medicarians conference coming up next week (June 6-8) in the MGM Grand, Las Vegas.  Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don't forget to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuaq2V4L3mu4D7e9iDQy7Hw #insurtechtalk #insurtech #insuretech #instech #insurance #innovation #mga #startup #ventureca...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 71 Rashid Galadanci, CEO and Founder of Driver, talks with Gilad Shai about Driver's dashcam app, the AI "behind the lens," and working with insurance companies. Chapters: 00:12 Music 02:53 Driver Technologies 06:42 Zebras 09:39 Dashcams 12:57 Insurance  19:59 Building a team of many talents 26:18 Intro: Rashid Galadanci 32:00 Recommendation...

🎙️ #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 70 In episode 70 of InsurTechTalk, Jeff Shi and Gilad Shai talk about random topics that impact the insurance world. Chapters: 0:12 Poker 7:14 Introduction 14:20 Podcast 20:31 Distribution  24:38 Funds 39:07 Recommendation Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don't forget to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuaq2V4L3m...

Let's talk about reinsurance and the cede. In this episode, Ben Rose, the president and co-founder of Supercede, joins Gilad Shai to talk about Supercede, the challenge in the reinsurance market. Ben also provides us with some orientation about the reinsurance world. Chapters: 00:12 Introduction 03:21 Insurance 11:06 Supercede 15:10 Glossary  23:36 Supercede II 30:51 Supercede III 36:58 Recom...

🎙️ #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...