InsurTechTalk

🎙️ #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...

Ron Glozman and Gilad Shai talk about Chisel AI, snowboarding, obtaining data from insurance companies, and setting up a podcast. #InsurTechTalk by #InsurTechLA Episode 45 Recommended book: Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer. Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don't forget to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuaq2V4L3mu4D7e9iDQy7Hw #insurtechtalk #insurte...

Ken Tashiro, VP of corporate development at ACORD, and Gilad Shai talk about ACORD, how standards reduce expense ratio, JSON and APIs, innovation, the ACORD Challenge, guitars, and the essence of a double hipster.  **Oh, yeah, and Bieber, not Biber.  #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 42 §  ACORD: www.acord.org §  ACORD Solutions Group: www.acordsolutions.com §  ACORD InsurTech Innovation Chal...

Rochelle Thielen, Chief Revenue Officer of HONK, an on-demand roadside assistance platform, and Gilad Shai talk about HONK's value proposition to insurance companies, partnership with Farmers Insurance, NPS, AI, Online car buying, and piloting a helicopter. #InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 41 Mentions: - Claims Genius - Trackable - AI - Save time and hustle  - Car buying (Vroom) Recomme...

Patrick (Pat) Kelahan and Gilad Shai talk about the collapse of Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida, and the insurance implications. They continue to talk about PropTech (Real-Estate Tech), the new and upcoming Blue Print conference, DailyFinTech, Pat's involvement with ventures around the globe, and the origin of the Insurance Elephant.  Signup for our angel syndication:...

InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 38 In this episode, Bryan Falchuk and Gilad Shai talk about Bryan’s new book “The Future of Insurance vol. 2.” It will be easier to send you directly to Amazon and purchase Bryan’s book because that’s what we covered in this episode.  https://www.amazon.com/Future-Insurance-Disruption-Evolution-Startups/dp/B095GS1CS1/ In volume II, Bryan brings the stories of...

Jim Albert , chairman and co-founder of Neptune Flood Insurance, and Gilad Shai talk about Neptune, podcasting, using API, the power of AI as a multiplier in the insurance industry, insurance programs and capacity, the benefit of insurance surplus products, and the challenges and opportunities in serving people a private flood insurance policy. Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurte...

In this week's episode, Gil Arazi, founder and managing partner of FinTLV Ventures, joins Gilad Shai to discuss FinTLV's fund meteoric growth, the fund's investment thesis, and playing the piano, guitar, and violin.  Among FinTLV Ventures (fintlv.com) portfolio companies, you can find: WeFox, Sweetch, Corvus, Unqork, Next Insurance, Hippo, Akinova, Sproutt, maio, and Foretellix. Sig...

#InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 35 In this episode, Michael Byrne and Gilad Shai talk about how new startups need to understand barriers to entree, how to work with regulators, understand the legal constraints, build a strategy that fits the product, capital, and territory. #InsurTech, #InsTech #InsureTech Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don't forget to subs...

#InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 34 In this episode, Bobbie Shrivastav, co-founder and CPO of Benekiva, talks with Gilad Shai about the challenge of life insurance companies to manage claims, Nigel Walsh's fitness program, female entrepreneurs Bobbie's career path, and cryptocurrency.  Mentions: Patrick Kelahan, Nigel Walsh, Rob Galbraith, Soven Shrivastav, Brent Williams #Insuranc...

In this episode, Susan Hatten, COO of BrokerTech and a senior manager at Holmes Murphy, and Gilad Shai talk about BrokerTech Venture' 5 towers, the value that Cohort 2 brings to BTV and its partners,  The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek , and "How I built it" podcast by Guy Raz. Mentions: Dan Keough, GIA, Layr, Relativity6 Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don...

#InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 32 Thomas Verduzco-Weisel, Director Central Europe for CoreLogic | Symbility and an active InsurTech evangelist and Gilad Shai come together on Thomas's Clubhouse "Insurance Innovation" https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/insurance-innovation and on this channel. Surprisingly, Gilad was the interviewee.  Topics: #Faliures, #Blockchain, #CVC, and...

#InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 31  In this episode, James Bowen, CEO and Co-Founder of Energetic Insurance, joins Gilad Shai to talk about Credit Insurance in the renewal energy industry, the gap in underwriting loans, having great investors and paper providers. Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don't forget to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuaq...

In this episode, Phillip Naples, CEO and co-founder of Layr, a digital insurance brokerage pumped up with AI and magic, talks with Gilad Shai about Layr (of London), placing the rails for insurance, the service and financial gain to brokers, growing the team and support from InsurTech savvy investors.  Signup for our angel syndication: https://www.insurtech.me/ Don't forget to subscribe: http...