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In this episode of Falling Into It, we meet Eyad Kabbani, a 26-year-old assistant vice president who works in the Cyber and E&O Center of Excellence at Marsh. A graduate of the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University, Kabbani studied risk management and insurance and earned a Council Foundation scholarship after his internship at Johnson, Kendall & Johnson in 2017. We di...

Guiding the Healthcare System: A Q&A with former U.S. HHS Secretaries Alex Azar and Donna Shalala

In this episode we talk with Lori Bailey, Chief Insurance Office at Corvus. With over 20 years of experience in cyber liability, Bailey shares her thoughts on the evolution of cyber risk and whether coverage has kept up. We also talk about the lack of historical data for cyber underwriting and how that's being addressed, as well as where the market is headed.

Karl Olson, vice president, professional management liability practice leader at Burns & Wilcox, talks about how healthcare organizations have managed this balancing act and what new risks may emerge as a result of COVID.

As one may suspect, the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the labor-intensive agriculture industry particularly hard. But as Denise Brown and Rick Harrison from InterWest Insurance Services explain, how your Ag clients fare during coronavirus, and how they handle risk, will depend on many factors.

In this episode of our podcast series with U.S.-based insurer, Nationwide, we meet the company’s vice president of cyber insurance, Catherine Rudow, and its senior vice president and chief information security officer, Todd Lukens. Together, we explore the dynamics of ransomware, cyber entry points that businesses of all sizes should be aware of, the evolution of the threat actor, and how the publ...

Amrit David works with management teams, private equity firms and alternative capital providers across a variety of transactions in the insurance brokerage space. We check in with him periodically on M&A and sat down recently to discuss brokerage IPOs, the use of SPACs, and other recent trends in brokerage transactions. Click for the podcast.

Hagerty, a global automotive enthusiast brand and classic car insurer, recently announced plans to merge with SPAC, Aldel Financial. The deal, which is valued at $3.13 billion, according to reports, will allow Hagerty to go public and trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HGTY. We spoke with Fred Turcotte, Hagerty CFO, to discuss the recent merger, where Hagerty plans to gro...

AXA XL’s Bob Peretti, Chief Distribution Officer, Americas, shares how his team is approaching broker relationships in the face of multifaceted risk, a constantly changing M&A landscape, and the ongoing pandemic

In this episode of Falling Into It, we meet Eleanor Ko, a 29-year-old account manager at Woodruff Sawyer. A graduate from Seattle University with a degree in business administration and management, Ko shares what she wished she had learned in college about the insurance industry, her passion for learning new skills, and what it’s like juggling her professional and personal life, while working from...

This episode marks the beginning of a series of interviews with subject matter experts from U.S.-based insurer Nationwide. In this episode we meet Ben Davis, a loss control manager with Nationwide’s loss control services team. Davis helps us better understand business continuity plan development (including the important difference between business continuity planning, disaster recovery, and contin...

Tune in to hear Gabby Taveras, co-founder of Equal Pay Group, a D&I consulting firm, on why now is the time to close the wage gap. Taveras also shares how to educate organizations on integrating inclusivity and equity into business decisions, hiring practices and retention strategies.

We discuss what UnitedHealthcare is doing to address healthcare disparities and access to care, as well as the effectiveness of wellness programs and the future of telehealth.

Business leaders are looking for answers to what they see as unsustainable practices in our healthcare system. Shawn Gremminger, director of health policy at the Purchaser Business Group on Health, which supports public and private purchasers of healthcare, discusses the issues critical to their members. These include market consolidation of health systems, drug pricing reform, value-based payment...

This is part 2 of our conversation with AXA XL’s Maria Duhart, Head of the Commercial Bonds, Political Risk, and Credit & Bond Practice, and Stuart Barrowcliff, Vice President & Senior Underwriter of AXA XL’s Political Risk, Credit & Bond team in the Americas. Here we turn to Covid-19 and the effects on the political risk and commercial bond markets. And we talk about AXA XL’s work in...

In this episode of Falling Into It, we meet Ilana Shackelford, a 32-year-old account coordinator on the executive risk team at ABD, who hopes to manage her own book of business one day, while continuing to effect change in the industry.

This episode marks the beginning of a series of interviews with subject matter experts from global insurer and reinsurer AXA XL. In this episode we meet Maria Duhart, head of the company’s commercial bonds, political risk and credit and bond practice. Joining her is Stuart Barrowcliff, vice president and senior underwriter of AXA XL’s political risk credit and bond division. They discuss the impac...

In this episode of Falling Into It, we meet Isaac Lintz, a 28-year-old new to the brokerage scene whose pursuit of a career in insurance was fueled by his experience as a college athlete. Lintz, who played wide receiver for the University of Northern Iowa, spent several years in sales oriented roles following graduation, only to find his true passion in insurance brokerage in December 2019. Here,...

Ramnath Balasubramanian is a senior partner at McKinsey focused on insurance and private equity. He works extensively with insurers, brokerages, private equity sponsors and portfolio companies on a range of topics including strategy, digital and analytics transformations, and distribution. Matthew Scally is a McKinsey partner serving private equity clients on engagements including the development...

Q&A with Andy Mathisen, Co-Founder and CMO, GloveBox. The 31-year-old talks about the company he co-founded, jumping into the commercial insurance space and what it was like growing up in a family full of insurance agents. Falling Into It is a new, limited-series podcast focused on young professionals in the insurance and risk management industries.

Talks 5-year forecast on the global economy, U.S. politics, technology, cyber and healthcare.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner and a current Pfizer board member, shares his thoughts on the COVID-19 vaccine distribution and supply successes and challenges, potential drug pricing legislation, and the future of the ACA. At the center of the conversation? The employer role.

Falling Into It: Drew Taylor talks about his passion for insurance and shares what factors he believes will impact the future of the brokerage cannabis industry. Falling Into It is a new, limited-series podcast focused on young professionals in the insurance and risk management industries.

Falling Into It: Young Talent Speaks A 26 year old underwriter shares how she started off in insurance.

The Council’s Joel Wood and Republican political consultant Mike Murphy reconnect post-election to discuss presidential politics (“I got my differences on issues, but this is a competent team”), the Georgia runoffs (“it'd be a sign of divine intervention if they (Ds) ever win this thing”), prospects of a COVID relief package (“we're fighting World War II cost-wise right now, with a massive deficit...