The Insurance Podcast

How can we keep making data a topic? By bringing in experts like Shannon Shallcross from Pinpoint Predictive who understand how the insurance industry intersects via all the data that's available. In this episode: How insurers and agents/brokers can use data together The importance of verifying the quality of your data Who should me making the decisions after reviewing data Podcast Philosophy and...

Driving data, telematics, and AI are all part of automobile black box underwriting right? Not with Driver Technologies as CEO and Co-Founder Rashid Galandaci shares his view on how to make your driving data accessible and empowered with your device. In this episode: How data should be accessible to the users who produce it Benefits of shared data to all motorists Where the sharing economy and flee...

For an industry that is tasked with provided security the insurance industry is full of uncertainty considering the future and who will be there to guide it. This episode focuses on the IBAO YBC president Dorothy Renzi and the recent conference in Niagara Falls for young brokers. In this episode: The importance and value of mentorship Why caring professions can excel as brokers Developing future l...

Insurance data often appears daunting but Elad Tsur, Co-Founder & CEO of Planck , is making insights for insurance via data accessible for everyone. This is more than another AI it's about Accessbile Intelligence that empowers insurance professionals and organizations across the industry. In this episode: Learn about how accessible insurance data insights can be How underwriting risk is going...

Eugene Lee never planned for an insurance career, now as the SVP & GM of Insurancesuite for Guidewire , he's helping shape the industry via product management and distribution. In this episode: Hear how Guidwire is looking at relationships with partners inclusively Why insurance company portals are still necessary How the move from legacy systems for insurers is important for sustainability Po...

Aly Kanji has a different vision for insurance with Insureline , one that empowers agents and brokers to grow as opposed to sell and consolidate. Aly and Steve Pieroway the VP of Marketing, sat down to talk about where they see the future of insurance sales and growth going. In this episode: What are alternative options for brokers and agents to selling? How centralized technology can float many b...

It may seem odd but educating children about insurance concepts could be a great long-term play. Meteorologist and speaker Cyrena Arnold with her illustrator Landon Goldsborough and our friend Nick Lamparelli join the show to discuss her new book, The Hurricane Story. In this episode: Learn about the Cyrena's reason for creating this series How there is an important education piece to letting chil...

If Seth Zaremba cannot convince the industry how to chance for the future is it possible? The visionary and founder of B-Atomic steps up to the mic to explain why the future for insurance agents and brokers can be bright, almost neon. In this episode: Learn about how to evaluate service based on the cost of transactions How the next insurance journey for customers will be created The power of agen...

Neuralmetrics is not trying to change this insurance industry, it is trying improve how accurate risk data can be for better underwriting. Marcus Daley, Technical Co-Founder, and Chris Shrenk, Chief Underwriting Officer share the story of how there's a lot more data available to agents, brokers, and insurers to make better quotes and policies. In this episode: Learn about how structured and unstru...

Cyber insurance is still evolving just as the threat vectors are that require insurance coverage. In his second appearance on the show Cowbell Cyber Co-founder and CEO Jack Kudale talks about how cyber insurance is adapting. In this episode: Understanding the 3D business model to evolve and adapt as a company The underwriting pillars for cyber insurance 3 questions of Podcast Philosophy The long t...

The topics were wide open when Ryan Hanley agreed to come on the show so we started near his beginning and let it run. We know Ryan is coming up to speak at IBAM soon and wanted to give the audience a preivew of who they will see and after it all, what we learned was Ryan knows how to focus through the noise. In this episode: How Ryan evolved in his career and the paths he took How to see through...

Claims and restoration is where the most policy holders determine the value of their insurance and Bill Dietz, President of Paul Davis Restoration Canada, talks about how to modernize and expand the value at a difficult time. In this episode: How to address service and expectations of insureds post CAT losses Why investing in company culture has helped attract great talent Using technology to prov...

The insurance industry has data everywhere but making it useful is a challenge. Garret Gray, President of Insurance Solutions at Core Logic has some ideas for what insurance professional need to consider when gathering data and using it. In this episode: Understanding the diverse data sources that provide insurance insights Importance of good data and how it will create value with AI How insurance...

Insurance fraud is one of the biggest drivers of expense for the industry and Joel Stephenson, Director of Digital Intelligence for Intertel , explains the new realities in a digital world. With a background in law enforcement and accident re-recreation Joe talks about fraud, how it happens and what Intertel is doing to catch fraudsters with new artificial intelligence enhanced technology to find...

The claims process is where insureds realize the value of their policy and it's not always easy. Cybersettle President and CEO Vinodh Swaminathan explains how this SaaS platform is a service that can be integrated into the claims settlement process and provide an efficient and fair experience. In this episodes learn about The financial side of claims settlement Where opportunities for enhance valu...

Tanner Hackett, CEO and Co-founder of Counterpart has some interesting perspective for insuring the entrepreneurs of small and medium-sized business. As a serial entrepreneur himself Tanner's past experience helps him and the team at Counterpart address issues that businesses really don't understand or have time to understand. In this episode: Learn about helping clients understand their risk prof...

Can Bitcoin be a financial tool for insurance policy holders? The CEO and co-founder of Meanwhile Zac Townsend believes so much in the future of Bitcoin that he's built an insurance company and product to support those who want to deal in Bitcoin. In this episode: Learn how a product was built around a new financial currency How to scale up and work with new technology and build insurance products...

As society ages and lives longer there are unique challenges which happen in that journey and Larry Nisenson, Chief Growth Offices, of Assured Allies sees the problem and the opportunity. In this episode learn about: How aging creates unique needs and opportunities for insurance What the insurance industry can do to help future liabilities The types of needs an aging population will need How insur...

If you are an agent or broker looking to dive into understanding what the best in class are doing this is your episode, because Skylar Romines knows risk. As a leading commercial realty specialist and new insurance social media sensation , Skylar has shared incredible insights about working with complex risk and clients. In this episode Skylar shares insight on prospecting and lead generation, nua...

Stefan Heck shares his perspective on AI, how it has evolved, and some of the concerns that might be unfounded. Drawing on his experience using neural networks Stefan presents ideas and concepts that could solve many problems related to the use of cars, and ultimately insurance. The results are staggering about what has been learned about changing human behaviors and how society benefits...

The insurance industry is diverse with entities that provide incredible value and in part two of the NICC interview we feature session with: CABIP & NAAIA RIMS Canada Luge Capital Southwestern Group DBRS Morningstar First Insurance Funding of Canada CAMGA Hear from leaders about DEI for insurance, risk management, funding for innovation, technology and underwriting for MGAs, rating services an...

CAT losses are top of mind for everyone within insurance, no matter what part of the industry you represent. With 2024 starting off and the CAT IQ Connect conference coming it's a great time to talk to the people who look at the losses and compile the data so we have CAT IQ CEO Laura Twidle and Director Caroline Floyd on this episode. Laura and Caroline share data on what happened in 2023 and what...

Perhaps you have seen some of the videos from the podcast studio at NICC 2023 , now it's hear all together to understand the diverse perspectives from industry leaders. In episode one we feature the following: Peter Routledge- OFSI Marc Lipman- Lloyd's Canada Laura Twidle- CAT IQ Jolee Crosby- Swiss Re Celyeste Power- IBC Greg Smith- Crawford Canada Greg McCutcheon- Opta Intelligence See Privacy P...

The end of the year is a time to reflect and the hosts Pete and Curt reflect on the events they were at- many! They discuss the year that was 2023, their most important trends, their favourite guests, technology, and episodes. 2023 was year of convergence for insurance, technology, business and the hosts explain how they see 2024 proceeding and what that might look like for many entities across th...

No one likes compliance and even less enjoy insurance compliance but Kingston Koser, from Rhoads Online explains how there is an easier way to avoid trouble. Kingston and Rhoads are trying to address the headaches that come with need for regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions and how licensing can go awry and lead to costly mistakes for agents and brokers. As Kingston will explain, th...