The Insurance Podcast

Insuretech Connect presented so much about data and it's future and in episode 2 we show case initiatives and how they will use data to shape the industry. Hear from Instanda CEO Tim Hardcastle, GPT interface pioneers Indemn , claims settlement automation Itel, risk evaluation with Neural Metrics , jewelry tech insurer Brite Co, pain management innovators Amelio Health , property data service Smar...

Whether it is insurance or other industries that manage regulation, advocacy is a key pillar for success. Long time friend of the Podcast, George Hodgson- former CEO of the Insurance Brokers Association of Alberta , shares thoughts and advice for effective advocacy via politics, industry, and business. Insurance is an incredible ecosystem for advocacy because there are so many opportunities to for...

Insuretech Connect is arguably the biggest insurance event every year and for once the attendees almost all expected the same theme, generative AI, and the conference delivered. In the first of 2 episodes profiling the event hear from Lexis Nexis, Planck, Carpe Data, Equisoft, Akur8, Clara Analytics, and John Hancock discuss how they are using data to drive a better user experience, customer exper...

It's not often when insurance podcasters get together but the results are usually awesome. Theresa Blissing who is with  The Asia Insuretech Podcast  and  Insuretech Amplified  stops by to share her insights on co-authoring The Future of Insurance Volume 4: Asia Rising. Theresa shares perspectives and stories about insurance, Asia, insuretech, and how the industry addresses cul...

Opinion are like... Well that's true, and when you get 6 of us sitting around talking distribution challenges with insurance there are more than a few opinions. We sat down at the IBAO Convention to talk about the state of insurance sales, technology, processes and portals with the guys from the Digital Insurance Pint. We shared personal perspectives and experiences along with our expectations of...

Drew Aldrich is not your normal insurance person- he grew up wanting to get into finance and banking and discovered that insurance is awesome! As the founder and managing partner of Viewpoint Drew has built an organization that brings insurance people together to help them grow and prosper. Drew shares his perspectives on the history and growth with insuretechs, the difference in how Venture Capit...

Greg Purdy, CEO of Rival IT , knows how the industry works and what it needs to move forward. He's leading the transformation of a legacy insurance software company to challenge the establishment and provide solutions that have long been asked for but rarely followed through. Greg speaks to his background in legacy systems, to starting new projects and the evolution of data and what that means to...

Sometimes what's old becomes new again, or said another way we can learn from the past to help with the future. Jessica Embree from Tulip Media Group shares her perspective and success stories by repurposing past successful marketing strategies with a modern twist. As a certified Storybranding expert, Jessica shares the how the value of telling stories can help insurance professionals with client...

There are many conferences with around insurance and technology but two stand out- Insuretech Connect and this one- Amplify powered by Trufla. Friend of the podcast and general great guy Sherif Gemayel drops in to talk the tech trends that are happening across the industry and what to expect at Amplify next week. He shares a few nuggets of wisdom along with a few bombs too (as usual). Dive into th...

Data is everything in the changing insurance world and that can be scary but Lars Boeing, Insurance Practice Lead at Capgemini Invent explains how using 5 simple buckets can help insurance entities manage their data. Lars shares his experiences with companies large and small and how they are creating personalized experiences that lead to better results around growth and efficiencies which is somet...

The off road vehicle customization market is an $800 million industry that enthusiasts pump into their toys. Enthusiasts like David deJesus, the co-founder and CEO of Tredder saw an opportunity and now at about 155 days old they have a product to market that few companies want to look at. David explains some of the things they have had to address as an insurance start-up and how they look at techn...

Data management with insurance is a challenge at the best of times and Sarah Sutton, Chief Marketing Officer for Send Technology shares how their connected workbench drives change and results. Sarah shares how often Send hears from companies about inefficient submissions and the time needed to make sense of data for accurate underwriting and premiums. Send's software addresses the challenges so ma...

We came across this episode's guest, Alyssa Keyes, by chance as her compelling and troubling LinkedIn post came up in our feed. Alyssa and the brokerage she works for know all to well where the attention is focussed by many national insurance companies- consolidators and aggregators. It's easy work for the business development reps- get scale quickly, meet your targets and relax. That's partially...

Technology is never easy to understand and just as the industry starts embracing RPA it gets even crazier when we through AI into the mix. This is not a ChatGPT play, this was recorded long before the AI craze took over with CEO and Co-Founder of Roots Automation who explained how intelligence turns RPA into digital co-workers. It's the next evolution of technological help and instead of mono-line...

Steve Reffit, the Head of Agency for Branch Insurance , came into insurance the old-fashioned way- unexpected but found a purpose in his journey. Now with Branch, Steve is helping bring back insurance to its core roots of the premiums of the many helping the losses of a few through building community. Branch is not simply another options for agents as brokers as much as it provides resources that...

Data Exchange has long been a pot of gold at the end of rainbow for insurance brokers but Tom Reid from IBAC's Technology team explains what the Data Exchange Connect Alliance is about and why IBAC with other partners have put out white papers to industry to drive change. There's more to APIs and efficiency than underlying technology, they are the route forward to changing the workflows and proces...

Innovation is critical for any organization but for insurance companies it has to be more than a strategic item right now. Tracy Riley, the SVP and Chief Digital Officer of Wawanesa explains how this company has evolved through innovation and where it wants to go. Tracy's experience within insurance is diverse starting in an age long before technology took over and moving to underwriting, then tim...

As the VP of Customer Solutions for Plymouth Rock, and an insurance industry veteran, Howard Goldberg has seen a few things in his career. With the customer experience being driven by many external factors and expectations Howard shares some lessons and insight into how the insurance distribution channel can find and build a better experience for customers with technology, interaction, content and...

As the insurance industry looks to consolidate commercial products, Nick Kidd, CEO and co-founder of Quotey explains how the future can really work with commercial quoting in real-time. Quotey helps brokers combine the benefits from all contracted partners to provide a standardized quote form, rating and policy comparison and tracing. What's also different is that the broker has access to their da...

Like all years it's time to look back before we look forward and your hosts Curt and Pete go through the year in insurance that was 2022. They each share their top 3 trends of 2022, favourite insuretech idea, and biggest challenge (or in Pete's case peeve) for the industry. Along with that they debut a new segment, Bound or Declined, where they talk about things that they believe are trending up v...

With the industry dealing with more extreme weather events causing losses insureds need new solutions and products. Peter Lacovara, head of commercial, from Cloud 2 Street shares his thoughts on parametric flood solutions and how data mapping and AI is can help manage the needs of new insurance products. Peter dives deep on how data can be used for disaster assistance after one happens and what ri...

AI is changing business quickly but what about understanding customers and how they relate to your business? Erin Kelly, CEO & co-founder of Advanced Symbolics Inc joins the show to talk about gaining market insights using artificial intelligence. Using the AI entity she helped design and build called Polly, Erin explains how insurance brokers and agents can gain market insights from customers...

The NICC is arguably the most important insurance event in the country and this year we had the honor of being involved with our sponsor First Insurance Funding of Canada to not only host and moderate a panel on talent attraction and retention but chat with industry leaders about the state of the industry and where it's heading. In this episode you can hear from Louis Gagnon- Intact, Paul Croft- A...

Rebranding is never easy but when it's driven by the need to grow with purpose it becomes harder. Shelley Willick, President and CEO of SMI, Sandbox Mutual Insurance shares the journey and how the name becomes part of the company philosophy and purpose. Learn about how Sandbox determined what their purpose and goals for the future are and how they rebuilt the brand to match the longterm vision of...

A week ago everyone was nursing the effects of an epic hospitality night and after party from the IBAO Conference 2022. However, before that a lot went down including insurer town halls, the CEO panel, and of course the dynamic trade show. We caught up with all of it and placed the best here to give you insight from vendors, companies and CAA Insurance Group President Matthew Turak. See Privacy Po...