The Insurance Podcast

The team at IBAO puts together content for their conference like no other association and this year is no different. With Insure Talks, IBAO has the Ted Talk model nailed down in short segments on relevant information for the brokers and industry. We caught up with the speakers as they came off the floor and shared some of their thoughts about what insurance brokers and the industry needs to consi...

Conventions are back, and the biggest in Canada happens this week with IBAO 2022 featuring incredible guess including Nick Nurse, head coach of the Toronto Raptors. However, coming back in person is not easy task and Brett Boadway COO of IBAO shares her perspective on putting together the biggest insurance conference in Canada and how she and her team make it accessible and valuable to brokers, co...

Ian White, the co-founder of Koffie Insurance , didn't plan to build an insurance company but like so many he others he found his way into the industry. Now after launching Koffie, Ian sees the use of data bit differently when it comes to trucking insurance and the industry in general. Ian shares his views on underwriting and finding efficiencies and where the industry can move not just with truck...

Shawn Kanungo is not just a strategist around disruption and innovation he's a globe trotting speaker who brings passion and energy to every group and audience he meets. Shawn shares his thoughts about the pace of technology and business and how they are intersecting within the insurance sector and beyond. He provides insight into how to look at problems and the changing business landscape and off...

MGAs have become a pillar of the P&C insurance marketplace for some time now, moving way beyond the traditional niche risk placement role. CAMGA (Canadian Association of Managing General Agents)President MaryKate Townsend and Managing Director Steve Masnyk are featured in this episode to discuss how MGAs are positioned in the marketplace. Steve and MaryKate also discuss regulation and advocacy...

Jamie Peers is the VP of Business Development for Synatic and he joins Curt and Pete to discuss how they can help agents, brokers, carriers and more extract and make use of the volumes of data they have. Have you ever wondered what it can take to penetrate the walls of your BMS and what it could look like if you had access to a true CRM for your insurance experience? Jamie explains how that can ha...

This is part 2 with Adiona and Duck Creek where the two companies featuring Paul Harvey and Shreyas Vasanthkumar. In this second part Paul and Shreyas expand on how using an incumbent insurance technology leader can help a start-up grow and manage challenges as opposed to building it all yourself. It's a different take on how to leverage IP and getting to the business of providing insurance soluti...

Paul Harvey from Adiona and Shreyas Vasanthkumar from Duck Creek talk about the partnership they have formed that can accelerate growth and disruption for a new insurance start-up. This is not a standard insuretech model as the guests explain that partnership using successful and proven technology can help navigate some of the launch challenges for start-ups which overcomes the need to build every...

Insurance is all about the customer journey and experience and Jon Cooper, formerly of Life.io, is back with a new project- Overalls. John shares his vision about how the insurance distribution channel can supercharge its value and the customer experience by offering service where it has traditionally let others take over. Furthermore, Overalls does more than help with insurance challenges, it can...

Not everyone understands the need for SEMCI or Single Entry Multiple Company Integration but Zack Yurch, Head of Revenue for Semsee . Zack explains the efficiencies that come with the model and how they benefit both the carrier and insurance agent/broker sides of the insurance distribution model. Dive into where quoting and binding Nirvana can be found and the ask your company and tech partners wh...

Wysa is more than an app, it's a wellness essential. Jo Aggarwal, CEO and co-founder, is helping improve the workplace for all people. Does Wysa have an insurance purpose? Yes, and the data will only help employers, and their insurers, make a better environment. Mental health and wellbeing affects staff and workplace culture. With Wysa, employers can support staff, identify challenges, and provide...

Brothers Jackson and Jamieson Fregeau, founder of Quandri pledge to 'take the robot out of the person' with their technology for insurance agents and brokers. Curt and Pete dive into the world of robotic workers with the founders of Quandri and how those robots can lead to huge efficiencies, savings, and the ability to let people do 'people things'. Jamieson and Jackson explain how the future back...

Will Wood is the head of Life for Instanda and he joins Pete and Curt to discuss how a low code to no code digital transformation is possible for carriers, MGAs and brokers. Will shares his experience from his time at Aviva to what he and Instanda have built for both the life and P&C sectors. He even explains how it's important to know regression in KPIs is common when starting digital transfo...

Eileen Potter knows a thing or two about insurance as she has worked in all sides of through out her career. Now leading the marketing solutions for insurance at ABBYY , Eileen is helping drive process improvement for an industry that relies on processes. ABBYY is more than a data company and Eileen explains how digital transformation means more than connecting with customers in a modern way as th...

Have you ever thought about the importance of digital authenticity? Nicos Vekairides has and the company he heads up, Attestiv , is out to show in an age if digital transformation there's value to ensuring what's real and what is accurate. Using various forms of technology and AI, Attestiv can help accelerate change and drive a better customer experience for insurance consumers. See Privacy Policy...

It's not that Matthew Queen is opinionated (he is) but it's that he's asking the right questions after sharing his thoughts. In this episode Matthew talks about how captives could provide an attractive solution for digital initiatives, the underlying risk with cyber coverage should a mass event happen, and where an untapped source of data for underwriting exists. Needless to say he's got a few hot...

Charles Merritt and his buddies had a need for a specific type of insurance so they built Buddy to insure their risk seeking fun but that was only the beginning. Now they help brokers, agents and insurers deliver products and services via APIs to expand the distribution channel and where insurance can be sold. Buddy is more than a service, it's a friend to help you get to where you want to go. See...

Being difference is a good thing and Jeff Radke, co-founder and CEO of Accelerant explains how they are looking at creating a more stable experience for MGA and their clients. With a tech stack, data stack, analytics stack, combined with company and capacity Jeff and Accelerant are looking to build a better experience when it comes to selling products and building a smoother customer experience. S...

Pete and Curt look back on the year that was 2021 with top trends, thoughts about the insurance industry, news, and a look back at various episodes and guests. This freeform episode has the hosts sharing their perspectives on what they see coming for 2022 with trends and predictions about insuretech, insurance products and insurance distribution. There might even be some hints of things to come on...

Jessi Park had to do it all herself. That's not unusual but how she came to insurance and realized an opportunity is and she built a a million dollar book of business in less than a year. Jessi shares her thoughts on how to keep focussed on value to customer by explaining that sometimes what's old is new again. Her approach is not one of finding the coolest technology or strategies but focussing o...

GeoX founder and CEO Izik Lavy shares his thoughts on how combining geospatial data sets with AI can lead to better underwriting for insurers. Izik describes how underwriting results can be improved by adopting geospatial technology while also using it as a claim predictor in risk rating. However, this is not just a tool for buildings and structures but for landscape and terrain as well by predict...