The Nassau Reimagine Podcast

This week we welcome Christian Heiden , founder of Levo International , which is an international social impact organization that leverages innovations in the food security space to create a more sustainable and equitable food system. Our conversation is rooted in innovation through the lens of ESG and urban farming. Levo combines hydroponic farming, community-supported agriculture, and family-bas...

Join the Re/Imagine team, Barney's faculty, graduate students, and leading thinkers in the sector to explore how technology, science, and entrepreneurship will shape risk management in the future.  In the fourth episode in the Risk & Innovation Series, we conceptualize the insurance industry in the year 2030. How seamless will the consumer purchasing process be? Are there such things as non-embedd...

In this limited series, we will explore the frontiers of risk and innovation. Join the Re/Imagine team, Barney's faculty, graduate students, and leading thinkers in the sector to explore how technology, science, and entrepreneurship will shape risk management in the future. The new emerging risk management environment introduces many new business practices such as "smart contracts"; the use of alt...

In this limited series, we will explore the frontiers of risk and innovation. Join the Re/Imagine team, Barney's faculty, graduate students, and leading thinkers in the sector to explore how technology, science, and entrepreneurship will shape risk management in the future.  Today, many emerging and systemic risks are becoming uninsurable.   Examples include climate change, cyber security, and sup...

Join the Re/Imagine team, Barney's faculty, graduate students, and leading thinkers in the sector to explore how technology, science, and entrepreneurship will shape risk management in the future.  In this week's episode, we explore and discuss the emergence of ESG (environment, social, and governance) investment and operating strategies. ESG has evolved into a cultural context for management, dem...

In this episode, Wendy Hipsky, Head of Sales, Healthee, Jackie Bamman, Chief People Officer, and Gillian Maccarone, Human Resources Administrative Manager, Nassau Financial Group,   discuss how AI aids in solving the health insurance and wellness puzzle for employers and employees.   Seeking information regarding your health coverage can be difficult. Healthee empowers employees by providing a sea...

James Benham joins us to discuss his rules for success. In case you don't James, we would describe as serial entrepreneur, CEO of JBKnowledge, TerraClaim and Smart Compliance. You may also know him as the host of the ConTech Crew or The Insuretech Geek Podcast with our friend Rob Galbraith. Today he shares with us his rules for successfully bootstrapping an Insurtech startup without taking VC mone...

Some people say that life insurance one of the noblest gifts for others. A person who purchases a policy usually won't benefit it from it – but their surviving spouse and children will. Everyone in the insurance industry wants the policy to be in force when it's really necessary. Unfortunately, the person who purchased the policy may let the policy lapse – sometimes intentionally and other times n...

Quickly licensing and appointing agents remains a pain point for the insurance industry. Remaining compliant with all state requirements presents agencies and carriers with significant risk. Robby Allen , VP of Sales at AgentSync explains how AgentSync solves both problems. Learn about the history of the company and get an inside look at how the company successfully navigated our company's procure...

Trevor Gary , Founder & CEO,  Micruity joined hosts Paul Tyler  and  Laura Dinan Haber in this week's episode of  Nassau Re/Imagine 's Innovation Hour. The episode is chocked full of insight into pensionizing the 401k plan and what might be the one tip that could save founders from shutting off the lights early.   👂full episode: https://imagine.nfg.com/podcasts/ #retiretech   #competitiveadvantag...

What do you do when your plans are disrupted by the pandemic? You shift to plan B! Join us in this throwback episode of Re/Imagine's Innovation Hour featuring Susan Winkler, Vice President & Executive Director of Connecticut Insurance & Financial Services (CTIFS). In this episode, Susan dives into panel discussion questions that she planned to ask in London, with a slight twist! Paul and Laura tac...

Join us for another throw-back episode featuring Tom and Paul Sheridan, Co-founders and Principles of Eclaro. In this episode, we learn about sourcing global talent during the pandemic as well as how Eclaro helps solve the needs of startups and what they're doing in the community by sitting on their acorn and assisting other startups in climbing their trees.  Tune in to hear the passion that twins...

In this throwback episode of Re/Imagine's Innovation Hour, Laura and Paul talk with Hannah Adeyema about the importance of the mental health and physical resilience of entrepreneurs. Connect with Hannah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nofisat/   Connect with Nassau Re/Imagine:  https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/nassau-reimagine/ Nassau Re/Imagine Incubator Program:  https://imagine.nfg.com Re/Imagine...

On November 15, 2021 Nassau Re/Imagine hosted InsurTech Israel and members of eight startups. The group traveled from Israel to meet with leaders in the insurance ecosystem in New York City, Stamford, CT, Des Moines, IA, and in our home of Hartford, CT - the insurance capital of the world.  At this event, we warmly welcomed our visitors and enjoyed hearing from each of them - every product and ide...

In this episode, Laura Dinan Haber and Paul Tyler are joined by Ellen Last, Principal, Design Experience, and Maura Rucker, Senior Director, Experience, Slalom.  As design technicians, Ellen and Maura curate awesome experiences that help solve human problems while helping companies tackle their most ambitious projects and build new capabilities. Willingness to design better for the customer is at...

In this episode, Laura and Paul are joined by Shamir Joseph, a consultant to people and organizations who want to bring the Design Thinking mindset to cultures and organizations across the globe.  For those who are new to the mindset, we dive into the basics and where understanding begins. For those who are well versed, we explore different exercises and cross-industry examples. By the time you've...

Marci Lobel-Esrig,  Founder, CEO & General Counsel , SilverBills joins the podcast to share insight into the financial exploitation and theft that many older adults face. Much of the time from family members or trusted individuals. SilverBills harnesses the power of technology to benefit clients, helping clients age with dignity and security.  Instead of being inundated by bills, having to remembe...

Guest podcast spotlight: "The Insurtech Leadership Podcast" In this episode, Paul Tyler, Chief Marketing Officer, Nassau Financial Group, a 5-year old company driving innovation and new partnerships in the heart of the Insurance capital Hartford. Nassau Re/Imagine (Nassau's incubator) was designed to bring insurtech to Hartford and create a positive economic impact. Nassau is focused on reshaping...

Spencer Barclay, Founder, and CEO, Savology, joins the podcast to share insight into planning your money, the modern way. Savology opens the door for millions of new people to access the proven benefits of creating a financial plan for their future. In just 5 minutes, users can build free financial plans and get personalized recommendations to improve their personal finances. It is cited that 58%...

William Littlefield, President & Chief Technology Officer at Wizest, joins the show to talk about his role in helping to build a next-generation investment trading platform that democratizes access to financial expertise. Wizest was recently featured in Forbes as a better solution to the problems posed by Robinhood. We also cover synergies between Olympic training and what it takes to be an entrep...

Enabling people to save today for their future selves is more important than ever. In this episode, we are joined by Eugeny Prudchyenko, CEO and Co-Founder of EvoShare, a FinTech startup that is revolutionizing the savings landscape by unlocking the power of everyday spending to fuel savings. EvoShare enables clients to accumulate cashback while going about their daily spending. It can be used to...

To effectively communicate, you need to connect with people where they're at, in a way that's going to move them emotionally to simply want to pay attention to you. And that's where the story comes into play. Patrick McGloin , Vice President, Gaffney Bennett Public Relations , and Rory McGloin ,  Founder & President, RPM Communication Consulting  join Laura Dinan Haber and Paul Tyler to talk about...

Alternative data is an industry that is growing about 40% year over year. A landscape consisting of multiple data sets. Imagine the power one can yield when one embraces and harnesses the use of alternative data.  Justin Zhen Co-Founder, Thinknum , joins Paul and Laura to explore how to outsmart competitors using available information on the web.  The use cases are endless from hedge funds to vent...

In the next few years, we will see an exponential increase in the number of Baby Boomers retiring from the workforce. One question on the mind of millions is whether or not they will have enough money to retire, and retire in the way they've always imagined. And how do you know what the magic amount is?  Rhian Horgan , Founder & CEO joins Laura  Dinan Haber and Paul  Tyler to discuss how Silvur (o...

In this episode, Tim Bonacci , CEO of Luma Financial Technologies joins us to discuss the use of technology in the acceleration of the advisory journey.   Listen to learn how Tim and his team are working to improve and change the industry.   Connect with Tim Bonacci: Website: https://lumafintech.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-bonacci-74620814/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lumafi...