The Insurance Podcast

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 agent's and broker's data and how they can access it
• Why there is a future for independent agents and brokers who adopt change
• Podcast philosophy

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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 unstructured data can help identify risk details
• How AI working behind the interface helps make sense of data for key risk insights
• Podcast Philosophy X2
• The nuances of building a company to accelerate the insurance industry
• How data can be accessible to more than insurers and what can be done with it
• Where 3rd party data comes from and what can be learned.

Chris and Marcus talk about why the insurance industry is right for change and how it can be data friendly for everyone.

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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 term perils of cyber threats and how insurers view risk
• Current threat vectors and what can be done in real-time to mitigate risk

Jack shares his experiences with growing and expanding a startup in one of the more difficult segments of the insurance industry and provides insight for others who are tying to evolve and address change.

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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 challenges and pursue purpose
• Why insurance still has loads of opportunity but change is afoot
• How he find topics for speaking and what audiences can expect

Enjoy this great dialogue with Ryan, some stories, transparency, honesty and incredible awareness from one of the leaders with insurance leadership!

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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 provide transparency in the restoration process
• How people are still the most important asset for a successful experience
• Podcast Philosophy

Bill's experience and understanding of the restoration industry helps provide amazing context for how the industry at large can improve it's service and deliver value during a situation neither the insureds or their insurance company want to have.

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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 companies look at tech in relation to existing business operations
• Why the industry is not taking a long term view of pricing risk
• How bias creep can influence decisions even with data
• Podcast Philosophy

Garret has an amazing history as an entrepreneur and he shares his personal experiences with the incredible resources of Core Logic to help provide context to the ongoing insurance data revolution.

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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 digital fingerprints.

In this episode:

• Learn about social media audits
• How third parties participate in insurance fraud schemes
• The indicators of where fraud might occur such as income
• The level of awareness by law enforcement of fraud
• How synthetic ID and fake policies are used for fraud

Joe has an amazing story with how he came to Intertel look at fraud and what they are doing to help the insurance industry recover billions of dollars in expenses.

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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 value exist in claims
• Efficiencies for insureds in their experience journey
• Embedded services concepts and opportunities
• How re-commerce and warranties are new settlement frontier

Vinodh shares perspectives on automation in the insurance channel and advice on migrating from a managed service model to SaaS to maximize growth potential.

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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 profiles
• Philosophy behind building a team and empowering them
• Addressing inefficiencies with insurance and finding good partners
• Presenting value and peace of mind to clients
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Insurance is never easy but Tanner explains how we can take other experiences in business and help modify insurance to distinct needs and situations so that clients are empowered to do more with their businesses.

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