The Insurance Podcast

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 threat...

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 pu...

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 re...

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...

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 t...

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
• Efficien...

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 ...

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
• Understand the nuances o...

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 insurance products can adapt t...

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, nuances of class specializa...

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 from improved safety on t...

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 and their roles, premium financing ...

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 is driving losses and ho...

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

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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 the insurance industry. Sit...

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, there is a better way to m...

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 Smarty, and insurance back off...

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 forward a cause, business, c...

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 experience, and improve process...