

Profiles in Risk
Insurance Nerds
The largest insurtech podcast going on 700+ episodes. This is not your grandpa's insurance industry!
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Nov 10, 2025 • 30min
Chak Kolli, CTO at Magile Software - PIR Ep. 763
Tony chats with Chak Kolli, PhD, CTO at Magile Software. Insurance companies are struggling to understand the risks of AI and Magile Software is here to help them understand and manage that risk better. A fascinating conversation you cannot miss!Chak Kolli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chak-kolli/Magile Software: https://www.linkedin.com/company/magile-software/Video Version: https://youtu.be/XT0q6dkFT6Q

Nov 6, 2025 • 44min
Tim Lovett, Head of Enterprise Division at Blitz - PIR Ep. 762
Tony chats with Tim Lovett, Head of Enterprise Division at Blitz, they are a new fully digital API-enabled commercial lines E&S carrier that can service the entire distribution ecosystem from direct, to retailers, to wholesalers.Tim Lovett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timlovett/Blitz: https://www.blitzinsurance.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/5ttJvASdaJ0

Nov 5, 2025 • 28min
Mel Faxon, Co-Founder & COO at Hey Mirza - PIR Ep. 761
Tony chats with Mel Faxon, Co-Founder & COO at Hey Mirza, they are basically Turbotax for government benefits. Her Mirza is focused on helping lower income people connect with the variety of programs they might qualify for, from their home, in their native language.Mel Faxon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-faxon/Hey Mirza: https://heymirza.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/dg3rZFa-cW4

Nov 4, 2025 • 14min
Rich Benci, CEO at Omega Benefits - PIR Ep. 760
Tony chats with Rich Benci, CEO at Omega Benefits, they help HR teams communicate benefit information to their employees, a task more complicated than I ever expected.Rich Benci: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbenci/Omega Benefits: https://omegabenefits.net/Video Version: https://youtu.be/iFskLfY1Z0g

Nov 3, 2025 • 45min
Nakita Devlin, CEO & Founder at Ric - PIR Ep. 759
Tony chats with Nakita Devlin, CEO & Founder at Ric, the first parametric catastrophe product focused on the employee benefit market! Their parametric managing general agent will host micro parametric products with the first one being a parametric flood product for rain across the US. The plan is for this to be the first of many climate parametric products offered as an employee benefit. A very interesting concept and a conversation you shouldn't miss!Nakita Devlin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nakita-devlin-38155916/Video Version: https://youtu.be/tYxf7MTEhfo

Oct 31, 2025 • 25min
Paul Prendergast, Co-Founder and CEO at Kayna - PIR Ep. 752
Tony chats with Paul Prendergast, Co-Founder and CEO at Kayna, they make it easy for vertical SAAS company to do embedded insurance.Paul Prendergast: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulincork/Kayna: https://www.kayna.io/Video Version: https://youtu.be/_OYgTHmXE7I

Oct 31, 2025 • 26min
Frano Sain, CEO at Hero Response - PIR Ep. 758
Tony chats with Frano Sain, CEO at Hero Response, they offer a unique monitoring system that improves profitability and lowers waster on all water related claims. It saves the contractors from having to go back every day to see if the equipment has finished drying the loss.Frano Sain: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franosain/Hero Response: https://heroresponse.com/homeVideo Version: https://youtu.be/dhwqFws83ls

Oct 31, 2025 • 18min
Mitch Matthews, Success Coach and Creator of the DREAM THINK DO Podcast - PIR Ep. 757
Tony chats with Mitch Matthews, Success Coach and Creator of the DREAM THINK DO Podcast.Mitch Matthews: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchmatthews/Video Version: https://youtu.be/bRZWIj77y_M

Oct 31, 2025 • 41min
Peter Teresi, Co-Founder & CEO at Certificial - PIR Ep. 756
Tony chats with Peter Teresi, Co-Founder & CEO at Certificial, they are a network that sits between insurance and all other verticals focused on the certificate of insurance process from a PDF (that often needs to be made multiple times and only proves the policy was active at the time it got made) to a living document that is a truly smart Certificate of Insurance.Peter Teresi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete/Certificial: https://www.certificial.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/FEaZ2H5NfsA

Oct 31, 2025 • 27min
Emma Corcoran, Strategic Facilitator, Women's Leadership Champion & Consultant - Ep. 750
Tony chats with Emma Corcoran, Strategic Facilitator, Women's Leadership Champion & Consultant. We talk about her career in insurance and her work now as an independent consultant.Emma Corcoran: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-corcoran-1b851022/Video Version: https://youtu.be/N_-V_-BJHnU


