Profiles in Risk

Tony chats with Daniel Laguado, Founder & CEO at Ai Risk Management Solutions, they help property owners negotiate insurance claims independently. Born out of the frustration as an independent adjuster of not having pre-loss details on the property Daniel developed a system using drones and high-quality cameras to create 3D documentation of the entire home inside, and outside, at an affordable cost.Daniel Laguado: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-laguado-5b6568187/AI Risk Management Solutions: https://www.airiskmanagementsolutions.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/lb46BOAxR70

Tony chats with Pat West, GloveBox's Carrier Relations Leader. Pat is an insurtech veteran who gives us an update on what's going on at GloveBox.Pat West: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pat-west-977501102/GloveBox: https://glovebox.appFirst PIR Episode with GloveBox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LoiFTv6B8sOriginal Episode with Pat West: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp3Z5Z6_uaEVideo Version: https://youtu.be/d4XQC_3HGrM

Tony chats with Jim Schubert, CEO at Southern States Insurance and Headmaster at Agents Growth Academy. Jim runs a second-generation family agency in Georgia which is very unique in the way they hire and retain their people. My team has recruited for SSI for about 18 months so I've personally seen how well it works and that's why I invited him on the show. He also runs the Agents Growth Academy podcast to help other agents grow. A great conversation about insurance agencies with an agency recently featured on the cover of Rough Notes!Jim Schubert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schubertjim/Southern States Insurance: https://southernstatesinsurance.com/Agents Growth Academy: https://agentsgrowthacademy.com/Rough Notes Feature: https://roughnotes.com/the-friends-and-family-plan/

Tony chats with Richard Look and Marcus Cudd of Insurance Media Exchange IMX. A great discussion about marketing in the insurance world.Richard Look: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlook/Marcus Cudd: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcuscudd/Insurance Media Exchange: https://insurancemediaexchange.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/okYMTqkL3k4

Tony chats with Josh Levine, Founder & CEO at Cake & Arrow. They are an experienced design and product innovation firm that works exclusively with the insurance industry. They partner with carriers, distributors, and service providers to leverage human-centered design and strategy throughout all stages of the product life-cycle. A great conversation about the importance of design!Josh Levine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshplevine/Cake & Arrow: https://cakeandarrow.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/Nybjpm3RzHs

Tony chats with Vishal Rohra, CEO at Kay.AI. They are on a mission to save thousands of hours from agency-side insurance professionals by building AI Coworkers that work with your people helping you grow your book of business. Their AI Coworkers can work with your existing system whether it's EZ Lynx, Applied, Vertafore, or any carrier portal without any need for APIs or integration. The AI Coworker can reason through tasks following your example.Vishal Rohra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishalrohra1/Kay: https://www.Kay.AiVideo Version: https://youtu.be/PtatVH-rD54

Tony chats with Timo Loescher, VP of Strategy at DMI. We have a GREAT conversation about the insurance talent crisis and how technology might help.Timo Loescher: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timoloescher/Video Version: https://youtu.be/VOjJpXaEfHY

Tony chats with Mike Mensch, Co-Founder and CEO at Agency Brokerage Consultants. They are a merger and acquisition advisor to independent agencies.Mike Mensch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmensch/Agency Brokerage Consultants: https://www.agencybrokerage.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/8kqiHyHvJkE

Tony chats with Michael Fiedel, Co-Founder and COO at PolicyFly, a specialty insurance focused policy management platform that is specifically distribution enabled unlike policy management systems of the past that were more back office enabled. It's fully capable of providing a fully digital experience for both underwriters and agents/brokers.Michael Fiedel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfiedel/PolicyFly: https://www.policyfly.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/_k1lJrsdkB8

I chat with Sean Merat, Founder & CEO at Owl.co. They utilize advanced models in order to provide deterministic indications for insurance carriers to make really accurate claims decisions as quickly as possible. They are one of the leading claims intelligence tools and are now serving 14 of the top 20 carriers in North America.Sean Merat: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanmerat/Owl.co: https://www.owl.coVideo Version: https://youtu.be/GKXAr8Mx75E