Profiles in Risk

Tony chats with Colby Allen, Consultant and Financial Analyst at AgencyFocus. They are a financial consulting firm that works strictly with independent agency owners to understand the value of their agency and how to grow that value over time. They help you really understand the cash flow potential of the agency and really understand the potential buyer.Colby Allen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colbytallen/Agency Focus: https://agency-focus.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/_WWyPiWZbEA

Tony chats with the Homee team: Brandon Donatelli, Chief Revenue Officer; Jessica Marose, VP of Marketplace Strategy; and Martha Ducharme, Senior Carrier Account Manager.  Homee is leading the digitization of property claims. Their pioneering technology connects insurers, policy holders, and skilled service providers throughout the lifecycle of a claim. Their marketplace dramatically improves the claims experience for policy holders.Homee: https://www.homee.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/nol1QRo0DRg

Tony chats with Alexis Cierra Vaughn, Founder and CEO at Off Course Consulting. They help insurtech, insurance agencies, and brokerages get back on course through sales, marketing and operations strategy consulting. Alexis used to be Head of Agency Marketing at Cowbell.Alexis Cierra Vaughn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-cierra-vaughn-77573862/Off Course Consulting: https://offcourseconsulting.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/AC1MPYjfiuY

Tony chats with Todd Greenbaum, President & CEO at Input 1. They provide an end-to-end digital billing system with full customization designed especially for the weird needs of insurance carriers, agencies, and MGAs. Premium financing? 3% down and 26 payments? No problem. Regardless of how unique your billing needs are they can handle it.Todd Greenbaum: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-greenbaum-7161b0a2/Input 1: https://www.input1.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/zZNRbv4OHLE

Tony chats with Vivek Sablani, Founder and CEO at Wizard Analytics. They enable underwriters to properly digest and analyze Statements of Values (SOVs) even if they have tens of thousands of locations. They can also plug into all your data subscriptions to enhance the SOVs. This not your father's cat modeling!Vivek Sablani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vsablani/Wizard Analytics: https://sovwizard.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/02VGUZP4vUo

Tony chats with Freddy Seikaly, CEO at Honeyquote, a residential property insurance marketplace. They discuss the challenges of buying and servicing insurance policies in coastal markets, especially in Florida. The conversation explores how technology is being used to simplify the policy buying process and expand distribution strategies. They also highlight the importance of insuring secondary homes and new home purchases in Florida, particularly for high net worth customers.

Returning guest Myranda Elizabeth Joseph discusses her immense career growth since her previous appearance on the show. She shares advice for new insurance professionals and reflects on personal and professional development. The podcast also explores the challenges of conducting CBCU with young kids and landing a job at Westfield. They discuss the trajectory of becoming a territory manager in the insurance industry and the importance of building meaningful relationships with agents. Advice is given on furthering education and the value of finding the right program and study methods.

Nick interviews Nick Fekula and Josh Zier at Project Canary, a climate technology company that offers an enterprise emissions data platform to help companies identify, measure, understand, and act to reduce their emissions across their value chain. They use sophisticated software to help companies improve, report, and really understand their emissions. They also offer an environmental risk assessment.Nick Fekula: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-fekula-60516898/Josh Zier: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-zier-925ab9133/Project Canary: https://www.projectcanary.com/YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/GOkwOjzNSlg

Brian Thompson, Business Development Underwriting for North America at Descartes Underwriting, discusses parametric insurance for natural perils, customized programs for brokers and wholesalers, and commission structures in the insurance industry. They also explore the significance of reliable data sources and the recent rise in popularity of parametric insurance.

Tony chats with Alex Schmelkin, CEO and Jane Tran, COO at Sixfold, the first generative AI for insurance underwriting! They help insurance underwriters be more efficient, find more capacity and be more accurate in their jobs.Alex Schmelkin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmelkin/Jane Tran: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-tran-xyz/Sixfold: https://www.sixfold.ai/YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/aNcb00UJKDQ