Profiles in Risk

Tony chats with Gus Calderon, Co-Founder at FireWatch. They create detailed aerial maps of location and condition of all the vegation in a community. Then they break it down with GIS software and create individual defensible space maps for all the homes in the community. This is very important in California and other wildfire-prone states. They can quantify the amount of vegetation and use multi-spectral imaging which allows them to determine plant health which is VERY important for wildfire hazard.Gus Calderon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gus-calderon-a90b622b/FireWatch: https://www.firewatchteam.com/YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/YH5VrEKqAR0

Tony chats with recurring guest Bryan Falchuk, CEO at PLRB about his reinvigoration of PLRB. They are a claims advisory organization that provides a myriad of resources to claims professionals at member carriers in the US. 80% of premium in the US is handled by PLRB members and PLRB supports them in making sure the coverage is delivered correctly. They provide weather data, building codes, coverage advice, and much more that can save your carrier a ton of money. They also host fantastic claims conferences and Bryan is working on revolutionizing how everything gets delivered so that it's easier to find for the members.Bryan Falchuk: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanfalchuk/PLRB: https://www.plrb.org/YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/1HpTqXOrXm8

Tony chats with Scott Knowles, CEO & Co-Founder at Loss Scan, they help take difficult to extract data from PDFs and turn it into live data. This is especially useful for Loss Runs, giving underwriters, brokers, and MGAs the ability to easily import loss runs into their systems for proper analysis.Scott Knowles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-knowles-03998a7/Video Version: https://youtu.be/wKZ2ro9dr1o

Tony chats with Giri Laveti, CEO at Assuretrac. They help insurance agencies increase agent's happiness and cut servicing costs.Giri Laveti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giri-laveti-461b01193/Assuretrac: https://assuretrac.com/

Tony chats with Brett McKenzie, Insurance PR, Marketing, Resume, and LinkedIn Expert about her new solopreneur endeavors helping the insurance community communicate better. Don't miss out on the opportunity to have her help with your personal and professional brand!Brett McKenzie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettashleymckenzie/Video Version: https://youtu.be/AkrKL2Vgov0

Tony chats with Andrew Filar, Co-Founder at Next Call Club and CEO at Peachy Insurance. While Tony spent 10 years talking about how the captive agent model was dying, Andrew quietly proved him wrong, and blew his mind. In 9 years Andrew went from brand new out of college to CEO of the largest Allstate agent in the country, to creating his own agency, growing it from scratch to $5M in 3 years, and creating his own consulting firms to help other exclusive agencies do the same. WHAT?!?!?! If you're an agent, YOU CANNOT MISS THIS EPISODE!Andrew Filar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewfilar/Next Call Club: https://nextcallclub.com/YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/ADs7Sed53BI

Tony chats with Yaron Dycian, Chief Product and Strategy Officer at WINT Water Intelligence. They specialize in managing water in buildings which comes in through dumb pipes and is used by dumb valves and faucets. It's an unmanaged resource! Managing water is becoming a serious issue, even in the developed world. Unbelievably, about 25% of all water in a building is wasted because of death by a thousand cuts! Water damage in buildings is one of the very highest causes of property losses and WINT can radically improve that.Yaron Dycian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yarondycian/WINT Water Intelligence: https://wint.ai/Video Version: https://youtu.be/6y2qR8x--GU

Tony chats with Dave Connors, Co-Founder and CEO at DistriBind. They are curing the insurance industry of our spreadsheet addiction, a data exchange platform with a special focus on delegated authority. They provide a lot of validation, data cleansing, and most importantly validation to provide a lot of much-needed certainty.Dave Connors: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveconnorsinsurtech/DistriBind: https://www.distribind.io/YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/PX7Ep7X-Jho

Nick Lamparelli, Managing Partner of Insurance Nerds, discusses the evolution of Insurance Nerds as a platform for young insurance professionals. They explore the need for improved training programs in the insurance industry and discuss plans to create a centralized platform for richer engagement and experiences. They also discuss the value of platforms like STEAM in fostering a supportive and connected community.

Tony chats with Andrew Engler, Co-Founder and CEO at Kettle. They're aiming to be a different Kettle of fish with an incredible mission of being the biggest safety net to the world against climate change through insurance and reinsurance. They're a reinsurance MGA and a micro-reinsurer. This is one incredible episode.Andrew Engler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericandrewengler/Kettle: https://ourkettle.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/A9V53GmobtI