Profiles in Risk

Insurance Nerds
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Oct 31, 2025 • 31min

Santoash Rajaram, Founder at Stitch Studio - PIR Ep. 743

Tony chats with Santoash Rajaram, Founder at Stitch Studio, they are building an insurance specific AI platform making AI agents. They believe that in order for AI to be adaptable to insurance organizations have to be able to embed them in the existing value chain of what’s happening in the organization already. And you need to create an infrastructure that allows agents to be rooted in the insurance knowledge and the organizational knowledge.Santoash Rajaram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srajara/Stitch Studio: https://stitchstudio.ai/Video Version: https://youtu.be/O1eyE7JjhIo
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Oct 31, 2025 • 15min

Rose Hall - PIR Ep. 745

Tony chats with Rose Hall about her fantastic career in insurance and innovation.Rose Hall: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rose-hall-pe/Video Version: https://youtu.be/qnLiXvowv2g
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Oct 31, 2025 • 41min

Arlind Mucaj - Ep. 741

Tony chats with Arlind Mucaj, AVP CDO Exchange & Partnerships at Verisk, Chief Experience Officer at Insurtech Hartford about his career and what they're building at Insurtech Hartford.Arlind Mucaj: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arlind-mucaj-mba-scaled-agile-black-belt-831b03b/Video Version: https://youtu.be/4qcRDSYVIwI
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Oct 31, 2025 • 25min

Lars Helgeson, Founder and CEO at Easy Aftercare - PIR Ep. 739

Tony chats with Lars Helgeson, Founder and CEO at Easy Aftercare, they have applied CRM technology to radically improve patient compliance through a series curated personalized text messages and videos leading to 30% better outcomes and 40% reduction in unneeded calls back to the providers office. An amazing example of how existing technology can be reimagined in new and innovative ways!Lars Helgerson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larshelgeson/Easy Aftercare: https://www.easyaftercare.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/i8qliK-9mTE
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Oct 31, 2025 • 31min

Matan Slaghter, CEO at Armadillo - PIR Ep. 737

Tony chats with Matan Slaghter, CEO at Armadillo, the first tech enabled home warranty program. Matan originally talked about Armadillo on Ep. 251 and now returns to give us an update and make an announcement of some unique improvements they have made to their offerings.Matan Slagter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matan-slagter/Armadillo: https://www.armadillo.one/PIR Ep. 251: https://youtu.be/O0o3XPTyOC0?si=X051N_PCORHliowtVidero Version: https://youtu.be/QaiOsi3NmHw
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Oct 31, 2025 • 26min

Patrick Girouard, Founder and CEO at District Cover - PIR Ep. 738

Tony chats with Patrick Girouard, Founder and CEO at District Cover, they are a small business insurance platform solely focused on broadening insurance access within cities and especially areas where traditional carriers have shied away or struggled to serve. They underwrite at a block by block or even business by business level of granularity allowing them to be much more accurate without needing to use credit. A very interesting approach and conversation!Patrick Girouard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-girouard-84842934/District Cover: https://www.districtcover.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/vt5QVRlrUbc
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Oct 31, 2025 • 23min

Scott Thompson - PIR Ep. 740

Tony chats with Scott Thompson, long-time insurance recruiter. We chat about the insurance industry past and present, especially when it comes to the recruiting environment.Scott Thompson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottthompsontn/Video Version: https://youtu.be/I_SKhJBQ8ZQ
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Sep 11, 2025 • 27min

Alicia Burke, Director of Portfolio and Product Development at The CAS Institute - PIR Ep. 736

Tony chats with  Alicia Burke, Director of Portfolio and Product Development at The CAS Institute, we chat about ICAS a wholly owned subsidiary of the Casualty Actuarial Society that offers analytics professionals and their employers the opportunity to certify skills specifically as applied to property and casualty insurance. Their Certified Specialist in Predictive Analytics (CSPA) and the International Society of Catastrophe Managers (ISCM) designations are hands-on and in partnership with The Institutes. A great conversation about continuing education on the analytics side of the industry.Alicia Burque: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciaburke/The CAS Institute:  https://thecasinstitute.org/Video Version: https://youtu.be/hRKkfqejYDw
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Sep 10, 2025 • 33min

Luis Ricci Maia, Co-Founder and COO at Trag - Ep. 735

Tony chats Luis Ricci Maia, Co-Founder and COO at Trag, they are a Brazilian insurtech helping their clients understand climate risk they're facing in agriculture and help mitigate that risk through parametric and weather derivatives. Brazil is the largest exporter of crops in the world and only 10% of those crops have any insurance, so this is massive opportunity.Luis Ricci Maia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luisriccimaia/Trag: https://www.trag.agr.br/Video Version: https://youtu.be/kO9aVMSH6O4
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Sep 9, 2025 • 26min

Kerry Macca - Women in Insurance Initiative - PIR Ep. 734

Tony chats with Kerry Macca about the Kerry Macca - Women in Insurance Initiative and their live event at the RISE Leadership Summit.Kerry Macca: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrymacca/Women in Insurance Initiative: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-insurance-initiative/posts/?feedView=allVideo Version: https://youtu.be/bsDpdPt2JUo

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