

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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Sep 15, 2021 • 38min
PIR 250! - Hunter Pechin
Video version: https://youtu.be/to4JLFM0ZRoTony chats with Hunter Pechin about his very interesting career that went through DC and then into insurance/insurtech.Hunter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterpechin/

Aug 24, 2021 • 36min
PIR 249 - Torey Maertz, CEO of Rocket Referrals
Video Version: https://youtu.be/orWnvJBFYfgRocket Referrals does everything they possibly can to help agents to get their customers to stay longer, buy more and refer their friends. I interviewed their CEO Torey Maertz.Torey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toreym/Rocket Referrals: https://www.rocketreferrals.com/

Aug 16, 2021 • 42min
PIR 248 - Renee Bruns and Her Meteoric Career Story
Video Version: https://youtu.be/iZTBYTUWQ0IIn a very special episode of Profiles in Risk, Tony interviews his long-time girlfriend Renee Bruns about her amazing insurance career.Renee Bruns: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renee-bruns-40155414/Wheels Travel The World (Travel Blog): https://wheelstravelstheworld.com/You Can't - Stories of Overcoming (Podcast): https://www.YouCantPodcast.com (launching September 2021).

Aug 11, 2021 • 23min
PIR 247 - Emilio Figueroa, Chief Insurance Officer at Foresight
Video Version: https://youtu.be/q_VxTSwFoGwTony chats with Emilio Figueroa about Foresight, the WC Insurtech that's taking the market by storm. It all started from a Risk Management Platform with great promise in lowering WC expenses in a humane way, bringing better results for both carriers and claimants and then it grew into its own MGA all starting in the very difficult California WC space. Emilio will be speaking at InsurTech NY on Aug 26th: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/insurtech-ny-the-perennial-core-system-claims-automation-tickets-141641568745Emilio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilio-figueroa/Foresight: https://getforesight.com/

Jul 28, 2021 • 41min
PIR 246 - Dominic Lee, The Maverick Actuary and his TED Talk
Video Version: https://youtu.be/iV9UpUAi0NEDominic is a young actuary and a visionary. He gave a fantastic TED Talk about the future of the actuarial professional (and how it can be so much more): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ba5wBGeUBk&t=1s . It has now been watched 25k times which is very impressive for something so insurance specific. You should watch it! And then you should watch this great chat I had with him where we discussed what led to the TED talk, how he designed it and his career advice for other aspiring actuaries.Dominic LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-lee-acas-149b7228/Dominic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themaverickactuary/?utm_medium=copy_link

Jul 21, 2021 • 54min
PIR 245 - Career Chat with Brett McKenzie about Career Moves that Didn't Work Out
Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkzBc5zKFpYNot every career move goes according to plan, sometimes you go in the wrong direction for who you are, the important thing is learning from it and it's not the end of the world.Brett McKenzie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettashleymckenzie/Unfortunately Tony's video is very choppy on this one, but the audio is perfect. Brett's video is fine too.

Jul 13, 2021 • 32min
PIR 244 - Noreen Vergara
Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4joFdN0ZMncTony chats with Noreen Vergara about Behavioral Health and its importance in the insurance industry. I knew nothing about this side before and found it quite fascinating.Noreen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noreenkvergara/

Jul 8, 2021 • 19min
PIR 243 - Carl Moulton with All In Digital Marketing
Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAh0tKdXDlwCarl is a lifelong insurance agent with a dream to help local agencies better compete in the 21st century against direct writers with much larger budgets. For over 10 years he has been building the idea of DMCOs - Digital Marketing Co-Ops and now he's built the tools to make his ideas possible. If you're an agent you owe it to yourself to watch this short episode and then check out his excellent white paper and take a look at All In Digital Marketing, DMCO Builder and WrapMyApi.Carl Moulton: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-moulton-cpcu-clu-42352618/All In Digital Marketing: https://www.allindigitalmarketing.com/Wrap My API: https://www.wrapmyapi.com/DMCA Builder: https://www.wrapmyapi.com/

Jul 1, 2021 • 28min
PIR 242 - Matt Leiv - Senior Director at expert.ai
Video Version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB2eT9YkzgsIn Episode 242 of Profiles in Risk, Tony chats with Matt Leiv of expert.ai. We discuss how they can help insurance operations augment business operations, accelerate and scale data science capabilities and simplify AI adoption.

Jun 23, 2021 • 33min
PIR 241 - Jim Dwane, Chief Revenue Officer at Bolt Solutions
Jim spent 20 years at AIG culminating with being CEO of United Automotive Insurance Company in Florida before joining Bolt Solutions. We discussed Bolt and talked about his career. Great career advice at the end of the chat.Video version here: https://youtu.be/xSA1cQYPjTI