
Profiles in Risk
The largest insurtech podcast going on 500+ episodes. This is not your grandpa's insurance industry!
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Jan 15, 2025 • 18min
Timon Gregg, Co-Founder at Strala - PIR Ep. 622
Tony chats with Timon Gregg, Co-Founder at Strala, they are a new AI TPA. They built their own Claims Management System from the ground up with the latest technology to automate a lot of the mundane work that adjusters deal with daily, creating a better customer experience and a better work experience.Timon Gregg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timon-gregg-59973a190/Strala: https://www.strala.ai/Video Version: https://youtu.be/lH6B_NMX7XI

Jan 14, 2025 • 52min
Oscar Garza, CEO of Journey Sports and President of Mexican Insurtech Association - PIR Ep. 621
Tony chats with Oscar Garza, CEO of Journey Sports and President of Mexican Insurtech Association and VP of the Latin American Insurtech Alliance about insurtch in Latin America.Oscar Garza: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oeglp/Associación Insurtech de Mexico: https://asociacioninsurtech.mx/Video Version:

Jan 8, 2025 • 17min
Oscar Martinez, Founder at Velos - PIR Ep. 620
Tony chats with Oscar Martinez, Founder of Velos, they are an AI-powered automation platform. They help operations teams automate manual processes using AI assistance with a strong focus on insurance and healthcare.Oscar Martinez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/o-am/Velos: https://tryvelos.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/P-83p9wKC28

Jan 7, 2025 • 23min
Ryan Smith, President & Principal Consultant at RLS Consulting - PIR Ep. 619
Tony chats with Ryan Smith, President & Principal Consultant at RLS Consulting, they help agents to sort through all of the complexities around cyber security to find easier ways to protect themselves and their clients. They can also train producers to learn how to talk about cyber to help clients understand their exposure.Ryan Smith: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-smith-392b6636/RLS Consulting: https://rlsconsulting.co/

Jan 6, 2025 • 30min
Mitch McCloskey, Co-Founder and CEO at Agency Go - PIR Ep. 618
Tony chats with Mitch McCloskey, Co-Founder and CEO at Agency Go, they help agencies outsource personal lines quoting to the Philipines, for both new business and renewals. You could wake up every morning with 5 bindable quotes for every renewal waiting for you and saving your staff hours to actually grow the business!Mitch McClowskey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitch-m-5217903/Video Version: https://youtu.be/SbBbzAifHwE

Dec 18, 2024 • 16min
MJ Martinez, Author of "Welcome to Insuriland" - PIR Ep. 617
Tony chats with MJ Martinez, Author of "Welcome to Insuriland". MJ took his experience in claims and his passion for the insurance industry and has started a series of children's books to help kids understand insurance. A great Christmas gift for the kids in your life!MJ Martinez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macedonio-j-martinez-iii-a644221ab/Welcome to Insuriland: https://welcometoinsuriland.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/tC5dMNikBGM

Dec 17, 2024 • 33min
Roberto Salinas, Head of Business Development at LULA - PIR Ep. 616
Tony chats with Roberto Salinas, Head of Business Development at LULA, they developed a tool called GAIL (Generative AI by LULA). Their conversational AI is meant to give time back to agents. Up to 60% of the time agents spend on the phone is spent on billing related questions that can be handled directly by GAIL. Overall, GAIL can take over all of those repetitive customer-facing tasks and give back time to the agents to focus on growing the book of business. GAIL can handle voice and text conversations.Roberto Salinas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-a-salinas/GAIL: https://www.meetgail.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/EBRGWZZq5HM

Dec 16, 2024 • 23min
Christy Barsalaou, President & CEO at QuickFacts - PIR Ep. 615
Tony chats with Christy Barsalaou, President & CEO at QuickFacts, a Canadian insurtech that aggregates all of the personal lines insurance underwriting information onto one platform. You get all the rules for all your markets at a glance.Christy Barsalou: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christy-barsalou-silvestri/QuickFacts: https://www.quickfactsinc.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/2hAHTSiGDSo

Dec 12, 2024 • 30min
Zach Gleason, Founder at Atlanta Sales - PIR Ep. 614
Tony chats with Zach Gleason, Founder at Atlanta Sales, they help independent agents and brokers coaching, training, and managing sales people. They now have their own proprietary software sales management system specifically tuned to help insurance producers get organized with their sales efforts.Zach Gleason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharygleason/Atlante Sales: https://atlantesales.com/

Dec 11, 2024 • 36min
Craig Foster, CEO and Jim Strickland, GM North America at Ondo Insurtech - PIR Ep. 613
Tony chats with Craig Foster, CEO, and Jim Strickland, GM North America at Ondo Insurtech. They are creating a world leader in claims prevention technology for home insurer, specifically water prevention. Their Leakbot detects leaks, and their network of local plumbers go out to fix the leaks before they become a large claim, all paid for by your insurer! The ROI of prevention is so good that it makes sense for the insurer to pay for the plumber.Craig Foster: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fosterc/Jim Foster: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimstrickland2/Ondo Insurtech: https://www.ondoplc.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/BRsrT2BMuG4