Profiles in Risk

 In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Valerie Geogantas and Ernest Hursh of Slice Labs. Slice is one of the original "insurtechs". Well known for its on-demand coverage for home & ride sharing, Slice has continued to evolve. Slice Insurance Cloud Services helps, carriers, program admins & MGAs get products to market faster, digitally. CONNECT WITH:Valerie Georgantas - https://www.linkedin.com/in/valeriegeorgantas/ Ernest Hursh -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ernesthursh/ Slice Labs - https://slice.is/ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:HubSpot - https://www.hubspot.com/ BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY:Valerie - Books by Malcolm Gladwell: https://amzn.to/2P6Ayqk Ernest - Digital @ Scale: https://amzn.to/2DWFOf0                Foreign Affairs: https://amzn.to/2DY0JxY                The Republic by Which For Stands:  https://amzn.to/2r2Pv2K SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: https://goo.gl/5K4X3QGoogle Play: https://goo.gl/WMAvW4iTunes: https://goo.gl/7SqwvP Overcast: https://goo.gl/8b4cbD Spotify: https://goo.gl/niAbGN  Stitcher: https://goo.gl/DmE7MiYouTube: https://goo.gl/1Turar 

In this episode of Profiles in Risk, you can meet Carey Anne Nadeau, who will be a guest host of Profiles in Risk indefinitely. We talked about the overwhelming amount of municipal data being captured, ODN's mission for that data and how the insurance ecosystem can use that data and insight. Big Data has come to insurance, the data has arrived!CONNECT WITH CAREY ANNE NADEAU: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carey-anne-nadeau-9a15a37/ ODN - https://www.odnsure.com/ MENTIONED:Rush (Greatest band of all time?) - https://amzn.to/2ToM7MU BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY CAREY ANNE: The Economy of Cities by Jane Jacobs - https://amzn.to/2DKNrov SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: https://goo.gl/5K4X3QGoogle Play: https://goo.gl/WMAvW4iTunes: https://goo.gl/7SqwvP Overcast: https://goo.gl/8b4cbD Spotify: https://goo.gl/niAbGN  Stitcher: https://goo.gl/DmE7MiYouTube: https://goo.gl/1Turar 

BIG NEWS - Carey Anne Nadeau, Founder & CEO of Open Data Nation (ODN) will be a guest host of Profiles in Risk! Carey Anne will bring her own unique podcast style to PiR along with some serious data science chops to the show. I'm ecstatic that we can go into a deeper level on some serious topics in data science, insurance, startups and women in leadership/managerial roles. Buckle up as Care Anne brings the goods to you.Also in this episode, Carey Anne and I chatted with her friend Sasha Dewitt of Habit Analytics while she was in Mexico City in between flight layovers. Sasha also has major data science skills as we discuss data, insurance & startups.CONNECT WITH: Carey Anne Nadeau - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carey-anne-nadeau-9a15a37/ Open Data Nation (ODN) - https://www.odnsure.com/ Sasha Dewitt - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sasha-dewitt-20995962/ Habit Analytics - https://www.habit.io/ SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: https://goo.gl/5K4X3QGoogle Play: https://goo.gl/WMAvW4iTunes: https://goo.gl/7SqwvP Overcast: https://goo.gl/8b4cbD Spotify: https://goo.gl/niAbGN  Stitcher: https://goo.gl/DmE7MiYouTube: https://goo.gl/1Turar 

 In this episode of Profiles in Risk I spoke with Michael Porpora a broker/agent in Staten Island. We discussed the importance of brokers & agents to focus on niche or specialty markets. CONNECT WITH MICHAEL PORPORA: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-porpora-aai-cic-7144a5113/ BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY MICHAEL:12 Rules For Life by Jordan Peterson: https://amzn.to/2RRp8Zh  Traction by Jonathan Walker: https://amzn.to/2T4xiPd Traction by Gino Wickman: https://amzn.to/2T5mDDS Traction by Gabriel Weinberg: https://amzn.to/2T4H04e SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: https://goo.gl/5K4X3QGoogle Play: https://goo.gl/WMAvW4iTunes: https://goo.gl/7SqwvP Overcast: https://goo.gl/8b4cbD Spotify: https://goo.gl/niAbGN  Stitcher: https://goo.gl/DmE7MiYouTube: https://goo.gl/1Turar 

 In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I preview the Connected Insurance conference by speaking with Amandah Greiling (Zurich) and Chris Downer (XL Innovate) who both will be on stage at the event. The event is jam-packed with attendees & presenters, which we would expect from an Insurance Nexus event. Use discount code 4915INS200 to save $200EVENT REGISTRATION PAGE CONNECT WITH:Amandah Greiling -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandah-greiling-4522a38/ Chris Downer -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-downer-2275bb62/ Insurance Nexus - https://www.linkedin.com/company/insurance-nexus/ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Insurtech Daily - https://xlinnovate.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=49b2b0d8a2e58f10671902524&id=41b19e1493 SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: https://goo.gl/5K4X3QGoogle Play: https://goo.gl/WMAvW4iTunes: https://goo.gl/7SqwvP Overcast: https://goo.gl/8b4cbD Spotify: https://goo.gl/niAbGN  Stitcher: https://goo.gl/DmE7MiYouTube: https://goo.gl/1Turar 

In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Chris Stanley of IA Path. Chris has authored his second book, the Independent Adjustor's Playbook, and we discussed why he wrote this book, who he wrote it for and what it was like writing versus the first book.CONNECT WITH CHRIS STANLEY: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iapath/ Home Page: https://iapath.com/ IA Playbook Order Page: https://www.iaplaybook.com/book SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: https://goo.gl/5K4X3QGoogle Play: https://goo.gl/WMAvW4iTunes: https://goo.gl/7SqwvP Overcast: https://goo.gl/8b4cbD Spotify: https://goo.gl/niAbGN  Stitcher: https://goo.gl/DmE7MiYouTube: https://goo.gl/1Turar 

 In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Carl Van who has led the International Insurance Institute for over 20 years. Carl has teaching in his blood and his mission is to inspire people to improve themselves.CONNECT WITH CARL VAN: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlvan/ Email: carlvan@insuranceinstitute.com Phone: 504-393-4570 Home Page: http://www.insuranceinstitute.com/ BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY CARL: The Psychology of Achievement by Brian Tracy: https://amzn.to/2CZwk2b SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: https://goo.gl/5K4X3QGoogle Play: https://goo.gl/WMAvW4iTunes: https://goo.gl/7SqwvP Overcast: https://goo.gl/8b4cbD Spotify: https://goo.gl/niAbGN  Stitcher: https://goo.gl/DmE7MiYouTube: https://goo.gl/1Turar 

(If you are listening to this, you may want to watch our YouTube broadcast for better effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOsnH2syCXU&feature=youtu.be)In this special episode, Rob Galbraith, Carly Burnham and I discuss Rob's new book, The End of Insurance As We Know It. We discussed what is covered in the book, why Rob decided to write the book and what it was like for Rob as a first-time author. (Shout out to MC Razaire and Taryn Haas for their help in getting this book published...they will be on a future episode on this topic)You can pre-order the book at: https://insnerds.com/end-of-insurance/

Geospatial technology is much more than just mapping locations. In this episode of Profiles in Risk, Jon Sonnenschein of SpatialKey and I discuss many of the new valuable ways geospatial technologies are being put to use in insurance.CONNECT WITH JON SONNENSCHEIN: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-sonnenschein-7570b268/  Phone: 203-794-2666 SpatialKey Homepage: http://www.spatialkey.com/ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/ ESRI: https://www.esri.com/en-us/home QGIS: https://qgis.org/en/site/ GIS Stack Exchange: https://gis.stackexchange.com/ Music by The Grateful Dead: https://amzn.to/2RQcYkb Music by The Red Hot Chili Peppers: https://amzn.to/2NLKzsk Google Suite: https://gsuite.google.com/ BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY JON: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn: https://amzn.to/2RQdgYj Genius Foods by Max Lugavere: https://amzn.to/2CLb6Vt SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: https://goo.gl/5K4X3QGoogle Play: https://goo.gl/WMAvW4iTunes: https://goo.gl/7SqwvP Overcast: https://goo.gl/8b4cbD Spotify: https://goo.gl/niAbGN  Stitcher: https://goo.gl/DmE7MiYouTube: https://goo.gl/1Turar 

Tony Canas interviews some attendees of Insurtech Connect 2018: https://insuretechconnect.com/ CONNECT WITH:Scott Henry of LeakBot: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-henry-7001083/ Marci Devries of Fraud Sniffr:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcidevries/ Luke Bronin, Mayor of Hartford, CT: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-bronin-359a16a/ Jesse Peterson of DroneBase: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesselpeterson/ Matt Workman of DroneBase: https://www.linkedin.com/in/workmanmatt/ Alex Chilow of Aclaimant: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-chilow-47195a35/ Joel Friedman of Aclaimant:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelash/ Tadas Jucikas of Genius AI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjucikas/ Tyler Wentworth of Genius AI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-wentworth-33420355/ Mica Cooper of Insurecrypt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mica-cooper/ Bobbie Sheivasrav of Benekiva: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbieshrivastav/ Gilad Shai of Bound API: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giladshai/ SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: https://goo.gl/5K4X3QGoogle Play: https://goo.gl/WMAvW4iTunes: https://goo.gl/7SqwvP Overcast: https://goo.gl/8b4cbD Spotify: https://goo.gl/niAbGN  Stitcher: https://goo.gl/DmE7MiYouTube: https://goo.gl/1Turar