Profiles in Risk

I met Brent Williams over a year ago at a conference (recorded here: https://insnerds.com/profiles-in-risk-e81-bonus-episode-conversations-at-insurtech-rising-in-boston-2018/). Since then, I’ve had a chance to talk to Brent and his team on many occasions and each time I’ve walked away more and more impressed. About half-way through this interview, Brent brings up how the Benekiva solution can actually be a revenue generator to insurers, and something he told me a year ago finally registers in my head (in the video you can see it happen, as if I found a $100 bill on the sidewalk). If you are an in a startup, you will absolutely learn a lot from Brent. Insurance Nerds is aggressively negotiating with him for the rights to his book!CONNECT WITH BRENT WILLIAMS:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentewilliams1/ Benekiva Homepage - https://www.benekiva.com/page/our-story  MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Google Apps - https://gsuite.google.com/ Hub Spot CRM - https://www.hubspot.com/ Slack - https://slack.com/ BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY BRENT:Startupland by  Mikkel Svane: https://amzn.to/2F1zn9d The Everything Store by Brad Stone: https://amzn.to/2MDaeIb How to Turn Down A Billion Dollars; The Snapchat Story by Billy Gallagher: https://amzn.to/2WrPFyb SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: http://www.buzzsprout.com/87086Google 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 

Welcome to The Golf Course, a modern forum for business conversations in insurance. Today, I’ve invited Jason LaMonica of AXA XL to join me for a round on the podcast. We chat about what it’s like to launch a new line of business and the importance of providing value-added risk management services and support to customers. For more information on Jason or subcontractor default insurance (SDI) visit: https://axaxl.com/insurance/about-us/our-experts/jason-lamonicaLet’s tee it off.

Welcome to the golf course, a modern forum for business conversations in insurance. On the golf course today, I chat with Nikolaus Suhr about how to have more innovation quicker. Nikolaus’s company Kasko is facilitating more pilots, with less money, specifically for insurance carriers.Kasko helps innovative insurers to shape the future of the industry. It offers an API-powered agile insurance product and distribution platform that operates between digital customer touchpoints and legacy IT systems.Let’s tee it off. 

In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Josef Litchfield, Brady Foust and Bob Frady of HazardHub. We discussed their new US Wildfire model. What does it take to build a model? Well, it takes a ton of work, data and time. And unfortunately, when it's over, the process begins anew, because in the quest for the perfect model, the work never ends. CONNECT WITH: Josef Litchfield - https://www.linkedin.com/in/josef-litchfield-22b4023a/ Brady Foust - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brady-foust-156320125/ Bob Frady - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobfrady/HazardHub Homepage - https://hazardhub.com/ Free Home Risk Report - https://freehomerisk.com/ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Sisyphus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SisyphusTantalus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: http://www.buzzsprout.com/87086Google 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 Adam Painter, property claims adjuster, & podcast host. It is fitting that on this Memorial Day weekend, we salute people like Adam, who have forged new careers in insurance but once sacrificed his life for the US Navy as a Bomb Disposal Tech. Thank you for your service Adam, and thank you for sharing your story.CONNECT WITH ADAM PAINTER:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-painter/ Homepage: https://www.ap-adjusting.com/about-us.html The Adjuster Shoe Podcast: https://www.ap-adjusting.com/the-adjuster-show.html  BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY ADAM: The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris: https://amzn.to/2Mc2Sex Books by Vince Flynn: https://amzn.to/2WlyZMP The F-it List by Julie Halpern: https://amzn.to/2wjkzxY The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown: https://amzn.to/2wjkzxY SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: http://www.buzzsprout.com/87086Google 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 

When the cat's away, the mice will play. In this episode, Wesley Todd of CaseGlide takes over the control booth at Insurance Nerds Central to interview David Mocklow. David is an insurance veteran. More importantly, David is innovating the insurance business model from within. David and Wes discuss the different ways and strategies needed to move the needle from within an established insurance organization and from within the industry.CONNECT WITH DAVID MOCKLOW: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mocklow/ Gramercy Risk Homepage - https://gramercyrisk.com/ CONNECT WITH WESLEY TODD: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesley-todd-a9225929/ Caseglide Homepage - https://www.caseglide.com/ SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: http://www.buzzsprout.com/87086Google 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 Phil Palmer, recruiter extraordinaire. We discussed how to think about one's career, how to think strategically about positioning yourself not only for your next position but the position after that. We also discussed what companies are looking for and perhaps most interestingly, Phil believes that the talent gap may not be as bad as predicted as many of the lost jobs will not be replaced by humans, but with technology.CONNECT WITH PHIL PALMER:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/concentricrecruiters/  MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Pandemic Modeling - https://www.casact.org/community/affiliates/case/0914/pandemic.pdf Casualty Modeling - https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/casualty-risk-modelling-continues-important-growth-63944.aspx BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY PHIL:Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill - https://amzn.to/2YrzP85 The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mangino - https://amzn.to/2E432hr  Books by Malcolm Gladwell - https://amzn.to/2VTEsdz Strategy of The Dolphin by Dudley Lynch - https://amzn.to/2YvMEOT Future Perfect by Stan Davis - https://amzn.to/30a2twd Future Shock by Alvin Toffler - https://amzn.to/2EgaXZt Books by David Sedaris - https://amzn.to/2YrGNtU Originals by Adam Grant - https://amzn.to/2HeijOS Questions Are The Answers by Hal Gregersen- https://amzn.to/2Q2iXlu Mind Set by Carol Dweck - https://amzn.to/2Yn9ubd SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: http://www.buzzsprout.com/87086Google 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 

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Be You, Be Real.In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Chris Paradiso, agency owner and principal of Paradiso Presents, a firm dedicated to helping other insurance agencies develop branding in the digital and social media age. Your branding is one of the single most important things you can do as an individual or business professional. What is the image or first thing others think of you when they hear your name? Chris asked me about Geico and I was quickly able to recite their "15 minutes saves 15%" tag line. How do you want others to remember you???CONNECT WITH CHRISTOPHER PARADISO:LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherparadiso/ Paradiso Presents Homepage - https://www.paradisopresents.com/ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Sample Brand Guides - https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/examples-brand-style-guides Agency Performance Partners - https://www.agencyperformancepartners.com/  Rough Notes - http://roughnotes.com/ BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY CHRIS: The Power of Human Connection by Kody Bateman: https://amzn.to/2Y68xDX Different: Escaping The Competitive Herd by Youngme Moon:  https://amzn.to/2WpuJIJ SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: http://www.buzzsprout.com/87086Google 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 

There are many issues that come up in providing insurance for jewelry. Perhaps the biggest single issue screaming for a solution, is in property valuation which in many cases creates conflict at claims time. The process of appraisal, and accuracy of proper valuation over time was screaming for an efficient solution using technology. Dustin Lemick, who has jewelry sales in his DNA, saw these problems and decided to solve this problem.In this episode, we discuss jewelry, valuations, technology and the creation of an insurtech company, BriteCo, to solve these problems.CONNECT WITH DUSTIN LEMICK: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lemick-0902383/ BriteCo Homepage - https://brite.co/ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:HDI Global - https://www.hdi.global/us/en Perr & Knight - https://www.perrknight.com/Slack - https://slack.com/ Master of Scale Podcast - https://mastersofscale.com/ BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY DUSTIN:Blitzscaling by Reid Hoffman - https://amzn.to/2PvAQIQ  SUBSCRIBE AT:Buzzsprout RSS: http://www.buzzsprout.com/87086Google 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