Profiles in Risk

Tony chats with Aaron Wright, Director of Strategy at Earnix, they help underwriters, actuaries, and product managers to utilize the data they have correctly, to leverage analytics and AI, simulate and forecast the results of decisions they make. Overall, it helps insurance companies to make better decisions AND to put those decisions into productions WITHOUT waiting for IT to do it for them. Fantastic conversation with Aaron who is both a CPCU and a FCAS credentialed actuary.Aaron Wright: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-wright-fcas/Earnix: https://earnix.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/EcEQYt57C2Y

Tony chats with David Embry, CEO at Mylo. They started as an in-house digital agency at a top-10 global broker. Today, they operate serving underserved high-volume low-premium transitions in personal and commercial lines and a little bit of benefits. Their platform is extremely focused on efficiency and an awesome user experience and now that they are independent their platform is available to other agencies and brokerages!David Embry: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-embry-09920117/Mylo: https://choosemylo.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/jrUQ4PcKh78

Tony chats with Harris Clarke, Co-Founder at LodgePole Insurance, they are in the process of building a better way to provide coverage for homeowners in wildfire country.Harris Clarke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harris-clarke-28979/LodgePole Insurance: https://www.lodgepoleinsurance.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/4Be9xW4BXxg

Tony chats with Patrick Cooney, Co-Founder and President at PowerBroker AI. They serve retail and wholesale agencies with an "AI brain for insurance" which can audit a policy, tell you what's included and what's been omited. They are also in the process of building industry specialization for industries like construction.Patrick Cooney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-cooney1/PowerBroker AI: https://www.powerbroker.ai/Video Version: https://youtu.be/a6cGXfmo8dY

Tony chats with Tom McClintock of Empowered Margins. They are an insurtech that works with insurance organizations to help them with their underwriting and actuarial software.Tom McClintock: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommcclintock/Empowered Margins: https://www.empoweredmargins.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/Sm1OsXn28uM

Tony chats with Rock Schindler, Founder & CEO at SDRefinery AI, they are solving the growing problem that it takes too long for P&C claims leaders to identify processes, bottlenecks, and root causes of poor performance. They are solving that problem by reading every adjuster note and measuring key events, actions, and activities, creating operational metrics that radically increase the speed and efficiency of making the changes to improve claims outcomes.Rock Schindler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rock-schindler/SD Refinery AI: https://www.sdrefinery.com/

Tony chats with Johannes Kraus, Co-Founder at YOUTH Healthtech, a smartphone-based health screening. With just your phone and 2 minutes of your phone using a face video, an audio recording, and a picture of your eye, and with that they screen for 23 biomarkers in seven health areas 🤯. Johannes Kraus: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-kraus-948040151/Youth Healthtech: https://www.youth-healthtech.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/vpdN3uroWJA

Tony chats with Sandeep Haridas, EVP Business Head of Chief Strategy Officer at IntellectAI, they are focused on helping financial institutions build wealth management and insurance products. Within insurance they are a niche player focused on truly creating an underwriting ecosystem in the commercial insurance space. They are devoted and dedicated the art and science of underwriting.Sandeep Haridas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeep-haridas-cpcu/IntellectAI: https://www.intellectai.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/k9xaW3LQJTc

The episode of Profiles in Risk features Dr. Yael Benvenisti discussing Israel's innovative culture in the insurtech sector. Key topics include:1. Israel's entrepreneurial spirit in insurtech2. Technology's role in transforming insurance, especially in gerontology3. The need for new underwriting models incorporating predictive technologies4. Global adoption of insurance technologyHighlights of the episode include:- Discussion of Israel's innovative insurtech ecosystem- Exploration of technology in gerontology, including social robots and passive monitoring devices- The importance of transforming insurance practices with new underwriting models- Emphasis on a customer-centric approach in insurance- Global perspectives on insurtech, with examples from Australia and Japan- Insights into the future of insurance, focusing on prevention and early detectionVideo Version: https://youtu.be/KxVzFTkIGrk

Lloyd Peters, Head of Revenue at Send, an underwriting workbench which is a single desktop that gives all underwriting a team a single place to work and progress core underwriting activity from broker submission all the way to binding and booking the policy. It includes all the activities you need in one place.Lloyd Peters: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lloyd-peters-7293983a/Send: https://send.technology/underwriting-workbench/