Profiles in Risk

Tony chats with award winning innovator Meg Duty, SVP at Puritan Life and Canvas Annuity. Puritan Life is a life carrier started in the 1950s which they have now turned into an all-cloud shop. They built Canvas Annuity, the first all digital annuity platform. An incredible story of true innovation, opening up a product to a whole new market, and all without alienating your existing distribution channels. Lots to learn from this one. A cannot miss episode!Video Version: https://youtu.be/tjh5xgSPbPs

Tony chats with Chak Kolli, PhD, CTO at Magile Software. Insurance companies are struggling to understand the risks of AI and Magile Software is here to help them understand and manage that risk better. A fascinating conversation you cannot miss!Chak Kolli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chak-kolli/Magile Software: https://www.linkedin.com/company/magile-software/Video Version: https://youtu.be/XT0q6dkFT6Q

Tony chats with Tim Lovett, Head of Enterprise Division at Blitz, they are a new fully digital API-enabled commercial lines E&S carrier that can service the entire distribution ecosystem from direct, to retailers, to wholesalers.Tim Lovett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timlovett/Blitz: https://www.blitzinsurance.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/5ttJvASdaJ0

Tony chats with Mel Faxon, Co-Founder & COO at Hey Mirza, they are basically Turbotax for government benefits. Her Mirza is focused on helping lower income people connect with the variety of programs they might qualify for, from their home, in their native language.Mel Faxon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-faxon/Hey Mirza: https://heymirza.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/dg3rZFa-cW4

Tony chats with Rich Benci, CEO at Omega Benefits, they help HR teams communicate benefit information to their employees, a task more complicated than I ever expected.Rich Benci: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbenci/Omega Benefits: https://omegabenefits.net/Video Version: https://youtu.be/iFskLfY1Z0g

Tony chats with Nakita Devlin, CEO & Founder at Ric, the first parametric catastrophe product focused on the employee benefit market! Their parametric managing general agent will host micro parametric products with the first one being a parametric flood product for rain across the US. The plan is for this to be the first of many climate parametric products offered as an employee benefit. A very interesting concept and a conversation you shouldn't miss!Nakita Devlin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nakita-devlin-38155916/Video Version: https://youtu.be/tYxf7MTEhfo

Tony chats with Liam Harris, Co-Founder and CEO at ThreadWise, they are a commercial co-pilot for commercial insurance communications starting with email. They believe that while commercial brokering is complex, the tools shouldn't be. Their goal is to clean the data before it gets dirty and allow brokers to do the work they're licensed to do. Their biggest focus to start with is the submission workflow.Liam Harris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-harreys/ThreadWise: https://threadwise.ai/Video Version: https://youtu.be/1AhcQxGlfsw

Tony chats with Gregg Golson about his career in claims, his involvement in CPCU, advice for the next generation, and his consulting endeavors.Gregg Golson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregggolsoncpcu/Video Version: https://youtu.be/ieaJ7VAAbQ8

Tony chats with Mitch Matthews, Success Coach and Creator of the DREAM THINK DO Podcast.Mitch Matthews: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchmatthews/Video Version: https://youtu.be/bRZWIj77y_M

Tony chats with Sharon Henzler, after about 8 years in the industry Sharon went to her first insurance conference, the Future of Insurance Fest at Santa Monica Pier. They chat about what the conference was like and how it changed her approach to insurance conferences going forward. A great listen for all early career insurance pros.Sharon Henzler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-henzler-000/Video Version: https://youtu.be/xwHH3nl53p4