FNO: InsureTech

Ep 29 – Pascal Begin, Sr. Leader, Product Management, CoreLogic Symbility
Ep 29 – Pascal Begin, Sr. Leader, Product Management, CoreLogic Symbility

When someone knows the market and listens to the market, they can create a product that is able to provide the solutions desired and needed. In today’s age, the market is saturated with many possible solutions-- but do they have the right data to giv...

Posted: Jun 21, 2019

Ep 28 – Cameron MacArthur, Founder and CEO at A.I. Insurance Inc.
Ep 28 – Cameron MacArthur, Founder and CEO at A.I. Insurance Inc.

Data is essential in developing a comprehensive claim. It’s about making sense of the information collected. Data, however, can be a pain point. The problem? Traditional claims software is outdated, incomplete, and inflexible.  That’s where A.I. Insu...

Posted: Jun 14, 2019

Ep 27 - Jay Weintraub & Caribou Honig, Co-Founders, InsureTech Connect
Ep 27 - Jay Weintraub & Caribou Honig, Co-Founders, InsureTech Connect

“Lyft is essentially an insurance company, that just happens to do rideshares.” - Caribou Honig (click to tweet) Ideas spread through a community. And for many of us siloed in our desk jobs, this phenomenon may be absent in our lives. That’s where th...

Posted: Jun 05, 2019

Ep 26 - Bryan Falchuk, Head of Customer, Hi Marley  
Ep 26 - Bryan Falchuk, Head of Customer, Hi Marley  

“It’s not a texting tool. It’s not a chatbot. It’s much bigger than that. It’s a hub.” - Bryan Falchuk (click to tweet) It boils down to customer satisfaction. At the end of the day, if your policyholders aren’t happy—they will just seek out other ca...

Posted: May 31, 2019

Ep 25 - Roel Peeters, Co-Founder & CEO, Roost  
Ep 25 - Roel Peeters, Co-Founder & CEO, Roost  

“We’re not doing the internet of things. We’re doing the internet of dumb things, retrofitting the smart into place.” - Roel Peeters (click to tweet) Everyone is talking about the internet of things. Turning the physical objects of our home into clou...

Posted: May 24, 2019

Ep 24  - Ted Stuckey, Managing Director, QBE Ventures
Ep 24  - Ted Stuckey, Managing Director, QBE Ventures

“Know what problem you’re trying to solve. And who you’re trying to solve it for.” - Ted Stuckey (click to tweet) Innovation comes from the startup. But a startup has only so much power to bring those new ideas to life. When first starting out, the l...

Posted: May 17, 2019

Ep 23 -  James Swayze, Executive, CoreLogic-Symbility
Ep 23 -  James Swayze, Executive, CoreLogic-Symbility

“If you can track a pizza on Domino’s—surely you can track where you are on your claim.” - James Swayze (click to tweet) It’s hard to quantify just how valuable data is. We hear the news stories about corporations mining our behavior and reselling it...

Posted: May 10, 2019

Ep 22  - Joe Kirgues, Co-Founder gener8tor, Onramp Insurance Conference
Ep 22  - Joe Kirgues, Co-Founder gener8tor, Onramp Insurance Conference

  “So many discussions across industries are the same discussions, with just a different wrapper.” - Joe Kirgues (click to tweet) Conferences have a routine. You wake up at the hotel, meet for coffee downstairs, network amongst each other on the conf...

Posted: May 03, 2019

Ep 21  - Dr. Philip Klotzbach, Meteorologist, Colorado State University, Part 2
Ep 21  - Dr. Philip Klotzbach, Meteorologist, Colorado State University, Part 2

“It’s a 50/50 chance—or a coin flip—that in any given year, a major hurricane will hit the U.S based on historical data.” - Dr. Philip Klotzbach (click to tweet) Weather is becoming easier to predict. With the advancing technologies and increasing qu...

Posted: May 02, 2019

Ep 20 - Alyssa Hunt, SVP Technical Operations, QBE North America
Ep 20 - Alyssa Hunt, SVP Technical Operations, QBE North America

“You have to have a culture that’s on board with change. People have to be excited about it, not scared of it.” - Alyssa Hunt (click to tweet) There will always be loss. Natural disasters, human error, or even just the everyday motions of life—one th...

Posted: Apr 19, 2019