How I Got There
The personal and professional journey of Travelers executive Patrick Kinney.
Dec 05, 2022•27 min
Leader's Edge
Established in 2004, Leader’s Edge is the award-winning content platform for The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers, covering legal and legislative issues, international business and regulation, management trends and best practices, technology, and more. Leader’s Edge is written and recorded for large and mid-sized commercial insurance and employee benefit executives around the globe.
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Episodes
A Conversation With Amrit David, Managing Director At Barclays
Leader’s Edge caught up with Amrit David, managing director at Barclays, to discuss today’s market dynamics and how some macroeconomic conditions are impacting brokerage M&A going into the new year.
Nov 30, 2022•23 min
Personal Lines with Bradley Plummer
Bradley Plummer, senior vice president of employee benefits at Cottingham & Butler, shares how he went from an on-campus recruit to a long time insurance executive, and what it's like to have two sons play Division I college football.
Nov 28, 2022•20 min
Characteristics of Leading a Human-Centered Culture
Digging deeper into the concepts of inclusion and psychological safety, humanocracy, and the dangers of power, Farzad and Wright give leaders at all levels useful advice in this new age of humanness.
Oct 31, 2022•37 min
Personal Lines with John Nelson
John Nelson, co-CEO of Warner Pacific, shares what inspired him to work in the insurance industry, the valuable lessons he has learned from historical figures, and the hobbies that help take his mind off work.
Oct 28, 2022•17 min
An Eye on Tech-Related Investing
In our latest episode of the Leader’s Edge podcast, we speak with Dave Miles founding partner of ManchesterStory, an Iowa-based startup investor in the insurtech, fintech and health tech sectors. We talk with Miles about access to funding for diverse founders, what funding rounds might look like in the next year or so, and how Des Moines is a major insurance center with opportunities for numerous partnerships, including ManchesterStory's work with BrokerTech Ventures.
Oct 25, 2022•23 min
Starting a Business During a Time of No Business
In this episode of Falling Into It, we meet Chris Senkbile, founder and CEO of Project Ferro, a client-first insurtech platform that uses data to create a digitally enabled customer experience.
Oct 09, 2022•18 min
Governor Chris Christie and the Art of Compromise
An insightful, mixed-bag conversation with the former presidential candidate. Leader's Edge recently sat down with him to talk about the 2020 presidential election, big tech's role in disinformation, corporate social responsibility, climate change, the opioid crisis, and his plans for the future.
Sep 29, 2022•22 min
Personal Lines with Vinnie Hager
Vinnie Hager, president of JGS Insurance in Holmdel, New Jersey, talks about how his experience as an intern on Wall Street helped him realize a better life for himself in insurance. Hager also shares his love for sports and what inspired him to become a licensed charter boat captain.
Sep 01, 2022•13 min
The Future of Insurtech is Female
Kacie Conroy, director of IT at M3 Insurance, has played a major role in the development of BrokerTech Ventures and the broker focused agenda at the major insurtech conference, InsureTech Connect (ITC). She shares her thoughts on tech development in the industry, how to reach future female talent at the start of their professional journey, and offers some sneak peeks from the upcoming BrokerTech Connect agenda at ITC.
Aug 22, 2022•19 min
Premium Financing Goes Digital
Nolan Steenberg, solutions engineer at FIRST Insurance Funding, shares new developments in the digitization of premium financing, the importance of integrated systems, managing compliance and more.
Aug 17, 2022•12 min
Personal Lines with Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson, founder, chairman and CEO of The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers, shares how he was able to combine his knowledge of risk assessment and passion for film to pave a unique career path.
Jul 19, 2022•16 min
A “TurboTax” for Cyber Hygiene
Havoc Shield is a cyber company that helps small and midsize businesses prepare to meet the ever-stringent requirements for cyber coverage. We discuss how the cyber threat has changed for small and midsize businesses and the challenges they have even completing the application. For brokers, this means business just sitting in the pipeline.
Jul 08, 2022•23 min
Walking the Walk on ESG
A conversation with Joe Tocco, Chief Executive Officer of the Americas, AXA XL In our latest podcast, we speak with Joe Tocco, chief executive officer of the Americas for AXA XL. Our conversation revolves around the role environmental, social and governance (ESG) plays in companies’ decision-making, newly proposed ESG regulations and their potential effect on insurance carriers and the U.S. business community, and next steps the industry can take to evolve on these issues. Tocco also shares his ...
Jun 28, 2022•23 min
Marrying Marketing and Mathematics
In this episode of Falling Into It, we meet Chris Moran, a senior underwriter of cyber, tech and media at Allianz Global Corporate Specialty. Moran, a young professional based in New York City, shares how he got into the field of underwriting, the role his internships played in paving his career path, and what he hopes to learn from Allianz' global underwriting exchange program—a unique opportunity to travel internationally and establish connections with different teams around the world.
Jun 16, 2022•14 min
Death of the Political Center?
The Council's government affairs team—Joel Wood, Joel Kopperud, and Blaire Bartlett—give us the latest on recent state legislative primaries, what a potential overturn of Roe v. Wade could mean for employers, and the push for transparency among pharmacy benefit managers.
May 26, 2022•28 min
Personal Lines with Jacqueline Roth
Director of Employee Benefits at Bolton
May 24, 2022•18 min
Accelerator Wrap-Up
Todd Thams, founder of Mod Advisor, just finished his in-person accelerator experience with BrokerTech Ventures and we are hearing firsthand what his team learned and how it will affect their business. We also talk a little workers comp.
May 18, 2022•18 min
Operational Innovation
Talking with ResourcePro CEO Dan Epstein. Having spent years helping all aspects of the insurance value chain improve their operations and innovate for the future, Epstein shares his thoughts on M&A, fragmentation and specialization, talent, and the future of risk.
May 11, 2022•17 min
Personal Lines with Elizabeth Chrane
Elizabeth Chrane, Chief People Officer at OneDigital shares lessons from her career and what changes she hopes to see in the insurance industry.
Apr 27, 2022•21 min
Intimate Access
The BTV Accelerator offers unparalleled access to the broker community for up-and-coming insurtechs. John Fohr, co-founder and CEO of TrustLayer, shares why he chose to join BrokerTech Ventures’ first accelerator cohort and how his company has transformed in the years since.
Mar 31, 2022•15 min
Reader’s Edge with Jack Davis
The Pulitzer prize winner discusses his new book. Davis is also the author of The Gulf: The Making of an America Sea for which he was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in history. He is a professor of history and the Rothman Family Chair in the Humanities at the University of Florida. Davis is a polymath—historian, environmentalist, researcher and raconteur—placing the reader into the context of several pivotal moments over the last 300 years of co-existing with the bald eagle. He discusses his la...
Mar 28, 2022•17 min
Mark Cuban's Drug Company Takes on Big Pharma
The newly launched Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, which aims to provide hundreds of commonly used prescription medications to patients at steep discounts, officially opened for online orders earlier this year. Using Truepill, a health tech platform, to fill and deliver prescriptions, the company keeps prices down by cutting out pharmacy benefit managers. Leader’s Edge caught up with co-founder Alex Oshmyansky, a medical researcher and former professor at Stanford University, and Ron Harrison...
Mar 25, 2022•21 min
Moving into Modularity
Sam Lisi, product director for Resilience cyber insurance, explains modularity, a cyber policy production process that allows for more flexibility and individuation of coverage. The policy architecture enables parallel policy work so that new product variations and/or provision variations can be efficiently developed and pushed to market without delay or interruption to the production process.
Mar 21, 2022•13 min
Driving Insurance Trends and the Trends Driving Insurance
Matt O’Malley, US Country Manager for AXA XL, shares his path from middle school teacher to insurance executive and discusses the need to expand industry recruiting. We also talk about the trends driving insurance pricing and where AXA XL is investing in data-driven new products and initiatives.
Mar 08, 2022•30 min
Personal Lines with Amy Steadman
Amy Steadman, Chief People Officer at Newfront San Francisco shares what makes a good workplace culture, what changes need to be made to the brokerage industry and how she approaches management in her position.
Feb 28, 2022•24 min
The Advent of Digital Assets
In this episode of Falling Into It, we meet Ben Peach, a 26-year-old associate director of digital assets at Aon. A graduate from the University of Birmingham in England, Peach studied international relations, political science and political economy. Peach shares his passion for cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies, and how that led to him to working in the insurance industry.
Feb 22, 2022•25 min
The View from the Hill
The Council's Republican leaning SVP Joel Wood, Democratic VP Joel Kopperud, and middle-focused director Blaire Bartlett join us for an earful. We cover the Supreme Court, vaccine mandates, mid-term elections, and threats and opportunities for employer-sponsored insurance.
Feb 07, 2022•25 min
Simple Beacons for Work and Life
Daniel Pink is one of the best-selling non-fiction authors of the last decade. We discuss his latest title, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, and how some of the lessons he has learned through research can shape the future of our work and personal lives.
Jan 14, 2022•25 min
Get Ready for Reader's Edge
Scott Naugle is president of consumer solutions for BXS insurance and co-owner of Pass Books/Cat Island Coffeehouse in Pass Christian and Gulfport, Mississippi. As an independent bookstore owner, writer, and book lover, Scott is bringing his expertise and author network to Leader's Edge in a monthly book review column and podcast series.
Jan 05, 2022•13 min
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