Tony chats with Abdul Yusuf, CEO and Co-Founder at EyeFootage. They are building a marketplace where claims adjusters and attorneys can buy videos of car accidents they are working on settling. In a world filling up with cameras, many accidents are caught on camera, but they were not easily accessible before EyeFootage came around. Abdul Yusuf: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdul-y-33609b283/ EyeFootage: https://eyefootage.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/5dcuufojTgo...
Mar 12, 2025•18 min
Tony chats with Todd Schuchart, Founder at Razor Ridge Leads, they started as a life insurance leads company and has grown into a done-for-you leads program that can manage your entire leads program. They also offer a CRM with conversational AI tools to help them nurture their leads. Their leads are exclusive and SMS verified. They also don't resell their leads. Todd Schuchart: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddcharles/ Razor Ridge Leads: https://razorridge.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/wy1...
Mar 11, 2025•34 min
Tony chats with Alexis Vaughn, Author of "Insurance Distribution of the Future". Alexis brings her extensive experience in multiple areas of insurance and has put it into her new book. The book is an interactive guide for agents and brokers, new insurtech founders, people new to the industry, and industry professionals wanting to learn more about where distribution is going. Alexis Vaughn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-cierra-vaughn-77573862/ Her prior episode: https://youtu.be/AC1MPYjfiuY?...
Mar 10, 2025•23 min
Tony chats with Stephanie Mier PIR, Chief Insurance Officer at ServiceUp, an all-in-one digital platform for all things auto repair, from fleet to consumers and everything in between. Their focus is decreasing cycle time and severity when it comes to auto claims. ServiceUp holds your insured's hand through the repair process, with 24/7 updates and a lifetime warranty on the repairs. Stephanie Mier: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniejmier8675309/ ServiceUp: https://www.serviceup.com/platform/i...
Mar 05, 2025•19 min
Kevin May, Chief Strategy Officer at GIGAFORCE, a technology company focused on reimagining the subrogation workforce, which also affects the claims workforce. They can help in everything from identifying losses with subro potential at FNOL all the way through the process. I learned a LOT about subro in this conversation. Kevin May: https://www.linkedin.com/in/subroman/ GIGAFORCE: https://gigaforce.io/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/CXxapTveDgI
Mar 04, 2025•26 min
Tony chats with James Benham, CEO & Co-Founder at Terra, they are a next-generation cloud-native AI-enabled claims and policy core platform for work comp first organizations. They pride themselves with being far easier to use, far easier to sign up, far easier to set up than the competition. This was a fascinating conversation about core systems that everybody should listen to! James Benham: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbenham/ Terra: https://terra.insure/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/qjd...
Mar 03, 2025•45 min
Cyrus Jaffery, Founder and CEO at Quotamation, built by insurance agents for insurance agents, they built a tool to make it easy for consumers and agents to do home and auto quotes within 60 seconds. It makes everybody's life much easier when quoting home and auto with a beautiful UI. Cyrus Jaffery: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyrus-jaffery-02840365/ Quotamation: https://quotamation.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/k00tbKj0eVI
Feb 26, 2025•24 min
Tony chats about Chris Luiz, CEO at Scout Insurtech, it started as Insurtech Ohio and has now grown into a fantastic community for carriers, brokers and agencies to find the talent, services and/or technology they need to sustain their impact on the insurance industry. We chat about why the Scout Insurtech events are different and why you should get involved! Chris Luiz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-luiz/ Scout Insurtech: https://www.scoutinsurtech.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be...
Feb 25, 2025•20 min
Tony chats with Jon Kelly, CEO at Modern Metric, they serve large national brokers in personal lines. Their core product Discover, takes an insurance agent from data discovery, to quoting, to a fully customized finished proposal ready to send to the client. Jon Kelly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonkelly/ Modern Metric: https://www.modernmetric.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/k17ebwYEAaA
Feb 24, 2025•25 min
Tony chats with Elan Nyer, Co-Founder and CEO at Ownli, a platform that helps P&C insurers better engage with their policyholders and prospects, increasing engagement and reducing premium leakage. They empower individuals to capture and control their data and transparently share it with the business. It's a really refreshing approach because the individual gets paid for their data. It opens the door for better engagement and the opportunity to capture data that you literally couldn't get ear...
Feb 18, 2025•24 min
Tony chats with Joe Ems PIR, Co-Founder and Director of Sales at Sembley, a modern cloud-based platform that streamlines insurance submissions and renewals with simple intakes that populate right into the Acord. Joe Ems: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-g-ems-340813123/ Sembley: https://sembley.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/oCWgg9nNEr4
Feb 17, 2025•21 min
Tony chats with Tyler Jensen, President at The Top Performance Group, a professional development platform that helps business owners overcome fear, complacency, the feeling of being overwhelmed, and burnout. They help you achieve top performance and satisfaction in your life and business. Tyler came from running an agency and then being a carrier marketing rep. Tyler Jensen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-jensen/ The Top Performance Group: https://thetopperformancegroup.com/...
Feb 13, 2025•19 min
Tony chats with Cheryl Koch, CEO of Agency Management Resource Group, announcing the launch of their improved Ultimate Account Manager program. This training teaches Account Managers the Caught Up Workflow Management system which helps them get caught on their pending and NEVER fall behind, all without going insane or working crazy hours. How would you like your Account Managers to always be caught up and to love their jobs? The first cohort starts very soon, so hurry! Cheryl Koch: https://www.l...
Feb 12, 2025•24 min
Tony chats with Jenn Knight, Co-Founder and CTO at AgentSync. This is an update episode, her co-founder Niji was on ep. 342. AgentSync started in 2018 with the focus of helping US agents and agencies onboarded and get their licensing in order and streamlined. They started with a strong compliance focus and now have grown to also have a strong focus on efficiency. Jenn speaks about their work with incredible passion and this is a fascinating episode! Jenn Knight: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jloui...
Feb 11, 2025•33 min
In this episode of Profiles in Risk - Nick spoke with Matthew Queen co-founder and COO of Tricura , an MGA specializing in liability risks for skilled nursing facilities. About the Guest - Company: Tricura - Focus: Managing General Agent (MGA) in the insurance industry - Expertise: Skilled nursing facilities and specialized risk management Key Topics Discussed: 1. MGA Model Evolution - Comparison with traditional carrier models - Increased agility and innovation capabilities - Role in modern ins...
Feb 10, 2025•34 min
Tony chats with Josh Riley, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Upfort, a leading platform for cyber security and insurance that provides holistic protection from evolving cyber threats. They do proactive loss control for your cyber insurance portfolio and lower your loss ratio. Josh Riley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshrileyins/ UpFort: https://www.upfort.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/3k84vtxd9PQ
Feb 06, 2025•24 min
Tony chats with Brennen Grone, EVP of Sales at Rainbow; they are a vertically focused MGA known for specializing in restaurants and are excited to announce new verticals today. They are not a bind or decline platform, they have top-of-the-line technology upfront and real underwriters on the background to help agents win in the gray areas. They are excited to announce new verticals in beauty and wellness, health and fitness, electrolysis, and even piercing studios. Brennen Grone: https://www.link...
Feb 05, 2025•14 min
Tony chats with Tyler Amundsen, CEO at LightDoc, a technology platform built for commercial insurance brokers to help them improve retention, save time, and focus on higher-value account management tasks. It allows agencies and brokers to unlock the data they're sitting on and make the most of AI agentic workflows. It allows Account Managers to do contract reviews, COI requests, and policy checks in under 3 minutes. All of that with minimal changes to your existing workflows. Tyler Amundsen: htt...
Feb 04, 2025•16 min
Tony chats with Greg Purdy, CEO at Rival Insurance Technology, they offer a broker product, an MGA product, and a quoting product. RPM, the Rival Platform and Marketplace, launched last July as an AI-first platform that has no menus. It allows the user to interact with the software conversationally. RPM sits on top of your AMS/BMS. They do also offer their own AMS/BMS. It was built specifically for the needs of the largest agents and brokers in the world to serve them in a way the traditional co...
Feb 03, 2025•33 min
Tony chats with Eliron Ekstein, CEO at Ravin.AI, they have built a platform that combines AI-assisted image capture technology that helps insureds get the right photos of their auto accident. It also helps prevent fraud. The platform uses AI to assess the repairs needed for that vehicle. Eliron Ekstein: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliron-ekstein-41609819/ Ravin: https://Ravin.ai Video Version: https://youtu.be/cj1tJwA3Hfo
Jan 29, 2025•21 min
Tony chats with John Harvey, Founder and CEO at CrashBay, they are a digital marketplace for collision repair. Basically, it's an Expedia for auto-collision repair. Their mission is to connect car owners and carriers with trusted repair shops in a digital marketplace. They can significantly lower the number of days it takes to get a car repaired by making sure it makes it into the right qualified shop with the right availability right now. This is an excellent discussion on optimizing auto repai...
Jan 28, 2025•53 min
David Thorne from Thumbscore brings expertise in behavioral economics and financial wellness to discuss innovative approaches to reducing employee financial stress. As a leader in the employee benefits space, David focuses on helping organizations create more effective financial wellness programs by incorporating behavioral science and personalized decision support. Episode Summary In this episode, we explore how Thumbscore is revolutionizing the employee benefits space by applying behavioral ec...
Jan 27, 2025•40 min
David Thorne from Thumbscore brings expertise in behavioral economics and financial wellness to discuss innovative approaches to reducing employee financial stress. As a leader in the employee benefits space, David focuses on helping organizations create more effective financial wellness programs by incorporating behavioral science and personalized decision support. Episode Summary In this episode, we explore how Thumbscore is revolutionizing the employee benefits space by applying behavioral ec...
Jan 27, 2025•40 min
Tony chats with Richard Spradley, Founder and CEO and Richard Spradley, SVP Insurance at Whooster. Originally developed for criminal investigations, Whooster is a sophisticated case management platform that allows the user to measure the risk of a situation they're associated with from open-source intelligence and their own data. It's used in claims investigations, bringing all their investigation information into a single platform. Richard Spradley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-spradley-...
Jan 21, 2025•18 min
Tony chats with Timon Gregg, Co-Founder at Strala, they are a new AI TPA. They built their own Claims Management System from the ground up with the latest technology to automate a lot of the mundane work that adjusters deal with daily, creating a better customer experience and a better work experience. Timon Gregg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timon-gregg-59973a190/ Strala: https://www.strala.ai/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/lH6B_NMX7XI
Jan 15, 2025•18 min
Tony chats with Oscar Garza, CEO of Journey Sports and President of Mexican Insurtech Association and VP of the Latin American Insurtech Alliance about insurtch in Latin America. Oscar Garza: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oeglp/ Associación Insurtech de Mexico: https://asociacioninsurtech.mx/ Video Version:
Jan 14, 2025•52 min
Tony chats with Oscar Martinez, Founder of Velos, they are an AI-powered automation platform. They help operations teams automate manual processes using AI assistance with a strong focus on insurance and healthcare. Oscar Martinez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/o-am/ Velos: https://tryvelos.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/P-83p9wKC28
Jan 08, 2025•17 min
Tony chats with Ryan Smith, President & Principal Consultant at RLS Consulting, they help agents to sort through all of the complexities around cyber security to find easier ways to protect themselves and their clients. They can also train producers to learn how to talk about cyber to help clients understand their exposure. Ryan Smith: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-smith-392b6636/ RLS Consulting: https://rlsconsulting.co/
Jan 07, 2025•23 min
Tony chats with Mitch McCloskey, Co-Founder and CEO at Agency Go, they help agencies outsource personal lines quoting to the Philipines, for both new business and renewals. You could wake up every morning with 5 bindable quotes for every renewal waiting for you and saving your staff hours to actually grow the business! Mitch McClowskey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitch-m-5217903/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/SbBbzAifHwE
Jan 06, 2025•30 min
Tony chats with MJ Martinez, Author of "Welcome to Insuriland". MJ took his experience in claims and his passion for the insurance industry and has started a series of children's books to help kids understand insurance. A great Christmas gift for the kids in your life! MJ Martinez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macedonio-j-martinez-iii-a644221ab/ Welcome to Insuriland: https://welcometoinsuriland.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/tC5dMNikBGM
Dec 18, 2024•16 min
