FNO: InsureTech

Rob and Lee attended Alacrity Solutions’ 2023 ACCESS Conference, held in Orlando, Florida, earlier this week, to not only celebrate the success of Alacrity’s contractor network, but to talk with some guests that are actively using and/or supporting a managed repair program. Join our hosts as they talk with (in consecutive order) Dr. Theresa Young, MBA,CPCU, PMP, ArE, Claims Homeowners Operations Process Manager at CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer; Steven Gregory, Vice President of Claims at Tower Hill Insurance Group; Scott Severe, SVP, Alliances and Industry Relations at CoreLogic | Nextgear Solutions; and Jonathan Miko, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, at Alacrity Solutions. Don’t miss this episode that discusses the application, management, and innovation of managed repair networks and what they bring to the insurance industry. Like what you hear on FNO: InsureTech? Know someone who would be a great guest for the podcast? Let us know: Email us at almoss@alacritysolutions.com.

As the FNO: InsureTech crew prepares to attend the 2023 ACCESS Conference, Rob and Lee bring out a great episode from the FNO: InsureTech Vault, featuring Jamie Trish, President of Insurance at Fairmatic. Fairmatic is an auto insurance option that empowers users to lower premium every month by proactively optimizing your safety scores and driving performance. Bottom line: they help you save money and protect your business. Join Rob and Lee as they talk with Jamie and learn more about Fairmatic, Jamie’s experience, startup culture, and much more.

Kin’s mission is to reimagine home insurance For Every New Normal. Kin is built for the future and prepared to meet its challenges head on while helping our customers do the same. Levering business tech innovation, they bring affordable pricing without compromising coverage and service to their customers. Our guest for this episode is returning Sean Harper, Co-Founder & CEO of Kin. With almost four years since our first conversation with Sean (Episode 53), it was about time for us to revisit and see what Kin is up to. Join Sean, Rob, and Lee as they talk about Kin, what’s changed since in the past four years, business models, D2C, and much more. To learn more about Kin, visit https://www.kin.com. Like what you hear on FNO: InsureTech? Know someone who would be a great guest for the podcast? Let us know: Email us at almoss@alacritysolutions.com.

Sana is building better health plans for small businesses. Founded in 2017 on the belief that quality healthcare should be understandable, accessible, and affordable for all, Sana is going above and beyond the status quo with health plans that provide high-quality healthcare while keeping costs down. Our guest for this episode is Will Young, Co-Founder & CEO of Sana. Prior to Sana, Will helped hundreds of small business owners manage payroll and benefits as the head of operations at Justworks, a venture-backed PEO. He also spent two years at Google before earning his MBA from Harvard. Join Will, Rob, and Lee on the 217 episode of FNO: Insuretech as they talk Sana, the world of healthcare, Will’s experience, and more. To learn more about Sana, visit https://www.sanabenefits.com.

AV8 Ventures (AV8) backs early-stage start-ups focused on healthcare, enterprise, financial services and deep-tech. Their mission is to help founders build category-defining companies; they commit early and partner for the long term. While they are full lifecycle investors, AV8 typically starts their partnership with Seed or Series A investments. They are backed by Allianz, one of the leading integrated financial services providers worldwide. Our guest for this episode is Amir Kabir, General Partner at AV8. Amir leads Fintech and Insurtech investing and has been one of the earliest investors in the insuretech space. Amir has been an entrepreneur, operator and investor with over 15 years of experience, working with early and mid-stage companies on financing, partnerships and strategic growth initiatives. Join Amir, Rob, and Lee on another great conversation diving into AV8, the venture capital world, bank crisis, and more. To learn more about AV8 Ventures, visit https://av8.vc. Like what you hear on FNO: InsureTech? Know someone who would be a great guest for the podcast? Let us know: Email us at almoss@alacritysolutions.com.

Openly provides premium insurance that is robust in coverage and simple to administer. They were created because they saw a gap in the market for premium insurance made simple and rebuilt the insurance technology and operations stack to create a remarkably simple product for agents with robust coverage for consumers. As a previous guest company on the podcast, we bring on Gina Reyes, VP of Claims, to talk about claims, building a claims department, creating the Openly culture, and more. To learn more about Openly, visit https://openly.com.

CCC keeps people’s lives moving forward when it matters most. Founded in 1980, CCC is a technology leader pioneering solutions that power insurers, automotive manufacturers, collision repairers, parts suppliers, lenders, fleet operators and more through our advanced cloud-based SaaS platform of digital and data services. CCC is a trusted leader in AI, IoT, network management, customer experience, and digital workflows. Returning to the show is Marc Fredman, SVP, Chief Strategy Officer at CCC. With a few years between his last appearance, Marc gives us an update and refresher on CCC and all that they’ve been doing. Also joining us on this episode is guest host Matt Pietrowicz, VP, Products and Services at Alacrity Solutions. Don’t miss this great conversation! To learn more about CCC, visit https://cccis.com.

Attila Toth is the Co-founder & CEO of ZestyAI, a property risk analytics platform powered by artificial intelligence that offers access to precise intelligence about every property in North America. ZestyAI’s value proposition is simple: deliver risk and value insights about each and every property. They leverage aerial imagery, permit, transaction, weather and IoT data, combined with artificial intelligence (AI) to turn more than 200 billion data points into comprehensive digital records and property-specific risk scores. Join Attila, Rob, and Lee as they talk ZestyAI, artificial intelligence, rich data, wedding cake, Attila's experience, and more. To learn more about ZestyAI, visit https://zesty.ai.

Ali Geramian is the Managing Director at Anthemis, a global platform that cultivates change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses committed to resiliency, transparency, access, and equity. With an impressive portfolio that includes some of our past guests (Branch, flo, and Vouch), we bring Ali on to explore and understand what Anthemis is, their involvement, the current state of insuretech, a typical day for Ali, and much more. Join Ali, Rob, and Lee on an episode that sheds more light on the growing, resilient, impactful spaces of venture capital and investments. To learn more about Anthemis, visit https://www.anthemis.com.

Michael Konialian is the CEO and Co-Founder of Modern Life, a life insurance company working to transform the life insurance industry and help everyone protect what matters most. Modern Life is aiming to innovate and streamline the life insurance process--from client, to advisor, to underwriter--faster, more confident, and more streamlined than ever before. Join Michael, Rob, and Lee as they discuss what Modern Life is, accelerated underwriting processes, brokerage innovation, building trust with clients, and more. To learn more about Modern Life, visit https://www.modernlife.com. Like what you hear on FNO: InsureTech? Know someone who would be a great guest for the podcast? Let us know: Email us at almoss@alacritysolutions.com.

Kyle Nakatsuji is the CEO and Co-Founder of Clearcover, a next generation insurance company providing smarter car insurance for digital consumers. Since co-founding Clearcover in 2016, Kyle remains laser-focused on his vision to build a company designed to lower operating costs through innovative technology and long-term customer centricity. Join Kyle, Rob, and Lee as they talk about Clearcover, Kyle’s history in Clearcover and in venture capital; Kyle’s four-pillar approach, startup success, and much more. To learn more about Clearcover, visit https://clearcover.com.

It’s always a pleasure to have American Family Ventures (AmFam Ventures) on the show, and this week we bring on Kyle Beatty, Managing Director, to talk his position and experience; perspective and thoughts on venture capital; personal health, insuretech trends, and much more. AmFam Ventures operates at the forefront of insurance, and has developed an ecosystem of limited partners, founders, and innovators, from across all major lines and beyond, to join them in the pursuit of one goal: To shape the future of the industry. To learn more about AmFam Ventures, visit https://www.amfamventures.com. Like what you hear on FNO: InsureTech? Know someone who would be a great guest for the podcast? Let us know: Email us at almoss@alacritysolutions.com.

Join Rob and Lee as they talk with Mike Fulton, former President of Property Estimating Solutions at Verisk and the new President of Property Estimating Solutions at Verisk, Aaron Brunko, in our special edition of FNO: InsureTech, recorded live at the 2023 Verisk Elevate Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. Join Rob and Lee as they discuss the present and past with Mike, as well as the future and what’s next for Verisk and their solutions with Aaron. Two great conversations that celebrate Verisk and two conversations you don’t want to miss. To learn more about Verisk, visit https://www.verisk.com/. Like what you hear on FNO: InsureTech? Know someone who would be a great guest for the podcast? Let us know: Email us at almoss@alacritysolutions.com.

Rob and Lee talk with Ellen Carney, Principal Analyst at Forrester. Ellen serves decision makers in roles such as CIOs and enterprise architects in the insurance and wealth, investment, and asset management industries. Her research focuses on the technology decisions that financial services firms are investing in, including core platforms modernization and replacement and the integration of emerging technologies with legacy systems to drive better digital experiences and improved operational efficiency. Join Rob and Lee as they discuss trends in insuretech, P&C and Life insuretech; 2023 predictions, and more. To learn more about Forrester, visit https://www.forrester.com/bold. Like what you hear on FNO: InsureTech? Know someone who would be a great guest for the podcast? Let us know: Email us at almoss@alacritysolutions.com.

Join Rob and Lee as they talk with Joseph "Joe" Petrelli, President and Co-founder of Demotech on this episode of FNO: Insuretech you don’t want to miss. Demotech leverages information to help assign an informed Financial Stability Rating (FSR). FSRs help level the playing field for financially stable insurers and are based upon a series of quantitative ratios and certain qualitative factors. The rating process provides an objective baseline for assessing solvency based upon changes in financial stability, as presented in an insurer’s balance sheet over time. Joe’s insight and innovation have resulted in many firsts within the industry, including a model for assigning FSRs based on balance sheet strength and financial integrity, the development and utilization of a Management Audit Process well in advance of today’s emphasis on “enterprise risk management,” an ongoing analysis to evaluate assigned FSRs relative to insurer survival rates, and the development of a procedure to review and rate start-up insurance companies. Join Rob and Lee as they talk about ratings, Demotech’s services, their Faith-Based Sharing Review, Joe’s experience, and more. To learn more about Demotech, visit https://www.demotech.com.

FNO: InsureTech continues its dive into venture capital, and this week we’re happy to have Andrew Lerner, Managing Partner of IA Capital Group, on the show. Andrew is responsible for the day-to-day activities of IA Capital and is a member of its investment committee. Join Lee and Rob as they talk with Andrew and learn more about IA Capital Group, their past investments, Insuretech 2.0, chess, and more on this episode you don’t want to miss. To learn more about IA Capital Group, visit https://www.iacapgroup.com. Like what you hear on FNO: InsureTech? Know someone who would be a great guest for the podcast? Let us know: Email us at almoss@alacritysolutions.com.

Aquiline’s venture capital group, Aquiline Technology Growth (ATG), is dedicated to making early and growth stage investments across Insuretech, Fintech and related Enterprise. With several of our past insuretech guests having been grown and supported by Aquiline, FNO: InsureTech wanted to bring them on the podcast to learn more about ATG, how they’re funding insuretech, and to pick the mind of the Max Chee, Partner and Head. Join Max and Rob on this episode that dives into venture capital and more. To learn more about Aquiline and Aquiline Technology Growth, visit https://www.aquiline.com. Like what you hear on FNO: InsureTech? Know someone who would be a great guest for the podcast? Let us know: Email us at almoss@alacritysolutions.com.

FNO: Insuretech brings back former guest and friend of the show, Adam Kostecki, Founder & Principal Consultant of Insurtech Innovations, to continue the conversation of innovation in insurance. Join us as we continue to pick Adam’s mind in this follow-up conversation you don’t want to miss. Listen to Part I of our conversation with Adam. To learn more about Insurtech Innovations, contact Adam via email at adam@insurtechinnovations.com or connect with him on LinkedIn.

Mulberri is an intelligent business insurance platform that HR and payroll providers, brokers, small-medium businesses, and carriers trust to help them be more efficient and productive when writing business together. Mulberri leverages technology to connect people and help them make intelligent data-driven decisions to make the business insurance process simple, efficient, and transparent. Join Rob and Lee as they talk with Hamesh Chawla, Co-Founder & CEO at Mulberri. To learn more about Mulberri, visit https://mulberri.io/. Like what you hear on FNO: InsureTech? Know someone who would be a great guest for the podcast? Let us know: Email us at almoss@alacritysolutions.com.

FNO: InsureTech revisits with former guest Dan Woods, Founder & CEO, of Socotra. As a modern platform for technology-driven insurers founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, Socotra is the first cloud-native core platform for insurance and the first core system to believe its APIs and configuration formats should be open to the world. Join Dan, Rob, and Lee as they catch on the continued success of Socotra, Dan’s experience, insights on insuretech and embedded insurance, and much more. To learn more about Socotra, visit https://www.socotra.com.