Profiles in Risk

Tony chats with Vivek Kaliraman, Founder at Perci, they are an all-in-one disaster preparedness solution to help consumers protect their family and their home. It can also be offered as an employee benefit. Almost two thirds of people are not prepared for disasters! Vivek Kaliraman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivek-kaliraman/ Perci: https://perci.us/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/YUdANakV6g4

Tony chats with Manish Khetan, Co-Founder and President of Xceedance. They are basically an insurance company without capital and distribution! How does that work!?!?! They specialize in helping insurtech and insurance organizations, especially in P&C Large Commercial space. Once an insurance company has secured capital and has a distribution network, Xceedance can manage the entire rest of the operations from submissions to renewals, including claims and everything in between. They operate in the US, Europe, and Asia. A truly fascinating conversation you don't want to miss! Manish Khetan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manish-khetan/ Xceedance: https://xceedance.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/hBGuhFaECaU

Tony chats with Andrew Suesserman, Chief Revenue Officer at Affinity Advisors, a digital insurance platform, where retail brokers, wholesaler brokers, and associations who work with a lot of small and middle market businesses can use the platform to very quickly rate, quote and bind various types of insurance including: Cyber, D&O, EPLI, and other miscellaneous coverages. Andrew Suesserman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-suesserman/ Affinity Advisors: https://www.affinity-advisors.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/FhQXJ7P41Dc

Tony chats with Cory Schmidt, CTO & Co-Founder at AgencyBloc, an agency management system for Life and Health agencies. Started in 2008 out of the need for an AMS for Life and Health MGAs with a heavy focus on wholesaling. It has now grown into an all-encompassing wholesale and retail AMS. Cory Schmidt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coryschmidt/ AgencyBloc: https://www.agencybloc.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/aqyLBmqLGsw

Tony chats with Vamsi Danturti about his career from India to the US, from Deloitte to Capgemini to SalesForce, and more. Great conversation about the IT side of insurance to the business side. Lots of great advice on this episode! Vamsi Danturti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vamsidanturti/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/iqxJGingPhQ

Tony has a career conversation with long-time insurance leader Kerry Macca. Kerry started in underwriting back in the manual coverage days. After 10+ years in underwriting, she transitioned to serve the industry at several vendors including LexisNexis, Microsoft, and CoreLogic. Lots of lessons in a fascinating insurance career. Kerry Macca: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrymacca/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/40Yc47f9lyA

Tony chats with Tanya Coburn, VP of Marketing and Communications at Trufla about the upcoming Amplify Broker TechFest 2024 in Calgary, the biggest insurtech conference in Canada! 🇨🇦 🍁 We're giving away an all-access pass to the conference to anyone who comments below before end-of-day April 16th. Tanya Coburn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyacoburn/ Amplify Broker TechFest: https://www.trufla.com/amplify/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/3uByysnPpYc

Tony chats with Raghav Tanna, Co-Founder and CEO at Tarmika. This is Raghav's first podcast appearance since the Applied acquisition. Tarmika is a small commercial rating platform designed to be an agency-facing tool that gets you multiple quotes from multiple carriers. Built over the course of five years before being acquired by Applied. Tarmika's goal is to save agency Account Managers a ton of time. A wonderful conversation about Tarmika, Raghav's career, and Epic. Raghav Tanna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raghav-tanna-659377100/ Tarmika: https://www.tarmika.com/

Tony chats with Jackson Fregeau, Co-Founder and CEO at Quandri. They are an automated and intelligence platform that helps agencies make better decisions and better revenue. Jackson Fregeau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackson-fregeau-073737158/ Quandri: https://www.quandri.io/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/wJpCSBrdgtU

Tony chats with Jay Menna, CEO and Founder at Underwriters Technologies. They are an online rate and issue platform for specialty programs that runs over 100 specialty programs over the last 20 years. There are 477 steps in the life of an insurance policy. Their software can configure all 477 steps. Very interesting conversation about the specialty side! Jay Menna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaymenna/ Underwiter Technologies: https://www.undtec.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/gbGdpsrhsX8

In this ridiculously fun and high-energy episode Tony chats with Dr. Claire Muselman, Behavioral Scientist | Dynamic Keynote Speaker | Influential Professor | COO | Inspiring Author | Empowering Leadership Coach, and so much more. Quite simply, don't miss this one! Dr. Claire: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glitterandsparkles/ Dr. Claire's ridic awesome website: https://www.drclairemuselman.com/ Video version: https://youtu.be/tanctO5UWNI

Tony chats with Daniel Metcalf, Co-Founder and President at CyberFin. They offer cyber security as a service providing all-in-one cyber security to insurance agents AND their customers. If you've been having trouble getting your clients cyber coverage (or need to lower their premiums) CyberFin is the answer! Daniel Metcalf: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmetcalf/ CyberFin: https://cyberfin.net/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/r2TnXGCBEtI

Tony chats with incredible rockstar Waleed Zayid, an incredible rockstar that went from the sales call center at Geico to a Director in the same companies in record breaking time. Waleed's story is incredible and we spent almost an hour discussing lots of advice for young insurance professionals. This is a must watch episode! Waleed Sayid: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waleed-zayid/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/mpUWPMpcDuo

Tony chats Skip Gilleland, Director of Product Development at DisburseCloud. They make payments as simply as sending an email to the received and let them choose which of many, many ways to actually get paid. Your claimants can even choose to get their claims payment TODAY at any CVS or Walmart. Skip Gilleland: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skipgilleland/ DisburseCloud: https://www.tranzpay.io/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/vhuai-S13qI

Tony chats with Aaron Ammar, Co-Founder and CEO at Briteside. They help independent agents and brokers by taking any insurance document, upload it into Briteside, and quite literally talk to it! What are the limits of my policy? Do you have a summary for me? Ask it potential claims scenario. Compare two policies side by side. This is AMAZING! Don't miss this one! Aaron Ammar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-ammar-14a41022/ Briteside: https://www.brightsideai.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/fnsrDQ-E51c

Tony chats with Jane Wang, Co-Founder and CEO at Optimity. They exist to help people live healthier and longer. A holistic approach to physical health, mental health, and financial wellness. Their platform has codified 30 years of behavior science and created a lot of ways to help people proactively improve all these important things. Jane Wang: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janejwang/ Optimity: https://www.myoptimity.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/Hm_y348PaMw

Tony chats with Jeremy Keating, Co-Founder and Director at The Price Writer, a General Insurance (P&C) pricing services company. They work with leaders in GI pricing to solve their problems using The Price Writer 9 Step Method. A very interesting conversation about insurance pricing and the future of pricing. Jeremy Keating: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-keating/ The Price Writer: https://www.thepricewriter.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/K9Wnp-MnVEs

Tony chats with Megan Thomas, Owner at The Social Coverage Collective, a done-for-you social media option for insurance agents to help them stand out online and be the go-to agent in their space. Megan Thomas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganethomas/ The Social Coverage Collective: https://www.socialcoveragecollective.com/

Tony chats with Jane Vevea about her career from life insurance to insurtech. Lots of lessons and advice for young insurance pros! Jane Vevea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-vevea-clu/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/DIcOUG7DUlc

Tony chats with Connor Thomson, generational speaker for the CPCU class of 2023 and law student. We chat about why insurance, and especially claims is an awesome career, and why he did CPCU and chose to go to law school. Connor Thomson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-michaels-7aa350172 Video Version: https://youtu.be/_LgBvM7nALc