The Insurance Podcast

As the CEO of Xceedance Arun Balakrishnan has seen many tech changes through his career starting with selling online in India. He explains how AI does not have to upend your vision, team, and tech stack to find success with it. In this episode:Who the companies will be who find success with AI, and sustain it.Why there will not be winners in the AI race but those who get left behindHow to consider token usage, budgeting and maximizing ROIWhere the most practical value lies for brokers, insurers, MGAs, and almost every insurance entityArun has lived the experience he speaks about with AI and shares his war stories, expertise and more to help drive understanding instead of fear with AI and the future it will play across the insurance industry.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When insurance industry leaders want learn they show up at NICC. As we sit one month away from this conference in Quebec City, this episode will profile speakers, the agenda, and why NICC is an essential event year after year.In this epiosde:What's in store for attendeesHow topics and themes are chosenThe importance of government in the industryM&A panel previewHow a new initiative makes charitable giving for insurance easierPreviews of claims, AI, trade, and trucking panels.We're excited to have Nevina Kishun, Marc Lipman, Stuart Carruthers and Koker Christensen talk about the conference, their roles and what's in store this year.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's not often someone who's business touches insurance in almost all global regions wants to share their view but Michal Trochimczuk sat down to share where he sees progress, successes, and challenges with P&C insurance and the lessons learned.In this episode:What global trends need to be noticedThe similar needs that insurers have no matter where they areHow brokers integrate with insurersWhy speed to decisions is driving experience for insurersWhere successes are happening globally and whyHow challenges emerge and are they region specific or learning opportunitiesMichal shows why Sollers is a sought after firm for advising insurers on many aspects of their business with his thoughtful and candid answers and insights. It's rare to have access to someone with such a refined global view and expertise and he provides insights few will find elsewhere.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Shelley Billinghurst isn't trying to disrupt recruitment for the insurance industry but she might disrupt how insurance approaches finding great talent. As the President and founder of Hire Value Shelley has some insights about the insurance industry and it's talent attraction practices that are long overdue to be heard.In this episode:Why insurance career ads are like bland drapes to good talentHow hiring software stifles great talent identificationWhy saying you have a great culture really doesn't say much at allWhen allowing expression becomes the most important part of your brandHow to promote your brand and not the blandAs a fellow podcaster Shelley is a great speaker and and provides an entertaining look at how insurance lags and why the results prove it and what can be done to change those results, if you date.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Reinsurance seems to be spoken about but still largely misunderstood. Gavin Lillywhite, SVP with Xceedance pulls back the curtain and explains how reinsurance is evolving and the role it plays. With reinsurers being far more aggressively focused with their capacity and finding new opportunities for distribution, Gavin explores what the industry is asking for and how those requests are being answered.In this episode:How the underwriting behind reinsurance is evolving and modernizingWhy reinsurers are leveraging new data for growthWhere new services and insights are required to sustain profitiballityHow reinsurance shapes capacity through the distribution channelWhy AI is also a tool at the highest levels and where it's impact is seenGavin has a great many years of experience but more importantly he can address new issues and problems without losing the lens of the past the lessons that sometimes seem forgotten. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.