Profiles in Risk

On this episode, Carey Anne Nadeau interviews the insurtech startups participating in the Spring 2019 Hartford Insurtech Hub accelerator, powered by Startup Bootcamp. Contact information for the startups are listed below & each will participate in a demo day on April 26, 2019. To attend, RSVP here (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demo-day-2019-amplify-tickets-57415845339/amp) 0:47 | Panya Chheng, Co-Founder & CO, Medyear. Visit: www.medyear.com or email: panya@medyear.com & follow on social media: LinkedIn or Twitter. 9:40 | Jay Pugliese, Co-Founder, CareValidate. Visit: carevalidate.com or email: jay@carevalidate.com & follow on social media: LinkedIn or Twitter. 18:40 | Matt Kay, COO & Co-Founder, Talem Health Analytics.  Visit: talemhealthanalytics.com or email: matt@talemhealthanalytics.com & follow on social media: LinkedIn or Twitter. 26:22 | Frederico Capello, COO & CFO, Co-Founder, See Your Box. Visit: seeyourbox.com or email: fcapello@seeyourbox.com & follow on social media: LinkedIn or Twitter. 36:29 | Gilberto Spencer, CEO, Co-Founder, Claimspace. Visit: claimspace.io or email: gilberto@claimspace.io & follow on social media: LinkedIn or Twitter. 46:20 | Matthew Elan Smith, Co-Founder, Pineapple. Visit: pineapple.co.za or email: matthew@pineapple.co.za & follow on social media: LinkedIn, Twitter, or Instagram. 55:42 | Abraham Ventura, CEO, Pitch Gauge. Visit: pitchgauge.com or email: aventura@pitchgauge.com & follow on social media: LinkedIn, Twitter, or Instagram. 1:01:28 | Charlie Robinson, CCO, handdii. Visit: www.handdii.com or email: charlie@handdii.com & follow on LinkedIn. 1:15:43 | Ori Blumenthal, Co-Founder & CTO, Skywatch. Visit: www.skywatch.ai or email: oriblumenthal@skywatch.ai & follow on social media: LinkedIn or Twitter. 1:22:31 | Anant Tailor, Chief Commercial Officer, Dream Payments. Visit: https://www.dreampayments.ca/ or email: anant.tailor@dreampayments.com and follow on Social media: LinkedIn

I’ve invited Paul Tetrault to join me on the golf Course, Paul is the Executive Director of the Insurance Library, a hidden gem of information, resources and knowledge about the evolution of insurance products and new innovations, spanning back 132 years. You can find more information about the Insurance Library at insurancelibrary.org

Tony chats with Tiana Showe, COO & Co-Founder at meshVI, they are a transportation insurance administration platform. They take all the manual processes that exist in transportation insurance: vehicle schedules, driver schedules, and much more in a single platform that's accessible by insureds, agents, wholesalers, brokers, carriers, adjusters, lienholders, certificate holders, etc. This streamlines every process in this space and makes it so much more efficient.Tiana Schowe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tianaschowe/meshVi: https://www.fleetvims.com/web/indexVideo Version: https://youtu.be/1xP6ZB5GqzkDavid C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMBI discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Tony chats with Valkyrie Holmes Co-Founder and CEO at Faura, they help homeowners understand how likely their home is to survive a natural disaster after a 10 minute app-based assessment. A dollar of mitigation can prevent $4 to $7 in avoided future losses.Valkyrie Holmes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valkyrieholmes/Faura: https://faura.us/Video Version: https://youtu.be/AitL7NTltsQDavid C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMBI discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Tony chats with Chantal Roberts, long-time insurance professional, fellow CPCU, and author of the new book "Once Upon a Claim". A wonderful, uplifting conversation you should not miss!Chantal Roberts: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantal-roberts-cmrconsulting/Once Upon a Claim: https://amzn.to/3wi1b7nVideo Version: https://youtu.be/Tnst7XAEA58David C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMBI discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Moving + Packing Tips and Hacks, Real Estate & LifeListen to 'Life Beyond Boxes Podcast' – the art of moving with ease and confidence!

Tony chats with Gage Caligaris, Founder and CEO at Ledgebrook, a tech-enabled E&S MGA. Using data and insurance expertise to improve E&S. Taking the best of modern technology and the best of insurance people and combining that into a compelling offering for the brokers that set you up with faster and more consistent quotes.Gage Caligaris: https://youtu.be/HQ_KDqhwD1oLedgebrook: https://www.ledgebrook.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/HQ_KDqhwD1oDavid C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMBI discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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/YUdANakV6g4David C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMBI discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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/hBGuhFaECaUDavid C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMBI discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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/FhQXJ7P41DcDavid C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMBI discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Moving + Packing Tips and Hacks, Real Estate & LifeListen to 'Life Beyond Boxes Podcast' – the art of moving with ease and confidence!

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/iqxJGingPhQDavid C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMBI discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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/3uByysnPpYcDavid C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMBI discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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/David C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMBI discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Moving + Packing Tips and Hacks, Real Estate & LifeListen to 'Life Beyond Boxes Podcast' – the art of moving with ease and confidence!

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/wJpCSBrdgtUDavid C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMBI discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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/gbGdpsrhsX8David C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMBI discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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/tanctO5UWNIDavid C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMBI discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Moving + Packing Tips and Hacks, Real Estate & LifeListen to 'Life Beyond Boxes Podcast' – the art of moving with ease and confidence!

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/mpUWPMpcDuoDavid C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making M&A SMBI discuss buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Moving + Packing Tips and Hacks, Real Estate & LifeListen to 'Life Beyond Boxes Podcast' – the art of moving with ease and confidence!

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