THE REPORT
WEEK OF OCT 31, 2026
Week of October 26 - 31, 2026 (Part 1)
5 featured transactions | TIAA commits $750 million to a new annuity reinsurer, Enstar takes a $2.3 billion reserve layer from Markel, and venture capital backs benefits and insurance infrastructure
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EPISODE 175
Stephen Todres, Investor at American Family Ventures
Investor, American Family Ventures · OCT 28
Don't Build for What VCs Fund: Stephen Todres on the Great Agency Reset, Human Agents and Concentrated Venture Capital
EP 174: Steve Johnson | Founder & Chief Product Officer, insured.ioOCT 19
The Pizza Tracker for Claims: Steve Johnson on Insurance UX, Mobile and AI With Guardrails
EP 173: Duncan Crystal | Co-Founder & CRO, HeraldOCT 6
Why One API Wasn't Enough: Duncan Crystal on Strategic Placement at Scale
EP 172: Yehuda Daniel Katz | Founder, RiskRemedySEP 22
He Got Into Insurance for Revenge. Then He Built the Library the Industry Never Had.
EP 171: Michael Nadel | Partner and Global Head of Insurance, Simon-KucherSEP 16
Nine Months After the SaaSpocalypse: What Michael Nadel Actually Learned
EP 170: Rick Zullo | Founder & Managing Partner, Equal VenturesSEP 8
The Elbow Chart: How Rick Zullo Actually Decides What Makes an Insurance Startup Investable
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