THE REPORT
WEEK OF OCT 17, 2026
Week of October 12 - 17, 2026
12 transactions | Claims software goes private, an MGU buys into a catastrophe capital manager, a home-services platform buys a carrier and its agency, and a start-up raises $10 million to insure AI agents
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EPISODE 174
Steve Johnson, Founder & Chief Product Officer of insured.io
Founder & Chief Product Officer, insured.io · OCT 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
EP 169 — Nicole Peck & Patti Harman — President & Head of Content, ITC VegasAUG 31
What Happens Behind the Badge: Inside ITC Vegas 2026
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