For this Holidays Special, Jay Weintraub and I had a jolly conversation, that I admit, was longer than planned, but it was entertaining.
Brian Gaab - Strategy and Innovation at CSAA
In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Brian Gaab, Managing Principal at CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer, about innovation and how it drives growth in an insurance carrier. In his role, Brian addresses the disruption of the traditional insurance industry by focusing on implementing new technologies inside the company to make insurance simple, proactive, and personal.
When do you buy, build, or partner?
Troy Korsgaden - Inflection Point
In this episode, Troy Korsgaden and I talk about his latest book, "Inflection point," and his experience consulting insurance agencies and insurance carriers and other life hacks. Troy started his insurance career in 1983. He has instructed and spoken with hundreds of thousands of executives, agents, brokers, and staff members. He authored six books promoting his mission to help the insurance industry to wake up to the radical transformation that is taking place.
Don't put the sale first, don't put the commission first. That comes at the end.
It'll come naturally, it always has. So just be like water, let it flow and as it comes to you serve the customer and then be prepared to offer your product solution.
Emilio Figueroa - Chief Insurance Officer at Foresight
In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Foresight's Chief Insurance Officer Emilio Figueroa. Our conversation quickly turned into a Q&A and of an Insurance 101 class.
“…we would maintain the MGU as a distribution platform and just purchase a shell company... then start writing business under that shell as long as we have the the necessary reserves and the correct reinsurance partners to help us.”
Kazy Hata - Founder and CEO of Just In Case
In this episode, I had the honor to talk with Kazy Hata CEO and founder of Just-in-Case. Kazy-san has over 15 years of insurance-related service experience. In 2016, he founded Just in Case, the first Japanese InsurTech startup. Today, after four years of operation, Just in Case offers five distinct products and three unique business models.
normally an insurance company does not have an engineer/designer internally, but for an IT startup to have an engineer/designer internally it's a normal thing. it's just like to inhale air. So let's do something normal as an IT company but with the insurance knowledge in it, or you know, spirit in it.