Innovation

Ken Tashiro, VP of Corporate Development, ACORD

Ken Tashiro, VP of Corporate Development, ACORD

Ken Tashiro, VP of corporate development at ACORD, and Gilad Shai talk about ACORD, how standards reduce expense ratio, JSON and APIs, innovation, the ACORD Innovation Challenge, and guitars.

We developed, with our members, services. And they come with API and JSON based standards

Susan Hatten, COO of BrokerTech Ventures

Susan Hatten, COO of BrokerTech Ventures

In this episode, Susan Hatten, COO of BrokerTech and a senior manager at Holmes Murphy, and Gilad Shai talk about BrokerTech Venture' 5 towers, the value that Cohort 2 brings to BTV and its partners, The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek, and "How I built it" podcast by Guy Raz.

Dan White - NINETY and Alchemy Crew

Dan White - NINETY and Alchemy Crew

In this episode, Dan White, managing partner at NINETY, and I talked about Dan’s “insurance bets” for 2021. Dan talked about Micro Insurance; lessons learned from microinsurance that carriers can implement in “medium insurance,” Intangible assets insurance, and ESG rating. We skipped Black Swan Re but did manage to learn about the Alchemy Crew.

“40 years ago, 83% of their (S&P 500) balance sheet would have been tangible assets. Today, it’s only 12%. “ John Neal, CEO Lloyd’s

Ed Gaze - Lloyd's Lab

Ed Gaze - Lloyd's Lab

In this episode, I had the pleasure of hosting Ed Gaze. Ed is a senior manager of the Lloyd’s Lab, or as his Linkedin profile states, "I run Lloyd's Lab." Ed and I talked about Lloyd's of London's market, Lloyd's Lab, the next cohort--cohort 6, The City, British candy, dress code, playing the piano, and the pub.

I think there's something cool about the tradition of Lloyd's of London, and it's something that draws people to Lloyd’s