InsurTech Talks

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The AI Race Moved to the Construction Site. Shepherd Is Building the Insurance for It.

The Filing Cabinet Nobody Fixed — And the AI Liability Gap Nobody Is Talking About

You Can't Play the M&A Game If You're Not Growing Organically First

The Safety Net Your Claims Team Doesn't Know It Needs

Parametric insurance isn't just a claims shortcut. It's a bridge to new capital, a hedge against climate volatility, and — when hybridized with traditional coverage — a smarter way to get customers…

You Think Your Sales Process Has 22 Steps. It Actually Has 57. FrontRace Is Here to Show You the Difference.

The $100 Billion Niche Nobody Talks About: A Surety Bond Primer with SwiftBonds Founder Gary Eastman

From Wearables to $100M: How Kinetic Comp Learned to Listen to Its Customers

The Compliance Layer Nobody Built — How ProducerFlow Turned an Internal Tool Into a Business

The Health Insurance Broker Has Been Underinvested For Too Long — Gyde Is Here to Fix That

The 80% of Insurance Documents Nobody Is Reading — And What Upstage Is Doing About It

Wildfire Conflagration Is Its Own Peril — And Insurance Has Been Getting It Wrong

The Insurance Industry Has a Clerk Problem — And Technology Is the Only Way Out

Under Fire and Still Showing Up: Kobi Bendelak on Israeli InsurTech Resilience

How to Navigate the Evolving Insurance Industry: Insights from Experts

Transforming Insurance: How a Startup is Redefining the Industry

Better Building Materials Are an Underwriting Strategy, Not Just a Climate One

Nobody Wants to Plug a Billion Dollars of Premium Into an Unproven Startup

A 95% Accurate AI Model, Chained Twenty Steps Deep, Gets the Job Right 30% of the Time

Direct-to-Consumer Life Insurance Failed Because Nobody Wants to Buy Insurance Alone

The Real Competitor to Every Core System Vendor Is Excel

The Cheapest Way to Grow Your Book Is to Stop Losing the Customers You Already Have

I sat down with Lior Keren of Pumpkin to explore the intersection of pet care and insurance.

Bill Harris and I had a brief conversation about InsureTech Connect Vegas, which is approaching quickly.

🎙️ insurtechtalk, Episode 138 Dan Bratshpis, the CEO and co-founder of INSHUR, and Gilad Shai discuss INSHUR, the impact of the on-demand economy on the autonomous driving industry, and the new…

Gilad Shai is hosting Chris Kalinski, CEO of Redkik. Redkik is an amazing global team that came together to re-envision cargo insurance. The team built and launched a high-performance per shipment…

Dan Woods, CEO of Socotra, discusses the impact of AI on Insurance Core Systems, particularly on policy administration.

Ali Safavi, co-founder and CEO of COVU, joins Gilad Shai to talk about COVU, a customer management system for insurance agencies.

Laura McDonald and Dr. Christy Lane, co-founders of Flora Fertility, talk with Gilad Shai about Flora Fertility, fertility Insurance, and the iceberg of fertility challenges modern life has bestowed…

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Fred Blumer joined Gilad Shai on the insurtechtalk podcast to talk about Mile Auto, insurance pay-per-mile, and collaboration with Porsche.

Adam Chadroff about the Insurance Capital Summit that the Equal Ventures team produces in NYC on May 8th. For more details and to request an invite, check out https://www.ics.equal.vc/

Benefit Bay empowers the brokers to differentiate or die. Brandy Burch, the CEO of Benefit Bay, discusses how Benefit Bay empowers benefit brokers to differentiate themselves from the competition.

Lisen Kaci, CEO of Discrepancy AI, discusses AI Tool Chaining and how they developed and linked together different models to reach better results.

Elan Nyer, CEO and co-founder of Ownli joined Gilad Shai to talk about data ownership and meaningful data in the insurance industry.

Brad Schneider, CEO of Nomad Data, talks about asking users for feedback as a secret sauce for improving AI and data categorization.

🎙️ InsurTechTalk, Episode 126 Todd Greenbaum, CEO of Input 1, discusses Input 1, premium financing, payments, and billing systems.

Kabir Syed and Gilad Shai discuss Kabir's latest company ennabl. ennabl provides a data platform to insurance agents and brokers, or in other words - truth and understanding of what's going on with…

Bill Harris and Drake Slaikeu-Lawhead join Gilad Shai to discuss behind-the-scenes topics, such as what's with the astronauts. How can you still grow? How do you boldly go where no insurer has gone…

Marty Smuin, CEO of ARTURO.ai, and Gilad Shai discuss ARTURO, the data and clarity from geospatial resources, and a fresh approach to customers.

Bruce Broussard, Managing Director at Percipience, joins Gilad Shai to discuss insurance data, Percipience's data platform, LSU, and football (soccer).

Many are familiar with the quality, time, and cost project-management triangle. In their conversation, Gilad Shai and Jon Corrin, co-founder and CEO of XILO.io, talk about the trade-off between…

Jared Brier, co-CEO and founder of AKKO joined Gilad Shai to discuss AKKO, Customer and User Experience, Warranty, and BMW Z4.

In this episode, Fabian Tatomirescu and Gilad Shai discuss gamification in the insurance world and how Fabian successfully implemented gaming principles that he learned during his career in gaming…

In this episode, Gilad Shai and ⁠Yann Barbarroux⁠, the CEO of Otonomi, talk about Otonomi, delayed cargo insurance, MGAs, and offering SaaS services.

In episode 117 of InsurTechTalk, Phil Friedman and Gilad Shai discuss overcoming a fall and bouncing back as a new person, iBynd, empowering agents, and bourbon (we are open for sponsorships).

In episode 116 of InsurTechTalk, Norbert Gehrke shares his insights about the Japanese FinTech and InsurTech ecosystem with Gilad Shai. Gilad starts the discussion with a topic of paramount…

In episode 115 of InsurTechTalk, Chang Li, VP of InsurTech and FinTech for Plug&Play Japan (Shibuya, Tokyo) joins Gilad Shai to talk about P&P collaboration with InsureTech Connect Asia (ITC Asia)…

In episode 114 of InsurTechTalk Gilad Shai talks with Curtis Goldsborough from National Insurance Inspections Services (NIIS).

In episode 113 on InsurTechTalk, Gilad Shai talks with Tony Lew and David Gritz the CEOs of InsurTechNY.

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In this episode, Sivan Iram and Gilad Shai talk about Capitola, brokers placement platform, and AI.

In this episode, Emilio Figueroa, CEO of Indemnity Labs, and Dario Luna, Managing Partner of Akua Capital, join Gilad Shai to discuss the latest development (August 8, 2023) in the Vesttoo unfolding…

In this episode, Will Chambers, the Director of Digital Partnerships & Marketing at Appalachian Underwriters, an Acrisure company, and Gilad Shai talk about the role of the insurance wholesaler…

In this "Breaking News" episode, Emilio Figueroa, CEO of Indemnity Lab, joins Gilad Shai to talk about Vesttoo, the ILS market, Fronting companies, and The Corinthian Group. Meir Orbach from…

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In this episode, Will Shaw and Gilad Shai talk about Better Agency and BrokerTech. They touch on Will's journey from the NFL to insurance and allow Gilad to show his ignorance about America's…

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Kevin Abramson, President of Cover Whale, joins Gilad Shai to talk about how to properly build an insurance startup, grit, hoodies, and following your north star.

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Viewers from the US requested insight into Lloyd's of London. Luckily, while I spent several weeks in London, I had the opportunity to meet James Bradbury, Strategy Manager at Lloyd's, and to invite…

The first episode of 2023! Hadi Radwan, a serial entrepreneur, venture builder, and insurtech expert talks with Gilad Shai about his new venture Asteya. Asteya is an insurance company that aims to…

Bill Harris and Gilad Shai summarize 2022 from ITC's, the largest InsurTech conference, perspective and dive into various topics that impacted the InsureTech industry and inspired Bill throughout his…

We could have done this episode in person in one of the local podcast studios. I'm happy to give the stage to another Los Angeles InsurTech startup. In this episode, Tanner Hackett, CEO of…

Kobi Bendelak and Gilad Shai talk about a new initiative to host insurance executives and investors delegations to the vibrant center of InsurTech innovation in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel.

In this episode, Jarid Beck and Gilad Shai talk about Captive insurance for Health and worker's compensation.

In this episode, Jonathan Gonzalez and Gilad Shai talk about Raincoat, parametric insurance, micro-insurance, and the classic entrepreneurship spirit.

In this episode, Matt and Gilad talk about Obie, Matt's journey in the insurance world, dwelling insurance, and going through an M&A.

🎙️ InsurTechTalk by @InsurTech:LA Episode 82 In this episode, Jeff and Gilad talk about Accelerant (https://accelins.com/), working while vacationing in Italy, Asymmetry in the insurance industry,…

In this episode, Mark Anquillare and Gilad Shai talk about Verisk Analytics, a data analytics and risk assessment firm that faithfully serves the insurance industry.

Roger Peverelli and Gilad Shai talk about DIA Munich, conferences, building connections, InsurTech startups, and the Amsterdam canals.

In this episode, Frank Giaoui and Gilad Shai talk about Optimalex, a Legal Predictive Analytics company.

In this episode, Alex (Fro) Frommeyer, the CEO of Beam, returns to the InsurTechTalk podcast to talk about Beam's expansion. In 2022, Fro and his team moved beyond dental and smart toothbrushes, and…

In this episode, the musician and former children (Israeli) TV star, Ifty Kerzner talks about Kissterra, MarketingOS, insurance CAC and the powerful impact of marketing as a core system.

Mark Scafaro, CEO of Afficiency, joins Gilad Shai to talk about Afficiency, Life insurance, building trust and traction for a SaaS platform and providing Whole Life insurance quotes via API.

In this episode, Adam Kiefer, CEO and co-founder of Talage, and Gilad Shai talk about Talage's role as the insurance quotes submission system, partnering with the Agency Management System,…

Amit Nisenbaum, CEO of Ahoy! and Gilad Shai talk about Ahoy!'s product, niches products, crewmates, and the love of the sea.

In this episode, Justin Kahn, the CEO and Co-Founder of Reepher, joins Gilad Shai to talk about covering cannabis DUI expenses. As medical cannabis and other THC products consumption increase, so…

Paul Tyler and Gilad Shai talk about RetirementTech, SeniorCare, and The Medicarians conference coming up next week (June 6-8, 2022) in the MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Rashid Galadanci, CEO and Founder of Driver, talks with Gilad Shai about Driver's dashcam app, the AI "behind the lens," and working with insurance companies.

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In this episode, Ben Rose, the president and co-founder of Supercede, joins Gilad Shai to talk about Supercede, the challenge in the reinsurance market. Ben also provides us with some orientation…

Haytham Elhawary, CEO and co-founder of Kinetic, and Gilad Shai talk about Wearables, Workers' Compensation, Robotics, and inspiring Haytham's daughter to go to Mars.

Philip Charles-Pierre, CEO and co-founder of Semsee, joined Gilad Shai to talk about Semsee, developing technology for agents, UNC, and a new program to cover R&D interruption.

Wendy Aarons-Corman, CEO of OWIT Global, and Barry Bablin, SVP of Actuarial Services at Farm Family Insurance, joined Gilad Shai to talk about data, bordereaux management, no-code / low-code, and…

Michael Lebor joins Gilad Shai to talk about InsuranceGIG, InsurTech applications, workflows, partnerships, and winning awards.

Sasha Gainullin, CEO and co-founder of Battleface, joins Gilad Shai to talk about travel insurance, embedded insurance, and geo-politics that we may or may not cut out.

James Benham is a CEO, serial entrepreneur, technologist, speaker, podcast host, and pilot. James joins Gilad Shai to talk about insurance, construction, SmartCompliance, TerraClaim, and JBKnowledge.

Raj Pofale, Founder&CEO of Claim Genius, joins Gilad Shai to talk about Damage Estimation, Computer Vision, Going Global, and Bollywood.

Vivek Krishnamurthy and Gilad Shai talk about the future of insurance, Commerce Ventures, documentaries, and crypto.

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Ian White, co-founder and CEO of Koffie Labs, talks about insuring a commercial fleet of trucks, underwriting data, cartography, 200 data points, climbing Mtn. Kilimanjaro, and the "K" in Koffie.

Alex Frommeyer talks about drums, Beam Dental, the Beam Brush, growing from a dental PPO to a full benefits suite, and Denise Rodman.

Gilad Shai and Joe Emison talk about the latest M&A in the insurTech world, Lemonade's acquisition of Metromile.

Tsvi (Chuck) Guy, Managing Director - Structured Finance at Eastgate Securities, and Gilad Shai talk about the role of the investment banker in the life cycle of a startup -- it is earlier than…

Jake Sloan, Global Industry Manager Insurance at Appian, formerly with Farmers insurance, AON, and Santander Bank, talks about Appian's Low-Code platform, Hyperautomation, and drag racing.

Liri Halperin Segal, Founder & CEO of LeO, is a serial entrepreneur and voice women leadership in tech. Liri and Gilad talk about LeO, enabling insurance agents to easily access and act on their…

Sabine VanderLinden, The Queen of InsurTech, CEO and Managing Partner of Alchemy Crew, joins Gilad Shai to speak about The InsurTechBook, Startupbootcamp, Alchemy Crew, building companies, and new…

David Tobias talks about Betterview, understanding property risk, the challenges the insurance companies face, founding a startup, and generating actionable insights from data.

Caribou Honig, chairman and co-founder of InsureTech Connect (ITC), who is also the co-founder of Blueprint and HR Transform conferences, and a general partner at SemperVirens Venture Capital, talks…

Stuart Winchester, CEO & Founder at Marble, and Gilad Shai talk about using rewards in the insurance industry, rebate laws, Marble, mass transit, and MTA.

Alan Ringvald and Gilad Shai talk about Relativity6 pivot to provide accurate business classification API. Relativity6 focused on policyholders LTV (churn and cross-sale) and recently shifted its…

Ron Glozman and Gilad Shai talk about Chisel AI, snowboarding, obtaining data from insurance companies, and setting up a podcast.

In this episode, Gilad Shai and Daniel Demetri talk about Trellis, an InsurTech startup that acts as a marketplace and follows the analogy of Plaid in the FinTech industry. In the full episode,…

Angela Noble, VP of Innovation at EMC Insurance Group, and Gilad Shai talk about Angela's philosophy about innovation, fostering innovation at EMC Insurance, the role of her team, and culture.

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 (apply by August 13),…

Rochelle Thielen, Chief Revenue Officer of HONK, an on-demand roadside assistance platform, and Gilad Shai talk about HONK's value proposition to insurance companies, partnership with Farmers…

Nir Netzer, the founding partner of Equitech Group and FinTech Aviv, talks with Gilad Shai about FinTech Aviv events, the role of the investment banker, his background as a consultant, and how a…

In this episode, Bryan Falchuk and Gilad Shai talk about Bryan’s new book “The Future of Insurance vol. 2.” It will be easier to send you directly to Amazon and purchase Bryan’s book because that’s…

Jim Albert, chairman and co-founder of Neptune Flood Insurance, and Gilad Shai talk about Neptune, podcasting, using API, the power of AI as a multiplier in the insurance industry, insurance programs…

In this week's episode, Gil Arazi, founder and managing partner of FinTLV Ventures, joins Gilad Shai to discuss FinTLV's fund meteoric growth, the fund's investment thesis, and playing the piano,…

In this week's episode of insurTechTalk by InsurTechLA, Michael Byrne shares his knowledge and insights on the legal structure and strategy when launching a new InsurTech venture, in which territory…

In this episode, Bobbie Shrivastav, co-founder and CPO of Benekiva, talks with Gilad Shai about the challenge of life insurance companies to manage claims, Nigel Walsh's fitness program, female…

In this episode, Susan Hatten, COO of BrokerTech and a senior manager at Holmes Murphy, and Gilad Shai talk about BrokerTech Venture' 5 towers (Accelerator, Early Stage Investments, Innovation,…

Thomas Verduzco-Weisel, Director Central Europe for CoreLogic | Symbility and an active InsurTech evangelist and Gilad Shai come together on Thomas's Clubhouse "Insurance Innovation"…

In this episode, James Bowen, CEO and Co-Founder of Energetic Insurance, joins Gilad Shai to talk about Credit Insurance in the renewal energy industry, the gap in underwriting loans, having great…

In this episode, Phillip Naples, CEO and co-founder of Layr, a digital insurance brokerage pumped up with AI and magic, talks with Gilad Shai about Layr (of London), placing the rails for insurance,…

In this episode, Jeff McCann, CEO and Founder of APOLLO, and Gilad Shai talk about APOLLO, an online insurance company based out of Vancouver, Canada, merch, Jeff's vision, investors, and Good to…

In this episode, Isaac Espinoza, Head of Reinsurance at Root insurance, a Columbus, Ohio, based car insurance company that recently, October 28th, 2020, went public on the Nasdaq, and Gilad Shai talk…

InsurTechTalk by @InsurTechLA Episode 27 In this episode, Samantha Chow, the Life, Annuity, and Health Markets Lead at EIS Group, and Gilad Shai talk about CoreTech, the frictionless experience that…

In this episode, David McFarland and I talk about Coterie, empowering the Small Medium Business (SMB) insurance with APIs and a digital binding authority. David elaborates on working with other…

In this episode, I am pleased to host Robert Smithson, CEO & Founder of JUST Insurance (Insurer). It is a vibrant and very educational conversation. Robert and I talk about JUST, fair insurance,…

..in early 2017, everybody was still trying to find their way. The term \[InsurTech\] didn't really have a solid definition, but more than anything, our clients were quite paranoid about being…

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 micro-insurance that carriers can…

In this episode, Brian Anderson and Gilad Shai talk about investments in InsurTech startups. We warmed up the conversation with Patagonia (VC) vest and then moved to hotter topics as SPAC, the shift…

In our conversation, Jay D’Aprile and I talked about the "War for Talent," the challenges that the legacy companies face, the influence of the COVID pandemic on the workforce's future, and the…

This episode is different. Instead of talking about InsurTech, this week's guest, Daniel R'bibo, an Area SVP at Arthur J. Gallagher, enriches our knowledge about a topic that is close to InsuTechLA's…

In this episode, I had the pleasure of hosting Ed Gaze. Ed joined Lloyd’s in August 2018 following ten years as a consultant at KPMG and EY, specializing in technology and data.

In this episode, I had the pleasure of hosting Avi Tuschman. Avi is the Chief Innovation Officer and founder of Pinpoint Predictive. He is a Stanford StartX entrepreneur and an internationally…

In this episode, I had a very interesting conversation about Cybersecurity with Avi Bartov, the CEO and co-founder of GamaSec. GamaSec provides pre-breach services helping commercial lines insurance…

In this episode, I had the pleasure of hosting Ben Munro. Ben and I talked about delivering commercial insurance via API, about his company--Briza, building a company that service insurance agents…

For this Holidays Special, Jay Weintraub and I had a jolly conversation, that I admit, was longer than planned, but it was entertaining.

In this episode, I enjoyed talking with Jeremy Bluvol and CEO and co-founder of ANAGRAM.

Well over a century ago our mobility solutions shifted from horseback to horsepower, and ever since then AAA has helped pave the way for the advancement of new technologies that significantly…

Jake is CEO of Everyday Life Insurance, a Boston-based tech startup that is making life insurance smarter and more inclusive for everyday people. Inspired by the opportunity to use breakthrough…

Troy Korsgaden is a highly sought-after insurance and financial services consultant. He is the principal of Korsgaden International, which specializes in global marketing, distribution, agency…

In this episode, I had a fun conversation with Ryan Mathisen CEO and co-founder of GloveBox. We talked about GloveBox, growing up in an insurance agency, MMA, guerilla marketing, and the upcoming…

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.

In this episode, I enjoyed talking with Denise Garth, the Chief Strategy Officer for Majesco. Denise is responsible for leading marketing, industry relations, and innovation to support Majesco’s…

Japan is known for being a complex of contradictions and amazements to the outside visitor. On one hand, it is a conservative, hierarchical culture and it is slow to react. On the other hand, it is…

Cover Desk Founder and CEO Andy Priesman is an insurance industry veteran with significant and extensive operational experience. He knows what it takes to make an independent insurance agency run…

For this episode, I had the pleasure to chat with Paul Tyler. Paul Tyler serves as Chief Marketing Officer for Nassau where he leads the marketing strategy, direct-to-consumer channel, and innovation…

In this episode, I had the pleasure to host Sidd Gavirneni. Sidd is the CEO and co-founder of Zeguro, a cybersecurity, and a cyber insurance company focused on small and mid-size businesses. Based in…

This is my first pre-recorded, no audience, unscripted podcast. I am very happy that my first guest was Mauricio because it requires energy and a very interesting story to tell so we can keep the…