Profiles in Risk: E462 – Constructing An Insurance Product & Program From First Principals; Joanne Artesani, Founder & CEO of Sproutr

We joke that insurance isn’t rocket science. But what if it isn’t in a way we hadn’t contemplated? What if insurance is more difficult? Anyone who has stood up an MGA, insurance program or launched an insurance solution knows this. There are so many moving pieces from the overall thesis, to the strategy around underwriting, … Read more

Profiles in Risk: E461 – How To Pick Yourself Up After A Layoff; David Terne of EmergingAlly.com

David and Tony have both been through layoffs in their insurance careers. In this episode they share how they handled the job searches, and attached emotions during difficult times. We’re here for you! Connect with David Terne: LinkedIn https://www.emergingally.com/  

Profiles in Risk – E460: Creating Ultra-HighRes Vegetation Mapping For Better Wildfire Defense; Gus Calderon, Co-Founder of FireWatch

Vegetative fuel models are a vital component for wildfire stakeholders in understanding the frequency and severity of wildfire events. It is the fuel models which allow us to simulate events and study how a wildfire will behave under certain circumstances. Wildfire spread is highly correlated with the density of vegetation and the combustibility of that … Read more

Profiles in Risk: E458 – Going From Unstructured to Structured (and useful) Loss Runs; Scott Knowles, CEO & Co-Founder at Loss Scan

Loss Runs have forever been and continue to be a mess. Underwriting requires them… Agents and brokers order them… They arrive at the underwriters, who look at them… And they are completely unstructured pdfs that have no standard date sets, no standard terminology. Every company is generating them in their own way and its up … Read more