Profiles in Risk – E491: Playing The Long Game With Technology – a Conversation with Bruce Broussard, Managing Partner of Percipience

“Show me one insurance company and I’ll show you ONE insurance company” – Former Boss Technology has changed more in the past 25 years than it has in the past 250! And most of us wouldn’t be surprised if this acceleration, accelerates! This rapid change has caused havoc in an industry such as insurance that … Read more

Profiles in Risk – E472: Why You Should Do A Podcast Recording For Yourself Every 5 Years – Miranda Elizabeth Joseph

For anyone that wants to see what their personal and professional development looks like, do one of these every five years. Miranda Elizabeth Joseph viewing her original podcast (Episode 131) with us Tony chats with returning Profiles in Risk guest Myranda Elizabeth Joseph. Myranda appeared on the show as a doe-eyed 23-year-old independent insurance agent … Read more

Profiles in Risk – E475: The Evolution of Property Data Continues – Vivek Sablani, CEO of Wizard Analytics

In late 1992, in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew a sinking realization entered into the property insurance market…we didn’t know where our exposures were!…nor had any clue about what we knew about those exposures…even if we had known where they were located!!! (No story quite captures this realization than Michael Lewis’ In Nature’s Casino New … Read more

Profiles in Risk – E470: I Think Therefore I Insure – Brian Thompson, Business Development (Parametric) Underwriter for Descartes Insurance

“cogito, ergo sum” – Rene Descartes Parametric insurance products are not new. They have been around for decades (and in some forms probably centuries). Insurance professionals have struggled to adopt to parametric solutions for our clients because they do not neatly fit into the indemnity paradigm we insurance professionals were trained into. Our entire training … Read more

Profiles in Risk en Español: E8 – Oscar Garza, CEO en Journey Sports

Tony conversa con Oscar Garza, CEO en Journey Sports, una plataforma enfocada completamente en seguros deportivos. El producto principal es para Accidentes Personales cuando practicas deportes, incluyendo deportes más peligrosos. En México hay 8 millones de deportistas y 96% no cuenta con ningún tipo de seguro en caso de lesión y es una de las … Read more