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In this episode, Tony chats with Caden Braly, CEO at AgentsTech. AgentsTech is an insurtech consulting firm that helps independent insurance brokerages while uniquely bringing together technology consulting and business consulting. Dear agency, what’s keeping you up at night? AgentsTech can help and they GET insurance because they grew up in our industry and still … Read more

Those who know me are aware that a significant portion of my professional life had revolved around travel. From 2009 to 2020, I constantly found myself either relocating to another state or country, or boarding a plane for business meetings and conferences. The last three years  I vividly recall a conversation with my former boss … Read more

The Origin of Modern Insurance What we think of as Property Casualty Insurance has its roots in marine insurance, Lloyd’s of London was founded by Edward Lloyd at his coffeehouse on London’s Tower Street in 1688.  The “coffee shop” was popular with sailors, shipowners, and merchants, and Lloyd catered to them with the most up-to-date … Read more

I hope you enjoyed Part 1 of this article.  This post covers Trends 5-7 from my 2020 article and some Bonus ones for the rest of the decade. Trend #5: Macro Economy – Roaring 20s into the Great Depression From 2020 article: In the 1920s – The stock market crash of October 1929 began the … Read more

Back in January 2020, I wrote an insurtech predictions piece entitled The 20’s: Now and Then.  This looked at trends we saw in the 1920’s and how they might compare to the 2020’s.  I was working with Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) at the time, regularly speaking with insurers and insurtech disruptors.  Recently, I have … Read more