Nicholas Lamparelli

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Responsive Scaling: A Strategic Approach to Staffing in Insurance Organizations

Insurance organizations operate in a unique and challenging environment. As complex financial entities, they require specialized talent across various domains, including underwriting, claims, accounting, actuarial science, asset management,...

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What Is An MGA?

Understanding MGAs: A Critical Player in Insurance In today's complex insurance landscape, Managing General Agents (MGAs) play a pivotal role that...

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Redefining Indemnity Insurance: Mark Groenheide, CRO of NormanMax on Parametric Insurance

Join Nick as he sits down with Mark Groenheide, CRO of NormanMax Insurance Services, a seasoned commercial underwriter and parametric enthusiast....

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The Evolution of Wildfire Modeling: From DOS to Geospatial Simulation and Implications

Wildfire modeling has come a long way. Joe Scott, Chief Fire Scientist of Vibrant Planet and Founder of Pyrologix talks about his early days in fire...

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Quality, Scale, and CATs - Why Some Carriers Find Value In Outsourcing Underwriting

Why would any insurance company outsource their sacred function of underwriting? That was a question I put to Mark Zuwala Director of Underwriting...

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Are Your Sales & Marketing Efforts Anti-Fragile?

What's The Opposite of Fragile? When I ask people what the opposite of fragile is, I usually hear "resilient", "strong", or "durable". This feels...

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Riches in Niches - How To Become A Trusted Advisor & An Effective Insurance Producer

If you are new to insurance sales, there is a lot of pressure to produce. The vast majority of insurance producers (young and old) are too focused on...

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We Lost...And We Wouldn't Change a Thing

Resulting - (verb) the tendency to judge a decision based on its outcome, rather than the quality of the decision itself. (made popular by Annie...

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The Art & Science of MGAs - Tricura's Approach To Underwriting & Covering Skilled Nursing Facilities

In this episode of Profiles in Risk - Nick spoke with Matthew Queen co-founder and COO of Tricura, an MGA specializing in liability risks for skilled...

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Empowering Smart Financial Decisions: How Thumbscore is Reshaping Workplace Benefits (PIR E624)

by Nicholas Lamparelli David Thorne from Thumbscore brings expertise in behavioral economics and financial wellness to discuss innovative approaches...

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