--- title: "PiR – E181: Collecting The Insurance User Experience with Meredith Kokas & Mike Crowe of Cleasurance - InsNerds.com" description: Recorded onsite at Cleasurance's No. Andover, MA home office (Nick is sitting on a bean bag chair...pretty insurtechy), this episode is about capturing user experiences from the interaction of buyers, policyholders, claimants and other stakeholders to the insurance experience. Mike Crowe and Meredith Kokas describe why Cleasurance started, what they do, how they do it --- [Insurance Nerds - Insuring Tomorrow ](https://insnerds.com/insights) # [PiR – E181: Collecting The Insurance User Experience with Meredith Kokas & Mike Crowe of Cleasurance - InsNerds.com](https://insnerds.com/insights/pir-e181-collecting-the-insurance-user-experience-with-meredith-kokas-mike-crowe-of-cleasurance) Written by [Nicholas Lamparelli](https://insnerds.com/insights/author/nicholas-lamparelli) | Feb 16, 2020 5:00:00 AM # PiR – E181: Collecting The Insurance User Experience with Meredith Kokas & Mike Crowe of Cleasurance by Nicholas Lamparelli Recorded onsite at Cleasurance’s No. Andover, MA home office (Nick is sitting on a bean bag chair…pretty insurtechy), this episode is about capturing user experiences from the interaction of buyers, policyholders, claimants and other stakeholders to the insurance experience. Mike Crowe and Meredith Kokas describe why Cleasurance started, what they do, how they do it and why it creates a rich and robust data set for stakeholders in insurance to understand whether we are satisfying our potential and actual customers. **LISTEN HERE:** Audio Player [https://www.buzzsprout.com/87086/2755108-pir-e181-collecting-the-insurance-user-experience-with-meredith-kokas-mike-crowe-of-cleasurance.mp3](https://www.buzzsprout.com/87086/2755108-pir-e181-collecting-the-insurance-user-experience-with-meredith-kokas-mike-crowe-of-cleasurance.mp3) 00:00 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.   **OR WATCH HERE:** ********************************************************************************************* **CONNECT WITH: **Mike Crowe – [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkc211/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkc211/) Meredith Kokas – [https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithkokos/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithkokos/) Cleasurance Home Page – [https://clearsurance.com/](https://clearsurance.com/) ********************************************************************************************* **BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY MEREDITH & MIKE: **Mastering the Rockefeller Habits by Verne Harnish – [https://amzn.to/37xhBpQ](https://amzn.to/37xhBpQ) Good to Great by Jim Collins – [https://amzn.to/2vCIqvD](https://amzn.to/2vCIqvD) The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis – [https://amzn.to/2vGbWQR](https://amzn.to/2vGbWQR) Scaling Up by Verne Harnish – [https://amzn.to/2SRf4kP](https://amzn.to/2SRf4kP) The Originals by Adam Grant – [https://amzn.to/3bLAHMq](https://amzn.to/3bLAHMq) Books on Testing & Optimization – [https://amzn.to/3bJP4Av](https://amzn.to/3bJP4Av) ********************************************************************************************* **Subscribe to Profiles in Risk at: **[**Buzzsprout RSS: http://www.buzzsprout.com/87086**](http://www.buzzsprout.com/87086) [**Google Play: https://goo.gl/WMAvW4**](https://goo.gl/WMAvW4) [**iTunes: https://goo.gl/7SqwvP**](https://goo.gl/7SqwvP) [**Overcast: https://goo.gl/8b4cbD**](https://goo.gl/8b4cbD) [**Spotify: https://goo.gl/niAbGN**](https://goo.gl/niAbGN) [**Stitcher: https://goo.gl/DmE7Mi**](https://goo.gl/DmE7Mi) [**YouTube: https://goo.gl/1Turar**](https://goo.gl/1Turar) ### About Nicholas Lamparelli Nick Lamparelli is a 20+ year veteran of the insurance wars. 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