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Nicholas Lamparelli: Oct 26, 2026, 8:06:34 AM
For years, Founder Shield was one of the names you heard whenever someone talked about digital-first brokers for startups. It built a tech-driven platform for emerging and high-growth companies across life sciences, tech and media, fintech and small...
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Nicholas Lamparelli: Oct 26, 2026, 8:06:30 AM
Every few weeks someone tells me they're starting an MGA. They have the distribution, the niche, the underwriting thesis. What they usually don't...
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Nicholas Lamparelli: Oct 21, 2026, 8:10:22 AM
A hurricane makes landfall and the claims operation gets its hardest test of the year. This time it gets it with fewer people. Sedgwick expects about...
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Nicholas Lamparelli: Oct 19, 2026, 10:08:36 AM
A hyperscale data center campus can carry $20 billion to $30 billion in insurable value. The commercial insurance market typically puts up about $5...
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Nicholas Lamparelli: Oct 19, 2026, 10:05:28 AM
Here's a problem most insurtech founders haven't sat with long enough: if your AI actually works, your customer needs fewer people. If you charge by...
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Nicholas Lamparelli: Oct 19, 2026, 10:01:36 AM
Ask anyone who works an insurance file what eats their day, and you'll hear some version of the same answer: finding things. The limit is in the...
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Nicholas Lamparelli: Oct 19, 2026, 9:58:12 AM
Most AI governance conversations in insurance end at deployment. The model passed testing, compliance signed off, it's live. But an AI system can...
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Nicholas Lamparelli: Oct 19, 2026, 9:54:36 AM
Consumer AI assistants have started picking up the phone and calling insurers for quotes. Meta's Muse agent launched in the U.S. in September and...
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Nicholas Lamparelli: Oct 19, 2026, 9:50:15 AM
Ask a claims leader where cycle time goes and you'll hear about adjuster capacity, estimates, supplements, and parts. You rarely hear about the...
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Nicholas Lamparelli: Oct 16, 2026, 10:46:03 AM
Cogitate-sponsored Insurance Nerds webinar on October 28 features Vital Coverage CEO Justin Krone on launching a differentiated MGU product without...
