--- title: "Profiles in Risk – Episode 23: Interview with Allan Egbert of Ask Kodiak - InsNerds.com" description: "or Subscribe. Allan Egbert https://www.linkedin.com/in/aegbertjr/ is the co-founder of Ask Kodiak https://askkodiak.com/#/home Show Notes: Ask Kodiak is trying to solve a big communications problems between the insurance markets and distributors such as brokers and agents. The insurance markets believe that they communicate well, to their agents & brokers, what type of exposures they wish" image: https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Lamparelli-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-49-25-2134-AM.jpg --- 2 min read # Profiles in Risk – Episode 23: Interview with Allan Egbert of Ask Kodiak [![Picture of Nicholas Lamparelli](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Nick%20Lamparelli(Headshot%20GS).jpg) Nicholas Lamparelli ](https://insnerds.com/insights/author/nicholas-lamparelli) : Jul 23, 2017 12:00:00 AM [Podcast](https://insnerds.com/insights/tag/podcast) ![Profiles in Risk – Episode 23: Interview with Allan Egbert of Ask Kodiak](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Lamparelli-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-49-25-2134-AM.jpg) Audio Player [https://www.buzzsprout.com/87086/540793-episode-23-allan-egbert-co-founder-of-ask-kodiak.mp3](https://www.buzzsprout.com/87086/540793-episode-23-allan-egbert-co-founder-of-ask-kodiak.mp3) 00:00 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. or [Subscribe](http://www.buzzsprout.com/87086).   Allan Egbert [https://www.linkedin.com/in/aegbertjr/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aegbertjr/) is the co-founder of Ask Kodiak [https://askkodiak.com/#/home](https://askkodiak.com/#/home)   ## Show Notes: Ask Kodiak is trying to solve a big communications problems between the insurance markets and distributors such as brokers and agents. The insurance markets believe that they communicate well, to their agents & brokers, what type of exposures they wish to cover…brokers and agents feel as though they DON’T know what their carriers actually want. What results is a lot of wasted time and energy trying to fit square pegs into round holes. Ask Kodiak is solving this problem. 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