Denim Rivet

Today's episode is a wonderful view into the world of affinity marketing in the insurance business. Bill Suneson is Co-Founder & CEO of Boston-based, MyLifeProtected.

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What do Henry Ford, Steve Jobs and the insurance industry have to do with one another? You'll discover this and a whole lot more in this episode of Denim Rivet featuring Maria Ferrante-Schepis. Maria is managing principal of Insurance and Financial Services Innovation at Maddock Douglas, Inc., an internationally recognized innovation consulting firm focused on helping large brands bring new ideas to market. Prior to Maddock Douglas, Maria was vice president and chief marketing officer at Guardian in New York City since 2007, and vice president of marketing at Prudential in Newark, New Jersey from 1999 – 2007.

If you're a corporate executive wondering how to build momentum for your innovation efforts, this episode may be just what you've been looking for.

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In today's episode of Denim Rivet, I'm joined by Jeff Root, founder of SellTermLife.com. Jeff owns and operates an online life insurance agency where he makes a living selling life insurance... entirely online and over the phone. If you're curious how Jeff generated over 20,000 online consumer inquiries and leads in a year, then you won't want to miss this episode. Jeff and his firm are proving that consumers are interested and comfortable buying life insurance online in today's mobile, social and digital world.

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By 2020, more than 50% of the spending power in the U.S. will be controlled by millennials. This represents a $1.4 trillion market opportunity. And these millennials are digitally savvy consumers. On today's episode, I'm joined by Chris Langille, founder of Advisor Evolved in Philadelphia, PA. Join us and listen as we discuss the latest trends with mobile and social media, web, SEO and full funnel marketing.

Advisor Evolved's website: advisorevolved.com

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On today's episode, I'm joined by Caribou Honig a founding partner at QED Investors in Alexandria, VA. QED actively supports high-growth businesses that use information to compete — and win. While their support is tailored to the specific needs of each of their portfolio companies, they typically provide a combination of both capital and capability.

In this episode, Caribou and I discuss:

• How fintech and specifically banking tech compares to the path insurance tech is on.
• The innovation and disruption that will inevitably take place within insurance marketing and distribution models.
• The current state of venture capital investing.
• The opportunities that exist in the insurance startup ecosystem.
• InsureTech Connect Conference this October in Las Vegas

QED Investors website: qedinvestors.com

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Snejina Zacharia is the founder and CEO of Insurify, the virtual insurance agent which connects with millions of records to verify personal information and provide accurate car insurance quotes. Snejina has over 16 years of experience in entrepreneurship with consumer internet and enterprise software companies. Most recently, she was with Gartner where she established and grew three lines of business, each with millions of dollars of annual revenue across the USA and EMEA.  Snejina holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.

Insurify is an online car insurance shopping platform, which allows users to quickly and easily compare real, accurate quotes from multiple carriers, based on their unique profiles. Using an easy and intuitive interface, advanced integration technology, and a powerful recommendation engine, Insurify creates a better, smarter, car insurance shopping platform.

Insurify's website: insurify.com

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Jim Kerley has worked in and been associated with the life insurance industry for 47 years. To say that he knows his stuff may be the understatement of the year! In this episode, Gregory and Jim focus the conversation on how insurance companies must adapt and begin providing a digital experience for their consumers. This episode may be the best yet, so tune in and hear about:

• How social media can be leveraged to affect the digital transformation.
• The vast adoption of mobile technology.
• The implications of big data and gleaning intelligence from the data.
• How wearable devices will shape the future of the life insurance industry.

LIMRA's website

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Gregory and Justin are back on today's episode to talk about major events in the insurance startup, innovation and marketing ecosystem. They discuss the failures and leadership shake up at Zenefits, the new P2P insurance business model being introduced by Lemonade and more. Justin leads a discussion about generational differences in the workplace and they break-down how insurance company managers should approach millennials versus other generations of workers.

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Nick Gerhart is the Iowa Insurance Commissioner and he is our guest on this episode of Denim Rivet. Nick has more than 10 years experience in government and the industry with a focus on insurance, health care and securities. He oversees one of the largest insurance states in the United States, where he leads a team of 100 professionals and a budget of nearly $15 million.

In this episode, Nick and I had a wide-ranging conversation about his recent trip to Google's headquarters in Silicon Valley, Peer-to-Peer startup models and much more.

Iowa Insurance Division Website

Thank you to our episode sponsors Melius and Fidelity & Guaranty Life.

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Justin Brady is back on today's episode where we talk about the connection between creativity and innovation, the Wall Street Journal article he wrote and many other topics innovators will want to make note of. Get your pencil ready, you'll want to take notes as you listen to this episode.

Cultivate's website: cultivatestrategies.com

Thank you to our episode sponsors Melius and Fidelity & Guaranty Life.

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