In today’s episode, Socotra CEO Dan Woods talks to Gage Caligaris. Gage is the Founder and CEO of Ledgebrook, a tech-enabled E&S MGA looking to provide the fastest, easiest quoting experience to wholesale brokers.

 

Gage talks about his mission and what the team at Ledgebrook wants to achieve, gives some background on E&S (excess and surplus), and shares how Ledgebrook came about (2:59).

 

Gage also discusses his transition from purely actuarial work into complex areas like launching new products (5:46), the differences between big insurance companies and startups (11:53), and what Ledgebrook is working on now (13:42).

 

Dan and Gage also talk about making the leap from a tech background to insurance (22:03), where Ledgebrook is in its current timeline (23:24), the future of innovation at big insurance companies (25:39), and what the future holds for Ledgebrook (28:11).

 

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