Profiles in Risk

Tony chats with Valkyrie Holmes Co-Founder and CEO at Faura, they help homeowners understand how likely their home is to survive a natural disaster after a 10 minute app-based assessment. A dollar of mitigation can prevent $4 to $7 in avoided future losses.

Valkyrie Holmes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valkyrieholmes/
Faura: https://faura.us/

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Tony chats with Chantal Roberts, long-time insurance professional, fellow CPCU, and author of the new book "Once Upon a Claim". A wonderful, uplifting conversation you should not miss!

Chantal Roberts: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantal-roberts-cmrconsulting/
Once Upon a Claim: https://amzn.to/3wi1b7n

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Tony chats with Gage Caligaris, Founder and CEO at Ledgebrook, a tech-enabled E&S MGA. Using data and insurance expertise to improve E&S. Taking the best of modern technology and the best of insurance people and combining that into a compelling offering for the brokers that set you up with faster and more consistent quotes.

Gage Caligaris: https://youtu.be/HQ_KDqhwD1o
Ledgebrook: https://www.ledgebrook.com/

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Tony chats with Vivek Kaliraman, Founder at Perci, they are an all-in-one disaster preparedness solution to help consumers protect their family and their home. It can also be offered as an employee benefit. Almost two thirds of people are not prepared for disasters!

Vivek Kaliraman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivek-kaliraman/
Perci: https://perci.us/

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Tony chats with Manish Khetan, Co-Founder and President of Xceedance. They are basically an insurance company without capital and distribution! How does that work!?!?! They specialize in helping insurtech and insurance organizations, especially in P&C Large Commercial space. Once an insurance company has secured capital and has a distribution network, Xceedance can manage the entire rest of the operations from submissions to renewals, including claims and everything in between. They operate in the US, Europe, and Asia. A truly fascinating conversation you don't want to miss!

Manish Khetan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manish-khetan/
Xceedance: https://xceedance.com/

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Tony chats with Andrew Suesserman, Chief Revenue Officer at Affinity Advisors, a digital insurance platform, where retail brokers, wholesaler brokers, and associations who work with a lot of small and middle market businesses can use the platform to very quickly rate, quote and bind various types of insurance including: Cyber, D&O, EPLI, and other miscellaneous coverages.

Andrew Suesserman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-suesserman/
Affinity Advisors: https://www.affinity-advisors.com/

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Tony chats with Cory Schmidt, CTO & Co-Founder at AgencyBloc, an agency management system for Life and Health agencies. Started in 2008 out of the need for an AMS for Life and Health MGAs with a heavy focus on wholesaling. It has now grown into an all-encompassing wholesale and retail AMS.

Cory Schmidt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coryschmidt/
AgencyBloc: https://www.agencybloc.com/

Video Version: https://youtu.be/aqyLBmqLGsw

Tony chats with Vamsi Danturti about his career from India to the US, from Deloitte to Capgemini to SalesForce, and more. Great conversation about the IT side of insurance to the business side. Lots of great advice on this episode!

Vamsi Danturti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vamsidanturti/

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Tony has a career conversation with long-time insurance leader Kerry Macca. Kerry started in underwriting back in the manual coverage days. After 10+ years in underwriting, she transitioned to serve the industry at several vendors including LexisNexis, Microsoft, and CoreLogic. Lots of lessons in a fascinating insurance career.

Kerry Macca: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrymacca/

Video Version: https://youtu.be/40Yc47f9lyA

Tony chats with Tanya Coburn, VP of Marketing and Communications at Trufla about the upcoming Amplify Broker TechFest 2024 in Calgary, the biggest insurtech conference in Canada! 🇨🇦 🍁 We're giving away an all-access pass to the conference to anyone who comments below before end-of-day April 16th.

Tanya Coburn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyacoburn/
Amplify Broker TechFest: https://www.trufla.com/amplify/

Video Version: https://youtu.be/3uByysnPpYc