May 02, 2022

The Spaghetti Code with Colby Tunick

53 minutes

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Colby Tunick, CEO of ReFocus AI. Colby discusses how The ReFocus AI platform is a game-changer and how they are able to help in the insurance business.

Episode Highlights:

Colby talks about his background, where he started, and how he was able to get to where he is today. (2:56)

Colby explains that ReFocus AI exists to flag the clients that are most likely to leave at the regular expiration date of their contract. (7:02)

Colby elaborates on the reasons why he decided to focus on retention instead of copying what everybody else does. (13:48)

Colby shares that they currently cater to both carriers and brokers in the small-to-middle market. (18:15)

Colby shares that what sets them apart from other competitors is that they work closely with adopters to understand their data. (24:07)

Colby explains that the older and more established agency management systems are not easy to partner with. (28:45)

Colby shares that they always think about how they can offer their service with the least amount of effort for the end-users by eliminating portals and APIs. (36:03)

Colby shares that the interesting thing about insurance is that the people who hold the data, the influence, and the ability to sell are independent agents. (41:02)

Colby explains what an API stands for and what it is for from a technological aspect. (44:55)

Colby shares a concept that deals with software called "technical debt". (48:12)

Tweetable Quotes:

"I think it just goes to show that when you have innovation and you're growing quickly, what they're looking for is how they can reduce the number of systems they're using." - Colby Tunick

"The interesting thing for us is that we actually work with just as many mutual carriers as we do independent agents." - Colby Tunick

"If we can make our team more efficient by recapturing an hour or two right now, we're setting ourselves up to nail it when the market becomes a lot more competitive, and we know everyone's going to be struggling with retention, that's where we want to be." - Colby Tunick

Resources Mentioned:

Colby Tunick LinkedIn

ReFocus AI

David Carothers

Kyle Houck

Florida Risk Partners

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