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Insurance Nerds

The largest insurtech podcast going on 700+ episodes. This is not your grandpa's insurance industry!

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  • Yesterday · 18 min

    Jerry Chie, CEO at Guava - PIR Ep. 866

    Tony chats with Jerry Chie, CEO at Guava. They are reimagining what insurance can look like, if it was sold based on reward and they are building the loyalty platform for insurance with appropriate messaging deeply integrated to keep the customers engaged. Jerry Chien: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrychienx/ Guava: https://guavainsurance.com/

  • Wednesday · 23 min

    Basil Mimi, Co-Founder & CEO at Mantas - Ep. 865

    Tony chats with Basil Mimi, Co-Founder & CEO at Mantas, a parametric MGA focused on cloud outage insurance and other digital risks. Basil Mimi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/basilmimi/ Mantas: https://mantas.ai/

  • Tuesday · 44 min

    Gary Lavoie, CEO at Tru-North.Tech - PIR Ep. 864

    Tony chats with Gary Lavoie, CEO at Tru-North.Tech. They are much more than a Worker's Compensation platform, they are a whole new worker-centric way to reorganize the way we handle Worker's Compensation claims! A mission driven company set on finally rolling out the Advocacy Based Care that the WorkComp side of the industry has been discussing for a long time. I learned a lot about WorkComp in this conversation. If you're on that side of the industry, this is a must listen to episode! Gary Lavoie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garylavoie/ Tru-North.Tech: https://www.tru-north.tech/

  • Monday · 32 min

    Aqeel Ali, Managing Partner at Salience Solutions - PIR Ep. 863

    Tony chats with Aqeel Ali, Managing Partner at Salience Solutions, they help insurance agents with their AI transformations by building the operational infrastructure agents need in the new world. Aqeel Ali: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliaqeel/ Salience Solutions: https://salience.solutions/

  • September 17 · 48 min

    Onur Gungor, Founder & CEO at Allegory - PIR Ep. 862

    Tony chats with Onur Gungor, Founder & CEO at Allegory, they are building the world's first AI-native predictive infrastructure for risk management, insurance, and reinsurance. AllegoryOS processes your data and predicts what happens next with surgical precision. Onur Gungor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/onur-gungor/

  • September 16 · 14 min

    Saurav BasuSaurav Basu, President & CEO at Exavalu and Chuck Gomez, Head of Exasure Product at Exavalu

    On a very special episode of Profiles in Risk featuring our friends that are joining us at the Insurance Nerds reception at ITC, Monday 6 pm at Mandalay Bay, I chat with Saurav Basu and Chuck Gomez at Exavalu, a boutique tech services and professional services firm created to serve the insurance industry specifically. Saurav Basu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sauravbasu/ Chuck Gomez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gomezchuck/ Exavalu: https://www.exavalu.com/

  • September 15 · 30 min

    Reda Jarir, Co-Founde & CEO at URLab - PIR Ep. 861

    Tony chats with Reda Jarir, Co-Founde & CEO at URLab, they offer a new operating system for actuarial risk. It's a whole data platform/ecosystem including coding for actuaries. It includes an actuarial knowledge base and AI agents specifically designed to help actuaries. Rada Jarir: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reda-jarir-0782502b/ URLab: https://www.urlab.ai/en

  • September 14 · 42 min

    Sunit Shah, Founder & CEO at Soteris - PIR Ep. 860

    Tony chats with Sunit Shah, Founder & CEO at Soteris, historically insurance has been a probabilistic game of large numbers. We can't predict which policy is going to be unprofitable, but if we write enough policies of similar characteristics we can predict the total losses of the portfolio and manage that risk. Soteris is aiming to predict what was considered unpredictable and predicting profitability on a policy by policy basis starting with auto. This would be a huge change of paradigm for the insurance industry! A fascinating conversation you shouldn't miss! Sunit Shah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunit-n-shah/ Soteris: https://soteris.ai/

  • September 10 · 34 min

    Santi Jaramillo, Co-Founder, Co-CEO & AI Transformation Lead at Pragmatico - PIR Ep. 859

    Tony chats with Santi Jaramillo, Co-Founder, Co-CEO & AI Transformation Lead at Pragmatico. They embed a full AI function within client organizations to drive AI cultural change, leadership behaviors, and proficiency measurement that make AI adoption sustainable and measurable. They have had AMAZING results helping even very traditional insurance carriers. A fascinating conversation. Santi Jaramillo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/santiagojaramillo/ Pragmatico: https://www.pragmatico.ai/

  • September 10 · 7 min

    INTX - Special PIR Episode for ITC 2026

    Robert Lewis, CEO and Devon Ellett, COO at INTX Insurance Software will be joining us for the Insurance Nerds Reception at ITC Monday, September 28 at 6 pm at Rhythm and Rifts. INTX they are the only platform built to run ceded and assumed reinsurance with policy, claims, and billing unified in the same system.They are looking forward to meet you at ITC! Don't miss our reception!

  • September 9 · 27 min

    Carl Ziade, Co-Founder at Gaya - PIR Ep. 858

    Tony chats with Carl Ziade, Co-Founder at Gaya, they are focused on super copy, super paste for insurance agents, they have created a browser extension now being used by 300+ agencies. It helps agents quote in multiple carrier portals 3-5x faster with some very exciting new agentic features coming soon. Carl Ziade: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlziade/ Gaya: https://gaya.ai/

  • September 8 · 27 min

    Wayne Slavin, CEO at Sure - PIR Ep. 857

    Tony chats with Wayne Slavin, CEO at Sure, they are a technology infrastructure company helping the world's biggest brands build insurance operations to serve their customers. Wayne Slavin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayneslavin/ Sure: https://www.sureapp.com/

  • September 3 · 22 min

    Sean Steigerwald, Founder and CEO at CustomerIQ - PIR ep. 856

    I chat with Sean Steigerwal, Founder and CEO at CustomerIQ, they are a revenue intelligence platform for agents and brokers to help speed up deal cycles and improve service. They do this by direct integration with their inbox, VOIP system, and AMS. A very innovative approach! Sean Steigerwald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-steigerwald-77120272/ CustomerIQ: https://www.getcustomeriq.com/

  • September 2 · 22 min

    Alex Martin, Co-Founder & CEO at Clearspeed - PIR Ep. 855

    Tony chats with Alex Martin, Co-Founder & CEO at Clearspeed, they came from the military side and developed a revolutionary technology that helps insurance organizations detect fraud and establish trust through analyzing signals in voice conversations. Alex Martin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandersmartin/ Clearspeed: https://www.clearspeed.com/

  • September 1 · 10 min

    Jay Bell, Author of The Goat in the Machine - PIR Special Edition

    Tony chats with Jay Bell, long-time insurance executive and author of Author of The Goat in the Machine. Jay will be attending the Insurance Nerds Reception at ITC 2026 and will be signing copies of his book. Jay Bell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaybbell/ The Goat in the Machine: https://goat-in-the-machine.kit.com/

  • August 31 · 28 min

    Jesse Benedick, CEO & Co-Founder at Chainmail Solutions - PIR Ep. 854

    Tony chats with Jesse Benedick, CEO & Co-Founder at Chainmail Solutions, an insurtech MGA helping protect the gaps especially around hurricane deductibles using an IoT grid that helps verify the exact conditions at the property. Jesse Benedick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-benedick-b436833/ Chainmail Solutions: https://www.chainmailsolutions.ai/

  • August 27 · 39 min

    John Brunette - PIR Ep. 853

    Tony chats with John Brunette, long-time insurance expert and insurance education consultant. We chat about his career, about the future of insurance talent, advice for the next generation, and more. John Brunette: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbrunette/

  • August 26 · 19 min

    Jeppe Norregaad, Founder at InReality - PIR Ep. 852

    Tony chats with Jeppe Norregaard, Founder at InReality, a tech company that provides technology to guarantee something is real, a video, a photo, or anything digital. Security from glass to glass, from the camera to the final person seeing it to identify what's fake or synthetic. It's a unique approach, instead of trying to identify fakes, they secure the data with encryption the moment the photo or video is taken. Jeppe Norregaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeppe-n%C3%B8rregaard/ InReality: https://inreality.io/

  • August 25 · 26 min

    Karmina Szymanski, Head of Communications at District Cover - PIR Ep. 851

    Tony chats with Karmina Szymanski, Head of Communications at District Cover about their Urban Risk Report, a deep dive report highlighting the growing insurance protection gap and capacity pullback affecting metropolitan business communities. A fascinating report. We can expand coverage to traditionally underserved businesses! Download the report: https://www.districtcover.com/urban-risk-report-2026 Karnina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karnina-szymanski-47610312/ District Cover: https://www.districtcover.com/

  • August 24 · 14 min

    Sat Ramphal, Co-Founder & CEO at Maya AI - PIR Ep. 850

    Tony chats with Sat Ramphal, Co-Founder & CEO at Maya AI, they are a conversational AI platform to help agents with retention and performance. Sat Ramphal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/satramphal/ Maya AI: https://mayaknows.com/

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