Profiles in Risk

Insurance Nerds

Join insurance nerds Carly, Nick and Tony as they discuss insurance careers, insurtech startups and current events in the insurance industry in their fresh and unique style. This is not your grandpa's insurance industry!

  • 50 minutes 49 seconds
    Diane Delaney, Executive Director at PRMA - PIR Ep. 773

    Tony chats with Diane Delaney, Executive Director at PRMA, the Private Risk Management Association, the non-profit association built to bring together the high net worth insurance community. This is a fast growing and fascinating area of insurance and the PRMA serves it in many ways from education, to conferences, to advocacy, and more. A great episode!

    Diane Delaney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diane-m-delaney/
    PRMA: https://www.privateriskmanagement.org/

    Video Version: https://youtu.be/GX8if6sKABw

    This episode of Profiles in Risk is sponsored by Zywave:

    Whether an insurer, agent, or service provider, the insurance industry is changing fast. Traditional growth strategies are no loner working. Unlock new levels of efficiency, resilience, and profitability with Zywave. Explore Zywave at: https://www.zywave.com/

    15 December 2025, 3:00 pm
  • 38 minutes 43 seconds
    Yandy Plasencia, CEO & Founder at DataHaven - PIR Ep. 772

    Tony chats with Yandy Plasencia, CEO & Founder at DataHaven. This is an update episode, Yandy was on the show in Ep. 675. DataHaven is a core infrastructure company solving the foundational data problem. Their core focus is on making sure there are no data silo and data is available where it is needed to make the best decisions. This episode is about how the company has grown over this last year and the biggest learnings along the way.

    Yandy Pasencia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yandyplasencia/
    DataHaven: https://www.datahaven.software/

    Video Version: https://youtu.be/CLBfiVv2TGs

    This episode of Profiles in Risk is sponsored by Zywave:

    Whether an insurer, agent, or service provider, the insurance industry is changing fast. Traditional growth strategies are no loner working. Unlock new levels of efficiency, resilience, and profitability with Zywave. Explore Zywave at: https://www.zywave.com/

    10 December 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 44 minutes
    Asaf Lifshitz, Co-Founder & CEO and Upasana Immo, COO at Sayata - PIR Ep. 771

    Tony chats with Asaf Lifshitz, Co-Founder & CEO and Upasana Unni, COO at Sayata, an AI enabled markeplace for small commercial insurance that started in Cyber and then expanded. They recently got acquired and learned a LOT through that process, which is what the big focus of this conversation is about.

    Asaf Lifshitz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asaflifshitz/
    Upasana Unni: https://www.linkedin.com/in/upasana-unni/
    Sayata: https://sayata.com/

    Video Version: https://youtu.be/K0CKO8O0BE4

    Prior Sayata Episodes: https://youtu.be/J_kJVAnd3Hk?si=S3VUTKJuZ_yThP5e and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYYb0YM3mCQ

    This episode of Profiles in Risk is sponsored by Zywave:

    Whether an insurer, agent, or service provider, the insurance industry is changing fast. Traditional growth strategies are no loner working. Unlock new levels of efficiency, resilience, and profitability with Zywave. Explore Zywave at: https://www.zywave.com/


    9 December 2025, 2:00 pm
  • 41 minutes 4 seconds
    John Stammen, CEO at Convr - PIR Ep. 770

    Tony chats with John Stammen, CEO at Convr, they are an underwriting workbench for Commercial P&C insurers, brokers, and MGAs of all sizes.


    John Stammen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnstammen/
    Convr: https://convr.com/

    Video Version: https://youtu.be/yOR3hbvBRNY


    This episode of Profiles in Risk is sponsored by Zywave.


    Whether an insurer, agent, or service provider, the insurance industry is changing fast. Traditional growth strategies are no loner working. Unlock new levels of efficiency, resilience, and profitability with Zywave. Explore Zywave at: https://www.zywave.com/

    8 December 2025, 2:00 pm
  • 19 minutes 36 seconds
    Debbie Brackeen, EVP Chief Innovation Officer & Corp. Development Officer at CSAA - PIR Ep. 769

    Tony chats with Debbie Brackeen, EVP Chief Innovation Officer & Corp. Development Officer at CSAA about their approach to innovation, how a 100 year old insurance company can truly innovate, and more. A very interesting conversation you shouldn't miss!

    Debbie Brackeen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-brackeen/
    CSAA: https://csaa-insurance.aaa.com

    Video Version: https://youtu.be/jTN4uFfzJiY

    3 December 2025, 2:00 pm
  • 34 minutes 8 seconds
    Rose Hancock, VP of Product Management at Zywave - PIR Ep. 768

    Tony chats with Rose Hancock, VP of Product Management at Zywave, a leading software provider helping insurance agents, brokers, carriers, and service providers, really provide that service multiplier. From product creation, to distribution, to client services, they can help in every step of the insurance distribution process.

    Rose Hancock: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rose-hancock/
    Zywave: https://www.zywave.com/

    Video Version: https://youtu.be/D5sgFv9OiFA

    2 December 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 44 minutes 41 seconds
    Zac Townsend, CEO at Meanwhile - PIR Ep. 767

    Tony chats with Zac Townsend, CEO at Meanwhile, the first and only life insurance company denominated in Bitcoin. Built in Bermuda with its entire balance sheet denominated in Bitcoin, and with a worldwide monopoly on Bitcoin life insurance, this is one fascinating conversation you should not miss!

    Zachary Townsend: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zactownsend/
    Meanwhile: https://meanwhile.bm/

    Video Version: https://youtu.be/uVBr-D8-Mvc

    18 November 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 37 minutes 55 seconds
    Charles Johnson, Head of Product Growth at Insuraviews - PIR Ep. 766

    Tony chats with Charles Johnson, Head of Product Growth at Insuraviews, they provide strategic insights through advanced analytics of insurance rate filings. They take all the rate fillings through a robust ingestion process and layer on analytics and AI to give you powerful insights. This is a game changer, especially for smaller carriers that don't have a large competitive intelligence team.

    Charles Johnson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-johnson-actuary/
    Insuraviews: https://www.insuraviews.com/

    Video Version: https://youtu.be/e4-5n8TPEOc

    17 November 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 19 minutes 18 seconds
    Andrew Kelly - PIR Ep. 765

    Tony chats with Andrew Kelly about PLUS, the Professional Liability Underwriting Society. Tony is obsessed with insurance education but has spent his entire career on the P&C side. This is a great introduction to the world of continuing education on the Professional Liability side and why you should dive in! We talk RPLU, CPLP, Exec PLP, and more.

    Andrew Kelly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjkelly/

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

    12 November 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 8 seconds
    Meg Duty, SVP at Puritan Life and Canvas Annuity - PIR Ep. 764

    Tony chats with award winning innovator Meg Duty, SVP at Puritan Life and Canvas Annuity. Puritan Life is a life carrier started in the 1950s which they have now turned into an all-cloud shop. They built Canvas Annuity, the first all digital annuity platform. An incredible story of true innovation, opening up a product to a whole new market, and all without alienating your existing distribution channels. Lots to learn from this one. A cannot miss episode!

    Video Version: https://youtu.be/tjh5xgSPbPs

    11 November 2025, 2:00 pm
  • 30 minutes 5 seconds
    Chak Kolli, CTO at Magile Software - PIR Ep. 763

    Tony chats with Chak Kolli, PhD, CTO at Magile Software. Insurance companies are struggling to understand the risks of AI and Magile Software is here to help them understand and manage that risk better. A fascinating conversation you cannot miss!

    Chak Kolli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chak-kolli/
    Magile Software: https://www.linkedin.com/company/magile-software/

    Video Version: https://youtu.be/XT0q6dkFT6Q

    10 November 2025, 2:00 pm
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