It’s a big task to underwrite insurance. It’s a big task to also provide quality advice on coverage. It’s an even bigger task to do both effectively, at scale while...
Discussed the launch of Dayforward’s new product, the end of Haven Healthcare (the health initiative of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan). Also mentioned – Haven Life (MassMutual) Go Bear...
The majority of bankruptcies in the US are due predominantly to medical bills. Even with health insurance many of us are one bad event away from financial hardship. In this...
Trent Cooksley, COO, and co-founder of Cowbell Cyber joined us this week. Discussed: Hippo’s investment in French insurer Luko The failed acquisition of Metromile via USAA Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and...
When the topic of life insurance underwriting comes up in our podcast conversations, there is generally a lot of handwringing about the friction & complexity in the buying process (THE...
Over 2 years ago, Coverager published this article called “Behind The Scenes“. In it, Avi quoted Aaron Shapiro, author of the book Users, Not Customers. Aaron is now the CEO of...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! We are grateful and thankful that you watch and listen! Discussed: – Metromile going public via SPAC acquisition Metromile, known for its pay-per-mile feature is an auto insurer...
Discussed: – Zurich’s potential purchase of MetLife’s Auto & Home business for $4B – GM creates Onstar Insurance Agency to link their connected cars to auto insurance Watch here:...
This week, Avi and Nick welcome Shefi back from assignment. Discussed: Brown & Brown’s acquisition of Coverhound Lemonade forming a life insurance agency And a Wait-For-It moment near the end...
Building and selling new products for which no market exists in insurance and finance is incredibly difficult? Why? Partially it is the same reason why any new product is difficult...
This week, Avi and Nick discussed the: – 4 year anniversary of the launch of coverager.com – 4th consecutive quarter of Assurance IQ losses at Prudential – Reef Technologies fundraising...
We all have something to sell. It could be ourselves, our product, our ideas. As someone who has gone through an investor pitch several times, I can tell you from...
For many reasons, catastrophe insurance is very expensive. Aside from being bad for the property owner, this is a horrible outcome for communities and society as one of the easiest...
This week, Avi and Nick welcomed Paul Guyardo, CEO of Petplan onto This Week in Coverager. We discussed the Petplan, Group Nine collaboration, as Petplan will rebrand to Fetch by...
In this episode, Nick spoke with Travis Hedge, co-founder of Vouch. Vouch is a digital MGA which helps other startups manage their risk and insurance. They discuss the challenges of...
