Latest Getpluggedin Podcast Episodes

A Conversation with Brella on Addressing Health Insurance Challenges

Get Plugged In - April 07, 2021 13:50 - 22 minutes
Veer Gidwaney, founder and CEO of Brella, speaks with host Robert Eaton, FSA, MAAA, about the inspiration for Brella’s approach to offering supplemental health insurance. They also discuss how to work with actuaries as product designers who can deliver value for customers by solving specific pro...

InsurTech Collaboration with Plug and Play

Get Plugged In - March 09, 2021 21:23 - 33 minutes
Plug and Play Tech Center’s CEO Saeed Amidi and Desiree Wagner, Senior Partner Success Manager, discuss the origin of this start-up accelerator with Robert Eaton, FSA, MAAA. They discuss collaborations between large insurance companies and start-ups, effects of the pandemic on their business mod...

Lifestyle Analytics for Insurance with Pilotbird

Get Plugged In - December 23, 2020 18:52 - 22 minutes
Robert Eaton, FSA, MAAA, speaks with Evgeny Aleksandrov about InsurTech startup Pilotbird. They discuss how to analyze social data points to empower insurance teams to better score risk, engage with customers and in turn to detect claims fraud.

Lifestyle Analytics for Insurance

Get Plugged In - December 23, 2020 18:52 - 22 minutes
Robert Eaton, FSA, MAAA, speaks with Evgeny Aleksandrov about InsurTech startup Pilotbird. They discuss how to analyze social data points to empower insurance teams to better score risk, engage with customers and in turn to detect claims fraud.

Limelight Health and Employee Benefits

Get Plugged In - December 02, 2020 22:55 - 21 minutes
Robert Eaton, FSA, MAAA, speaks with Jason Andrew, CEO and co-founder of Limelight Health, which provides quotes, rating and underwriting solutions for employee benefits.  Andrew discusses how the company works with brokers and carriers to create a positive user experience for insurance quotes, ...

TCARE Family Caregiver Support

Get Plugged In - July 29, 2020 19:36 - 25 minutes
Robert Eaton, FSA, MAAA, speaks with Ali Ahmadi, CEO and co-founder of TCARE, a predictive analytics-powered tool to prevent burnout from family caregiving efforts. Ahmadi shares his personal story which inspired him to create TCARE to help with long-term care, providing content for different c...

Dacadoo and Digital Health

Get Plugged In - June 29, 2020 15:24 - 26 minutes
Robert Eaton, FSA, MAAA, speaks with Blake Hill, FSA, FCIA, Vice President of Life Insurance Business Development at Dacadoo, about digital health and health risk quantification. They also discuss actuaries’ skillsets and how it can be applied within tech companies and InsurTech.

Montoux and Life Insurance Data

Get Plugged In - May 28, 2020 18:15 - 19 minutes
Robert Eaton, FSA, MAAA, speaks with Geoff Keast, co-CEO of Montoux, about linking actuarial models with data science models. They discuss ways to increase modernization of certain actuarial aspects within the life insurance sector.

Slope and Modeling

Get Plugged In - May 14, 2020 13:57 - 18 minutes
Robert Eaton, FSA, MAAA, speaks with Andy Smith, FSA, MAAA co-founder and CEO of Slope Software, discusses applying his actuarial knowledge to develop easy-to-use software for modeling and valuation, and the importance of transparency with such software systems.

DeepScribe and Telemedicine Today

Get Plugged In - April 30, 2020 15:10 - 26 minutes
Robert Eaton, FSA, MAAA, speaks with Matthew Ko, Co-Founder and COO of DeepScribe, about blending telemedicine and dictation software. They discuss how physicians benefit from having access to deep learning software to connect with electronic health records.

Traffk and Tech in Underwriting

Get Plugged In - March 31, 2020 13:52 - 23 minutes
Robert Eaton, FSA, MAAA, speaks with Paul Ford, co-founder and CEO of Traffk, about incorporating new technologies and data points in the underwriting ecosystem. Eaton is a consulting actuary with Milliman’s Tampa office.

Lapetus and Longevity

Get Plugged In - February 12, 2020 15:49 - 36 minutes
Robert Eaton, FSA, MAAA, speaks with Dr. S. Jay Olshansky, co-founder and chief science officer of Lapetus Solutions, about longevity, facial analytics and machine learning.  Eaton is a consulting actuary with Milliman’s Tampa office.