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S1E9
42:27
April 24, 2026
"A Garage Full of Mac Minis" — AI, Angel Investing, and the Next Wave of L&A Innovation
James Wong built a massive IMO from scratch, sold it to a Fortune 500, and then launched The Founder's Chair — an insurance-focused angel investing platform that has funded 17 companies and deployed $11M+ in two and a half years. He breaks down what AI is actually doing to startup teams right now and shares his unfiltered read on the LPL-Anthropic deal and why it overnight made the biggest firms every startup's competitor.
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S1E7
25:48
April 10, 2026
"The InsurTech Petting Zoo Is Over" — And What Comes Next
Nick Gerhart — former Iowa Insurance Commissioner, insurtech investor, and now COO of Homesteaders Life — makes the case that smaller carriers can finally outmaneuver the big guys. He talks about building adjacencies around pre-need insurance, why the AI governance framework needs rethinking, and why his single piece of advice to every insurance professional is the same: don't do nothing.
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S1E6
30:00
April 3, 2026
We Figured Out Pet Insurance — Why Not Fertility?
Cally Myhrum, founder of Lotus Fertility Insurance, shares how a personal experience led her to build the first fertility protection product embedded in life insurance. With IVF costing $60-70K and no individual coverage options, she's creating a $265 billion blue ocean — and carriers are paying attention.
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S1E5
41:08
March 27, 2026
Building an Insurance Company from Scratch
Michelle Gordon, COO of Axonic Insurance, reveals how a startup grew to $2.1B in issued annuities in its first year — with its own cloud-built policy admin system and 125 employees. Plus, her passionate case for why the SEC's 1987 ruling on financial planning is harming American retirees and the insurance industry alike.
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S1E2
28:00
March 5, 2026
Life Insurance That Helps You Live Longer
Darren Rowe, CEO of Kadance, explains how his precision health management program is changing life insurance from a death benefit into a living benefit. Learn how genetic testing, cancer navigation, and pharmacogenomics are being embedded into life insurance policies — and why Nationwide bet on this approach.
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S1E3
28:38
March 13, 2026
Where's My Money? Solving Insurance's Last Mile Problem
Moshe Golomb, CEO of Juice Financial, tackles the $10 trillion check problem still plaguing insurance. After 26 years digitizing payments across retail and banking, he's bringing Uber-like transparency to insurance disbursements — from death claims to annuity payments to international stablecoins. Plus: why 20% of insurance costs are fraud, and how open banking is changing the game.
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Read the Insurtech & Innovation articles

Insurtech & Innovation

"A Garage Full of Mac Minis" — AI, Angel Investing, and the Next Wave of L&A Innovation

"The InsurTech Petting Zoo Is Over" — And What Comes Next

We Figured Out Pet Insurance — Why Not Fertility?

Building an Insurance Company from Scratch

Life Insurance That Helps You Live Longer

Where's My Money? Solving Insurance's Last Mile Problem