Ep 164 – From the Vault: Wyze Co-Founder & CMO Dave Crosby


On this episode of FNO: InsureTech, we bring back another awesome company that we last had on the podcast back in November 2020.

Rob and Lee talk with Dave Crosby, Co-Founder & CMO of Wyze.

At its core, Wyze is rooted in relationships. With every product and service they’ve built, they are paving a way forward for bringing innovation to the home and livelihood. Smart cameras, home monitoring systems, health and lifestyle items; just to name a few, they are bringing technology to more people with inexpensive, quality products.

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Ep 163 – Hippo Insurance Chief Underwriting Officer, Chris Donahue

On this episode of FNO: InsureTech, Rob and Lee talk with Chris Donahue, Chief Underwriting Officer at Hippo Insurance.

As we reconvene from the holidays, we start the year off with a great interview from Hippo Insurance. Join us as we learn more about Chris’ role at Hippo, the focus on loss/risk mitigation, emerging technologies and data sources; and more.

Like what you hear on FNO: InsureTech? Know someone who’d be a great guest on our podcast? Email us at fno@470claims.com!

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Ep 162 – From the Vault: Zendrive Co-Founder & CEO Jonathan Matus

On this episode of FNO: InsureTech, we bring back another awesome company that we last had on the podcast back in 2020.

Rob and Lee talk with Jonathan Matus, Co-Founder & CEO of Zendrive.

Zendrive’s Mobility Risk Intelligence (MRI) platform empowers users to understand and mitigate mobility risk with behavioral feedback, predictive insights, and automated alerts. Zendrive is power usage-based insurance, claims automation, risk modeling, and more.

Join FNO: InsureTech as we learn more about the Jonathan’s journey to Zendrive, what Zendrive is, and much more on this episode.

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Ep 161 – From the Vault: Hosta A.I. Co-Founders Henriette Fleischmann & Rachelle Villalon

On this episode of FNO: InsureTech, we bring back an awesome episode and company that we last had on the podcast back in 2020.

Rob and Lee had the opportunity to talk with Rachelle and Henriette, co-founders of Hosta A.I. (a.k.a. Hosta Labs) learn more about this innovative company.

Join Rachelle, Henriette, Rob, and Lee as they discuss: what Hosta Labs is, and what is Hopper AI; a walkthrough of their technology and application of it; Rachelle’s education and experience and how it led to the founding to Hosta Labs; thoughts on the value of graduate education; implementation of innovation and change in a conservative, regulated industry; and much more.

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Ep 160 – Our End-of-Year Episode

Rob and Lee talk with the FNO: InsureTech team and chat about 2021 and a little of what’s in store for 2022.

Join us as the FNO: InsureTech crew chat it up and talk personal goals, goals achieved in 2021, and more!

Like what you hear on FNO: InsureTech? Let us know! Email us at fno@470claims.com.

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Ep 159 – Ascend Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Andrew Wynn

Rob and Lee talk with Ascend Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Andrew Wynn, in Episode 159 of the FNO: InsureTech Podcast!

Ascend is innovating insurance payments. With automated, all-in-one financing, collections, and payables innovations, they are providing customers with a better, greater online checkout experience.

Ascend is led by two serial entrepreneurs, and FNO: InsureTech had the wonderful opportunity to talk with one of its co-founders, Andrew Wynn, to learn more about this new insuretech that’s making waves in the insurance payment space, Andrew’s experiences leading up to Ascend, and much more.

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Ep 158 – Verikai CEO, Jeffrey Chen

Rob and Lee talk with Verikai CEO, Jeffrey Chen in Episode 158 of the FNO: InsureTech Podcast!

FNO: InsureTech welcomes Verikai to the podcast! Verikai has poised itself as the most accurate predictive risk tool for insurance, leveraging machine learning and behavioral data to better assess and understand risk and empower the bottom line in underwriting.

Like what you hear? Let us know: email us at fno@470claims.com

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Ep 157 – Honey Insurance CEO & Co-Founder, Richard Jaffe, and Notion CEO & Co-Founder, Brett Jurgens

Rob and Lee have two guests on this episode: Honey Insurance CEO & Co-Founder, Richard Jaffe, and Notion, a Comcast Company, CEO & Co-Founder, Brett Jurgens!

FNO: InsureTech goes down under again, speaking with Honey Insurance and Notion execs to learn more about their partnership and about the individual companies.

With Honey Insurance leveraging IoT and innovation into their products and Notion, who provides IoT and innovation to customers and carriers, it was a match to be made.

Join Richard, Brett, Rob, and Lee as they talk innovation, smarter homes, partnerships, and more in Episode 157!

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Ep 156 – Snapsheet Chief Strategy Officer, CJ Przybyl

Rob and Lee talk with CJ Przybyl, Chief Strategy Officer at Snapsheet!

FNO: InsureTech continues to delve into the company Snapsheet, talking with their Chief Strategy Officer, CJ Przybyl.

Snapsheet exists to make claims simple for everyone. Through their pioneering expertise in virtual estimating and leading cloud-native claims management software, they are transforming the end-to-end claims process.

Join CJ, Rob, and Lee as they discuss the origins of Snapsheet, their role as a technology-driven company, CJ’s role, pivoting, and much more.

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Ep 155 – Safely.com CEO & Co-Founder, Andrew Bate

Join Rob and Lee on this week’s episode as they talk with Andrew Bate, CEO & Co-Founder of Safely.com!

Safely.com is the leading insurtech and guest screening solution for the vacation and short-term rental market. Since its launch in 2015, Safely.com has covered over $40 billion of homeowner liability.

We had the opportunity to talk with Andrew and learn more about Safely.com, his role, the experiences of running an integral part of the vacation and short-term rental market, and so much more.

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