Episodios

  • The Road Ahead: AI Decisioning 2026
    12 m
  • The Prevention Imperative: Reimagining Insurance for a More Resilient World
    Nov 24 2025
    Today’s insurance industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Faced with escalating climate volatility, sophisticated cyber threats, and expanding protection gaps, insurers are moving beyond their traditional role of compensating losses after the fact. Instead, they're proactively helping customers identify and mitigate risks before disaster strikes. What’s making this evolution possible is a wave of technological innovation, particularly AI-powered tools that enable early detection and intervention. Host Dean Richardson, Sales Director UKI and Benelux at Sapiens, welcomes Onno Bloemers, Partner at First Day Advisory Group, to explore how the industry is entering a new era of predict-and-prevent insurance -- and what this means for insurers and their customers -- in our latest podcast.
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    13 m
  • The Road Ahead: Life & Annuity Insurance 2026
    Nov 16 2025
    It was a fast-paced 2025 for the Life & Annuity sector, and as 2026 approaches, challenge and opportunity lie ahead. Despite 2025's record net income of $51.1 billion, many carriers remain hesitant to fully embrace AI and digital transformation. And with 4 million Americans turning 65 annually through 2027 and trillions transferring between generations, unprecedented growth awaits, but are carriers prepared? Our latest podcast features host Calvin Zhai, Sapiens' Product Marketing Strategy Manager, and special guest Ken Leibow, Founder and CEO of InsurTech Express, exploring the sector's takeaways for 2025, and predictions for 2026.
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    11 m
  • The $100 Billion Shift: Reinsurance's Booming Relationship with MGAs
    Oct 20 2025
    Managing General Agents, or MGAs, have exploded from scrappy intermediaries to insurance powerhouses, commanding over $102 billion in premiums and leaving traditional carriers scrambling to keep up. These nimble risk specialists are tackling everything from cyber threats to carbon credits, while offering reinsurers a lifeline from the volatile world of catastrophic tail risk. Our latest podcast features host Darren Graves, Sapiens' Sales Manager for Reinsurance and special guest Mark Geoghegan, Founder and Host of "The Voice of Insurance," podcast, in a discussion on the rapid growth of MGAs and how they've become strategic partners for reinsurers seeking agility, specialized expertise, and access to profitable niche markets.
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    15 m
  • Agentic AI: The Next Wave in Insurtech?
    Oct 8 2025
    We're witnessing the next step in the evolution of AI -- it's Agentic AI, and it's transforming insurtech by automatically adjusting premiums, identifying emerging risks, and making underwriting decisions, all with minimal human intervention. Sapiens Marketing Director Mark Sidlauskas sits down with Sapiens Decision CTO Denzil Wasson to break down the buzz behind Agentic AI, and how it's reshaping insurance operations in our latest podcast.
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    16 m
  • Beyond Digital: Creating Personalized Insurance Platforms
    Sep 30 2025
    Of the many changes happening in today's insurance industry, one of the most striking is consumers' growing dependence on social media for financial information, with over 60% -- double the rate from 16 years ago -- spanning everyone from Baby Boomers to Gen Z'ers. This makes personalized, interactive digital experiences essential for reaching customers about the importance of life insurance. In our latest podcast, Sapiens' Director of Life Marketing Christine Burke sits down with Brian Steiner, Executive Director of nonprofit Life Happens, to explore how insurance companies can attract consumers and cut through the misinformation with the right blend of tailored messaging and compelling sector content.
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    15 m
  • The Need to Modernize Insurance Billing
    Sep 17 2025
    Electronic payment systems are suddenly everywhere -- PayPal, ACH, Apple Pay, and countless others. While many of these cashless payment offerings are fixtures for online and brick-and-mortar merchants, insurers are still playing catch-up when it comes to implementing these options. Sapiens' Life & Annuities Business Development Specialist Alex Presley and Paymentus' Vice President of Sales Rob Eberly sit down to discuss the historical barriers that have prevented insurers from modernizing their payment systems, and how they can overcome them to meet today's customer needs in our latest podcast.
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    16 m
  • Driving Insurance Policyholder Innovation Through Partnerships
    Sep 2 2025
    For today's insurers, ecosystem partnerships have become essential as accelerating innovation makes in-house development unsustainable, while customers demand insurance applications that rival the intuitive experience of platforms like Google and Uber. Our latest podcast features host Larry Stern, Sapiens' Senior Vice President, Head of North American Sales and guest Paul Applegate, InvoiceCloud's VP of Alliances, who discuss their successful partnership that delivers a 40% increase in on-time payments and the growing need for strategic partnerships to enable successful core system transformations.
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    13 m