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From grass roots to national force: Celebrating 30 years!
The women in insurance cancer crusade, or WICC, is more than an insurance based charity, it is a purpose to change how we address cancer and support the fight against it. We had the pleasure to sit down with the current co-chairs and past chair to talk about it's origins, the stigma of cancer, and how it grew to be the most important charitable initiative in the insurance industry.
In this episode:
Why the importance 'women' in the history of WICC matters
The journey of support for those with
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Sept. 29, 2026
From grass roots to national force: Celebrating 30 years!
The women in insurance cancer crusade, or WICC, is more than an insurance based charity, it is a purpose to change how we address cancer and support the fight against it. We had the pleasure to sit down with the current co-chairs and past chair to talk about it's origins, the stigma of cancer, and how it grew to be the most important charitable initiative in the insurance industry. In this episode: Why the importance 'women' in the history of WICC matters The journey of support for those with
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Sept. 17, 2026
Arun Balakrishnan: AI can co-exist with your insurance architecture
As the CEO of Xceedance Arun Balakrishnan has seen many tech changes through his career starting with selling online in India. He explains how AI does not have to upend your vision, team, and tech stack to find success with it. In this episode: Who the companies will be who find success with AI, and sustain it. Why there will not be winners in the AI race but those who get left behind How to consider token usage, budgeting and maximizing ROI Where the most practical value lies for brokers,
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Aug. 31, 2026
NICC 2026- Where industry leaders meet
When insurance industry leaders want learn they show up at NICC. As we sit one month away from this conference in Quebec City, this episode will profile speakers, the agenda, and why NICC is an essential event year after year. In this epiosde: What's in store for attendees How topics and themes are chosen The importance of government in the industry M&A panel preview How a new initiative makes charitable giving for insurance easier Previews of claims, AI, trade, and trucking panels. We'r
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Aug. 12, 2026
The Global View of P&C Insurance Modernization with Michal Trochimczuk- Sollers Consulting
It's not often someone who's business touches insurance in almost all global regions wants to share their view but Michal Trochimczuk sat down to share where he sees progress, successes, and challenges with P&C insurance and the lessons learned. In this episode: What global trends need to be noticed The similar needs that insurers have no matter where they are How brokers integrate with insurers Why speed to decisions is driving experience for insurers Where successes are happening globall
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June 10, 2026
Find 'hire value' with your insurance talent
Shelley Billinghurst isn't trying to disrupt recruitment for the insurance industry but she might disrupt how insurance approaches finding great talent. As the President and founder of Hire Value Shelley has some insights about the insurance industry and it's talent attraction practices that are long overdue to be heard. In this episode: Why insurance career ads are like bland drapes to good talent How hiring software stifles great talent identification Why saying you have a great culture re
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May 18, 2026
Reinsurance re-imagined for the future- Gavin Lillywhite SVP Xceedance
Reinsurance seems to be spoken about but still largely misunderstood. Gavin Lillywhite, SVP with Xceedance pulls back the curtain and explains how reinsurance is evolving and the role it plays. With reinsurers being far more aggressively focused with their capacity and finding new opportunities for distribution, Gavin explores what the industry is asking for and how those requests are being answered. In this episode: How the underwriting behind reinsurance is evolving and modernizing Why rein
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ITC 2023 looking back to look forward.
(This is Pete writing in case anyone cares lol) If there was a time that a convergence of people agreed without knowing for the need to change then perhaps the week of October 30-Nov3 in Las Vegas. While Insuretech Connect has long been a comin…