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Advanced Modeling Prevents Flash Flood Surprises

Advanced Modeling Prevents Flash Flood Surprises

Using advanced flood modeling technology to predict when storms and heavy rains will cause severe surface flooding can give businesses and communities the early warning they need to protect their assets, deploy mitigation efforts and get out of harm's way. Pete Miller, CEO of The Institutes, talks with Dr. Avi Baruch, co-founder of Previsico, a company that provides early warning systems for flooding.

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Keep Your AIs on the Road: Reducing the Risk of Distracted Driving

Keep Your AIs on the Road: Reducing the Risk of Distracted Driving

Preventing distracted driving can dramatically reduce the volume of vehicle collisions, saving lives and reducing claims costs. Pete Miller, CEO of The Institutes, sits down with Stefan Heck, CEO and Founder of Nauto, to discuss the future of transportation safety and the role of AI in preventing collisions.

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How a Robotic Dog Fetches Risk Data; Season 1 Finale Ask Me Anything

How a Robotic Dog Fetches Risk Data; Season 1 Finale Ask Me Anything

Where are advances in technology taking data and analytics and enhancing our ability to prevent potential losses? In this episode, host Pete Miller, CEO of The Institutes, talks with Nancy Greco, a Distinguished Engineer with IBM Research, about the evolution of risk data and artificial intelligence to predict and prevent losses that can disrupt operations. In the second half of the episode, Miller sits down with Matthew Kahn, President of Risk & Insurance, to review some of the key takeaways from the first season of the podcast and moderates an ask me anything (AMA) segment with Miller.

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The Insurance OG of Prevention; Technology Can Starve Wildfires of Fuel

The Insurance OG of Prevention; Technology Can Starve Wildfires of Fuel

A focus on prevention is just as critical to the success of a nearly 200-year old property insurer and its customers, as it is for a robotics startup that eliminates the fuel that allows wildfires to spread. In this episode, Pete talks with Randy Hodge, executive vice president, staff insurance operations for FM Global, and Anukool Lakhina, CEO and co-founder of BurnBot, about how each organization applies research and technology to proactively mitigate climate risk and make businesses and communities more resilient.

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How FEMA Does Resiliency; Computer Vision Enhances Safety

How FEMA Does Resiliency; Computer Vision Enhances Safety

Whether it’s making a community more resilient to disasters or helping an employer to reduce accidents in the warehouse, having the right data is key to focusing prevention efforts where they will have the greatest ROI. Join Host Pete Miller as he talks with Daniel Kaniewski, Managing Director-Public Sector of Marsh & McLennan and former deputy administrator of FEMA, and Alex Senemar, CEO and Co-Founder of Voxel AI, on how they are each working to transform the status quo and make communities and employees safer, and reduce the toll of paying for preventable losses.

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Predicting Wildfires, Worker Injury with Better Risk Data

Predicting Wildfires, Worker Injury with Better Risk Data

Improving risk data not only helps predict potential losses but also makes it possible to incentivize and measure risk prevention. In this episode, Pete talks with Kevin Stein, CEO and Co-Founder at Delos Insurance, and Sean Petterson, CEO and Founder of StrongArm Technologies, about how they are using data for insights that can predict potential losses from wildfires and unsafe worker activities.

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Policymaker Perspectives

Policymaker Perspectives

Insurance regulators are important partners as insurers offer consumers new services that move beyond detect and repair to Predict & Prevent. Guest host Frank Tomasello, executive director of The Institutes’ Griffith Foundation, speaks with Elizabeth Kelleher Dwyer, Director of the Department of Business Regulation for Rhode Island, and Andrew Mais, Insurance Commissioner for Connecticut, on how they each balance consumer protection without stifling innovation.

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Preventing Catastrophic Water Damage

Preventing Catastrophic Water Damage

IoT sensors are proving their worth by preventing small problems from becoming big losses. In this episode, Pete Miller talks with George Chedraoui, Senior Director, Corporate Risk & Resilience for Highwoods Properties Inc., and Sean Ringsted, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Business Officer of Chubb Group, on how on how each is realizing big benefits from deploying smart water sensors.

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Hidden Dangers Uncovered

Hidden Dangers Uncovered

Sensors and data-driven intelligence platforms are foundational technologies that can identify hidden dangers and help prevent losses. In this episode, Pete Miller talks with Bob Marshall, Co-Founder and CEO of Whisker Labs, and with Dave Tobias, Co-Founder and COO of Betterview, about these two different approaches.

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Existential Urgency

Existential Urgency

The rapidly evolving risk landscape demands a more proactive and collaborative approach to risk management. In this episode, Pete Miller and Sean Kevelighan, President and CEO of the Insurance Information Institute, discuss why Predict & Prevent is needed now more than ever.

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Introducing Predict & Prevent

Introducing Predict & Prevent

Welcome to the Predict & Prevent podcast. Join host Pete Miller, President and CEO of The Institutes, for conversations with expert guests about how technology and resiliency can prevent losses—before they occur.

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Meet the Host

Peter Miller

About Pete Miller

Pete Miller, MS, MBA, CPCU

Pete Miller is president and chief executive officer of The Institutes Risk & Insurance Knowledge Group and a member of its Senior Management Team. He also chairs the Board of Directors for The Institutes CPCU Society, The Institutes Griffith Insurance Education Foundation, and The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative®, and he serves as a member of The Institutes Risk and Insurance Knowledge Group’s Board of Trustees.

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