Today on the Tech Cat Show we talk again with Erik Huberman, CEO and Founder of Hawke Media, a company that acts like an outsourced CMO. Erik is a serial entrepreneur and at heart, a brand and marketing guru. Erik built up Hawke Media with the understanding that different companies require media and marketing help, in new and unique models and especially during pandemics. Today we'll catch up with Erik to find out how you can reach your audience during unprecedented cultural and economic times and

Niklaus Hilti, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies, kindly joined us to discuss the current status of the ILS investment space and reinsurance market trends. We began by discussing the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in insurance-linked securities (ILS). Hilti explained that the Credit Suisse ILS team had been closely watching the situation develop since they were alerted to it back in January. "We run life and non-life on our

With hurricane season now officially underway we spoke with Jin Shah, Director, Capital Markets & Resilience and Jeff Waters, Senior Product Manager both of catastrophe risk modelling specialist RMS. RMS provides risk analytics, modelling and data services to the insurance, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) industry, so with hurricane season upon us we discussed the outlook for the months ahead with Jin and Jeff. The pair discussed the forecast outlook for the 2020 Atlantic

In this podcast episode we discuss current reinsurance market dynamics and the balancing-act that is capital inflows vs pricing and rate pressure. In a recent article we said that it's a fine line between accolades achieved through raising significant sums of new capital and rate pressure returning to the reinsurance market. In this podcast we summarise some of these thoughts and go into more detail, of relevance to the segment of the market focused on property reinsurance and in particular

Matt Jones, Principal at financial technology (fintech), insurance or reinsurance technology (insurtech) venture capital investment firm Anthemis joined us for our latest video interview. Jones talked about the venture investing thesis at Anthemis, the sectors of fintech and insurtech that excite the company, as well as his views on the insurtech wave that has spread across insurance and reinsurance markets in recent years. "If I think about the investment thesis we've got... within the

In this episode we discuss the fascinating state of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance market at this time, focusing on catastrophe bonds, industry loss warranty's (ILW's), reinsurance sidecars, retrocesssion and the mid-year renewals. With speculative capacity now being seen in the market, speculative covers being sought, and rates hardening in property catastrophe reinsurance, we find ourselves in a market the likes of which has not been seen for more than a decade. We discuss

Michael Millette, Founder & Managing Partner at Hudson Structured Capital Management, a specialist alternative asset manager with a focus on sourcing insurance and reinsurance linked returns for its investors, joined us for our latest video interview. Millette discussed insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investing, giving his view on prospects for the ILS asset class beyond the Covid-19 pandemic and what that may bring for investors. "Tragedy and history. This is as near to

We talked to Ricardo Hernandez of La Michoacana Purepecha about his business and how Neighborhood Development Center continues to help his business. Dawn reviewed "From Justin to Kelly" LOL! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talked to Ryan Pitman of Eastlake Craft Brewing at Midtown Global Market about his business and Neighborhood Development Center. Did we reach our goal? A Disney employee rips the public in an open letter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talked to Elisa Pluhar from Neighborhood Development Center, the organization that will get the funds from our Neighborhood Rebuilding Fund. She told us about the challenges of the business owners they serve and how NDC helps them. Jason shares real fun facts to Alexis' delight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talked to Manny Gonzalez of Manny's Tortas to talk about how his business is doing and how the Neighborhood Development Center has helped him. Did we hit our goal of $65,800 by the end of the show? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with Sean Bourgeois, Founder & CEO of technology-based programmatic insurance and reinsurance risk transfer marketplace provider Tremor Technologies Inc. Bourgeois explained how the marketplace Tremor has created works, as well as its value proposition for insurance and reinsurance market participants. "We bring modern liquidity, while preserving relationships for cedents, brokers and reinsurers, essentially matching risk and capital much more efficiently than the traditional

Luca Albertini, CEO of London headquartered insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance related investments manger Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, joined us for a discussion about the state of ILS and reinsurance under Covid-19 pandemic conditions. Albertini noted the ability of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond market to bounce back from the initial effects of broader financial market volatility due to the pandemic. He went on to discuss the market opportunity to

We talked to Dr. Koser, owner of Banadir Pharmacy, about damage to his business and how The Neighborhood Development Center has helped. Dreamweaver Dawn broke down listeners dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talked to Julian Ocampo, co-owner of Los Ocampo to talk about damage to his restaurants during the unrest and how the Neighborhood Development Center has helped his family business. Jason reviewed Apocalypto, assigned by Alexis, for Forced Movie Review. LOL! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our latest interview saw us joined by Stephan Ruoff the Deputy Head of insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset manager Schroder Secquaero, a specialist division of global investment group Schroders. During our discussion, Stephan explained that it seemed to take the reinsurance and ILS industry longer than expected to begin to understand the exposure it faces from the pandemic, as it is unprecedented in global reach compared to prior experience. "Now what we see is a real, real test for the

We talked to Frank Chase from Andy's Garage at Midtown Global Market about his business during COVID-19 and unrest. Plus, lots of myTalker shout-outs! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talked with Trung Pham of Pham's Rice Bowl at Midtown Global Market whose business has been deep impacted by the pandemic and riots. And Jason is bothered by our Neighborhood Rebuilding Fund total and odd numbers. LOL! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cory Anger, Managing Director of GC Securities, the capital markets and insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit of reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, joined us to discuss the state of the catastrophe bond and ILS market, under the lens of the Covid-19 pandemic. Anger noted the strong start to the year for catastrophe bond issuance in 2020 and said that despite the initial hit caused by the pandemic, issuance is expected to remain robust. The catastrophe bond continues to offer the protection many

This week we talk with Maxwell Planck and Kim Adams, Co-Founders of Adventure Land, a virtually reality game that connects friends and family through cooperative play experiences hosted by a real person, from the comfort of their homes. Their first project Dr. Crumb’s School for Disobedient Pets, opened this May. Similar to an escape room, players work together to solve puzzles and meet challenges before time runs out, while being led by a live host. While virtual reality games are not new,