Season 9 – Episode 8 – The Best, the Worst, and “Why Are We Still Doing This?”
Season 9 – Episode 8 – The Best, the Worst, and “Why Are We Still Doing This?”
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Welcome to Season 9 Episode 8 of the Digital Insurance Pint! In this special retrospective, host Tom Reid attempts to herd cats once again, bringing you the finest outtakes, technical blunders, and questionable industry takes from the past season. Why a clip show? Because as Tom openly admits, they completely ran out of actual ideas, and both Gemini and Claude advised them to just pack it in and call it a day. Watch as the core panel gracefully dismantles each other’s dignities
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7 Aug 2026
Season 9 – Episode 7 – Data Swamps & Tech Hopium
Season 9 – Episode 7 – Data Swamps & Tech Hopium
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Data swamps, tech “hopium,” and the looming broker apocalypse.
The latest episode of the Digital Insurance Pint features guest Pete Tessier burning down the industry’s collective AI delusions. Hosts Jeff Roy, Tom Reid, Steve Earle, and Adam Mitchell clashed with Pete on everything from internal software coding to the exact timeline for small-broker extinction.
The Big Debates:
AI vs. Snake Oil: Pete claims the industry is stuck in a gold rush of “snake oil” vendors selling “hopium”. Jeff argues that brokers are just dumping ugly data into localized “data swamps” instead of fixing their workflows first.
The “Build vs. Buy” Brawl: Pete thinks brokers should use their own internal sandboxes to test tools. Tom strongly disagrees with brokers attempting to build software. Adam essentially proved Tom right by admitting he used Claude to build a client map widget that temporarily left his entire client database wide open to the web —and that he’s currently $500k deep into an infrastructure build he hasn’t even been able to play with yet!
The 3-Year Apocalypse: Adam thinks smaller brokers can comfortably coast for 5 years without investing a dime. Pete aggressively shut that down, predicting insurance carriers will “absolutely obliterate small brokers” in 3 years because 27% of brokers already control 82% of Canadian business.
Best Quote from the Episode:
“Most of the large language models are the world’s best bullshitters. It sounds brilliant… and it’s absolute shit about something I happen to know a little bit about.” — Adam Mitchell
Oh, and Tom pointed out that a Canada Revenue Agency AI chatbot was heavily criticized for being only 37% accurate—which sounds terrible until you find out human CRA employees on the phone only score 17% accurate.
The bots are officially winning.
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7 Aug 2026
Season 9 – Episode 6 – Super Soft – with Alister Campbell
Season 9 – Episode 6 – Super Soft – with Alister Campbell
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Riding the Insurance Rollercoaster: Market Cycles with Alistair Campbell
Tom, Steve, Jeff and Adam dive into the thrilling world of insurance market cycles. Alister Campbell, CEO of PACCIC, takes us on a ride through the ups and downs of hard and soft markets, sharing insights that are as enlightening as they are entertaining.
In this episode:
Hard vs. Soft Markets: Discover why the insurance industry is like a rollercoaster, with thrilling highs and stomach-churning lows.
The Soft Market Shuffle: Learn how insurers dance through soft markets, trying not to trip over their own rates.
Hard Market Headaches: Explore the challenges of hard markets, where everyone’s scrambling for cover (literally).
The Crystal Ball: Alister’s predictions for the future—spoiler alert: it involves less crystal and more spreadsheets.
Broker Survival Tips: Practical advice for brokers to keep their cool and their clients happy, even when the market’s doing loop-de-loops.
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