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DANTE'S BIO Dante Disparte's story starts inside the jungles of Puerto Rico, eventually becoming the first in his family with a formal education.  He is the Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy for Circle, a leading global financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC. USDC has supported more than $10 trillion in cumulative transactions on the public internet and a global payment network in more than 190 countries. He is also Executive Vice Chairman of the Diem Association and prior to joining Circle, Dante served as a founding executive of the Diem Association (née Libra backed by Meta fka Facebook), leading public policy, communications, membership, and social impact. He is a prolific author, entrepreneur, business leader and global risk expert who previously was Chairman of Risk Cooperative, , MD of Clements Worldwide and MD of Land Rover in Africa  He is a member of the World Economic Forum's Digital Currency Governance Consortium, helping drive global standards and regulatory harmonization for digital currencies. Dante served as an appointee on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) National Advisory Council, the United States' federal emergency response agency. Dante is a graduate of Harvard Business School and holds an MSc. in Risk Management from the NYU Stern School of Business and a B.A. in International and Intercultural Studies from Goucher College. He is the co-author of “Global Risk Agility and Decision Making” (Macmillan, 2016) and was recognized as one of the 40 leaders under 40 by the Washington Business Journal and in the inaugural Powermeter 100 list. Dante is also a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. and the Bretton Woods Committee.  Technical show note: Approximately 10 seconds of roll is missing from the original recording due to technical recording issues. DANTE RELATED LINKS Dante Disparte Website + Twitter Circle World Economic Forum Crypto's Moment - American Banker Global Risk and Decision Making - Book On AI - Diplomatic Courier + Others GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade & Bio: https://tinyurl.com/36ufz6cs  SUPPORT & CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/96934564 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551086203755 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOPOFGAMEpod Subscribe on Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/vLKLE1SKjf6G Email us: info@topofthegame-thepod.com   THANK YOU FOR LISTENING – AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS  

Russia has said it will "drastically reduce combat operations" around Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv, during negotiations in Turkey. Financial markets reacted positively to the news, as Brian Dorst from Themis Trading in New Jersey explains. We'll also hear from President Biden's top official on sanctions, who says companies have a choice to make on whether they continue to do business in Russia. Also in the programme, the war in Ukraine is halting moves aimed at limiting the use of palm oil, which is a cause of deforestation in Asia. The price of one alternative, sunflower oil, has increased massively since the conflict began, and supermarket chain Iceland has reversed its pledge to remove palm oil from its own-label food. We find out more from Glenn Hurowitz of the Washington DC campaign group, Mighty Earth.Talks in Geneva to reverse the loss of nature and halt extinctions are in their final day. We'll hear from Patrick Greenfield, biodiversity reporter for the Guardian, on the details of the negotiations, and Dr Noelle Kumpel, head of policy for Birdlife International, about her thoughts on the progress. And we'll take a look at the new Australian budget. All through the show we'll be joined by Andres Franzetti, Chief Executive Officer at Risk Cooperative, in Washington DC, and Sinead Mangan, presenter of the ABC radio program ‘Australia Wide' in Perth. (Picture: Ukrainian troops near Kyiv on 28 March. Picture credit: Getty Images)

The Ukrainian government has said its websites and banks have been hit by cyber attacks. Two state-owned banks, PrivatBank and Oschadbank, had been targeted by “massive” denial of service attacks and other failures which interrupted banking services. We hear from General Keith Alexander, the former director of the US National Security Agency and founding commander of United States Cyber Command. Earlier this month, after years of delay, a deal was signed by the French energy giant Total Energies giving the green light to a controversial pipeline running from Uganda to Tanzania. The project's backers say it will usher in economic development across the region, but activists question the environmental impact of the project, as the BBC's Joshua Thorpe has been finding out. A new study has found that a quarter of the world's rivers contain potentially toxic levels of pharmaceutical drugs and it's been concluded that the pharmaceutical products found in them are a threat to human health and aquatic life. We get details from Dr Veronica Edmonds Brown, an Aquatic Ecologist at The University of Hertfordshire. Jamie Robertson is joined throughout the programme by Sushma Ramachandran, journalist and columnist at The Tribune in Delhi, and Andres Franzetti, Chief Executive Officer at The Risk Cooperative from Washington. Picture: PrivatBank logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen. Credit: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images

President Lukashenko of Belarus has threatened to cut off gas supplies to Europe if sanctions are imposed over an escalating migrant crisis at the country's border. Thousands of people are at the border with Poland, enduring freezing conditions in the hope of crossing into the European Union. We get analysis from James Waddell, senior global gas analyst at Energy Aspects. Indonesia's council of religious leaders has forbidden the use of crypto assets as a currency for Muslims. The country's National Ulema Council has declared cryptocurrency as haram, or banned, as it has elements of uncertainty, wagering and harm. Umer Suleman an Islamic Finance expert explains Sharia law when it comes to finance. The BBC's Ed Butler reports on whether Hong Kong's long term future as a global finance hub is sustainable, against the backdrop of the new national security law in the territory, as well as stringent coronavirus quarantine measures. All this and more discussed with our two guests throughout the show: Jessica Khine a financial professional in Nusajaya, Malaysia and Les Williams, associate professor at the School of Engineering, University of Virginia and co-founder of Risk Cooperative, in Arlington Virginia. (Picture: Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko. Credit: Getty Images.)

In a blow to the UK's tourist and aviation industries, the CDC has advised US citizens against travel to the country. We hear more from travel expert, Simon Calder. In Germany, catastrophic flooding has left at least 160 people dead and more than 170 others missing; later this week, Angela Merkel is expected to roll out an emergency aid package for those affected. We hear from the BBC's Damien McGuinness in the village of Nuerburg. And we examine the causes of last month's collapse of Champlain Towers South in Florida with Ana Bozovic, a real estate broker and founder of Analytics Miami and Benjamin Schafer, a structural engineer and professor at Johns Hopkins University. Plus, a news agency has been launched in Africa called Bird, which aims to find inspirational human interest and feature stories from across the continent. We find out more from Moky Makura, executive director of Africa No Filter, which has given its backing to the project. And we're joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the Pacific, Les Williams, associate professor at The School of Engineering at The University of Virginia and a co-founder of Risk Cooperative, and Lulu Chen, Asia Investing team leader for Bloomberg News in Hong Kong. (Picture of a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787. Picture credit: Robert Smith via Getty Images).

Dante Disparte, founder and chairman of Risk Cooperative and member of FEMA's National Advisory Council, explains how lessons from last year can help us in the next pandemic — and why warnings from former Presidents Bush and Obama were not enough to prepare the U.S. for the coronavirus. In participating regions, you'll also hear from local journalists about what's happening in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

Dante Disparte, founder and chairman of Risk Cooperative and member of FEMA's National Advisory Council, explains how lessons from last year can help us in the next pandemic — and why warnings from former Presidents Bush and Obama were not enough to prepare the U.S. for the coronavirus. In participating regions, you'll also hear from local journalists about what's happening in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden will shortly face each other in the first presidential debate. But will it make a difference in the race for the White House? We hear from Statehouse Bureau chief Karen Keslar in Ohio, and Peter Spiegel, US Managing Editor of the Financial Times. We get reaction after Disney announced it will lay off around 28,000 employees in its theme parks division. The BBC's chief environment correspondent Justin Rowlatt has been examining China's recent commitment to be carbon neutral by 2060. Fashion label Fred Perry has withdrawn a black and yellow polo shirt from sale after it became associated with a far right group - the Proud Boys - in the US. Cynthia Miller-Idriss, scholar of extremism and youth radicalisation, explains that this is not a new phenomenon. And with millions working from home because of the pandemic, companies are using software to monitor their employees. The BBC's Lora Jones explains the kind of snooping they've been doing. All this and more discussed with our two guests throughout the show: Yumiko Murakami from the OECD, in Tokyo and Dante Disparte of the Risk Cooperative, in Washington DC. (Photo: Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Credit: BBC.)

The US Supreme Court overturns the Trump administration's bid to deport hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the US illegally as children. As the Chinese leadership prepares to table its first draft of a new security law for Hong Kong, we assess its future as a secure financial hub. And the African fruit-pickers in southern Spain, who are already struggling with work conditions, are hit by coronavirus fears in their small workplaces, where they work close to each other. And, for the thirteenth straight week, more than a million more Americans have been forced to get on line to register for unemployment insurance benefits. We talk about all this with guests Dante Disparte, Head of Policy at Libra and founding CEO of Risk Cooperative in Washington DC, and Jodi Schneider, Senior International Editor for Bloomberg in Hong Kong. (Image: Greisa Martinez, who grew up as an undocumented immigrant in Dallas, Texas, reacts following the Supreme Court's decision. Credit: Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

In this episode of Tech Intersect, I speak with Dante Disparte, vice chairman and head of policy and communications for the Libra Association, an independent membership organization focused on creating a stablecoin that supports a financially-inclusive digital future. He is also the founder and chairman of Risk Cooperative and serves on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Advisory Council. Now one year into the LibraCoin Project, Dante and I delve into an illuminating conversation about its evolution, current status as of May 2020, the Facebook privacy controversy and testimony before the United States Congress and regulatory landscape, and plans for the fall 2020 launch in the United States and beyond to empower the unbanked and underbanked around the world. And our discussion takes place in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic, which has helped make the case even more clear cryptographically secured digital, user-directed, low cost, contactless payments.  **SPONSORED BY ADVANTAGE EVANS™ ACADEMY** There's a more cost effective and time-efficient way to reach your leading-edge learning and earning goals, to put you ahead of the stiff competition in this fast-paced, tech-driven economy.Considering the broken state of ‘higher' education, there has to be a better way. The fact is, traditional education costs too much, takes too long, and offers no guarantees of a job upon graduation. You need skills. Credentials. An advantage. Upcoming sessions:From Cash to Crypto: Buying Your First Bitcoin (6/30-7/14) Pre-enroll by May 31 for BONUS crypto tax session + Cointracker membership Register Right!: Protect Your IP, Brand & Business (7/21-8/4) Pre-enroll by June 21 for BONUS session for coaching to register your mark! Ready for an advantage? Inquire now!Guest social assets: Twitter: @DDisparteLinks: About Libra: https://libra.org/en-US/Tonya's interview with Tom Merritt: Don't Fear the Libra (re: Facebook's corporate currency initiative) on The Daily Tech Show with Tom Merritt (Aug. 10, 2019)Questions and requests: hello@techintersectpodcast.com Follow: Twitter @AtTechIntersect and Instagram @TechIntersect Web: TechIntersectPodcast.com & AdvantageEvans.comMailing ListRapternal Music (Regulate and The Rabbit Hole) by Notty Productions is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Produced by Tonya Evans for FYOS Entertainment, LLC, and Stephanie Renee for Soul Sanctuary, Inc.Support the show (https://tinyurl.com/techintersectvip)

Steve Kohler Steve is president of Ridge Global and has served in a number of roles for its affiliates including as Chief Innovation Officer for Ridge Global and Risk Cooperative and prior to that as Chief Executive Officer for Ridge Global Solutions and as a principal advisor for the strategic consulting practice. He previously served as president of Space Florida, a statewide Special District focused on economic development within the Florida aerospace economic sector.

Dante Disparte, is the Vice Chair and Head of Policy and Communications at the Libra Association. Dante returns to Insureblocks to share his experience of being at Libra and what the insurance industry can learn from that experience. It is worth nothing that Dante is the Chairman of the Risk Cooperative, a member of the FEMA National Advisory Council and a Forbes contributor. He has also participated in two podcasts on Insureblocks: Blockchain vs. the insurance trust deficit in April 2018 and A retrospective look on blockchain for 2018 in Feb 2019. We are absolutely delighted to have Dante back on our show in 2020.   Insureblocks’s 100th episode! I’m Walid Al Saqqaf, your host. Since the 19th of March 2018 we’ve produced weekly podcasts on blockchain in the insurance, pharmaceutical, supply chain, banking and many other industries from case studies, PoCs, pilots and production grade roll outs. We’ve also covered topics around the convergence economy, how AI, IoT and blockchain converge. We’ve covered the subject of diversity, blockchain for social good, digital identity, tokenisation and much more. Today’s episode is our 100thone! We all can’t believe we’ve just reached this milestone. It feels like just yesterday when we recorded our first episode with Gary Nuttal. We want to thank all our speakers and all of you, our listeners, for making this show such a success!   What is blockchain? In last year’s podcast, Dante had defined blockchain in a slightly philosophical way, using words like trust, decentralisation and self-sovereignty. Whilst he believes those ideals very much still matter he now sees a growing wave of enterprise blockchain efforts and investment and adoption that are starting to give the technology a real opportunity, not in its own, but together with other emerging technologies to drive real change in the market.   What is Libra & the Libra Association The Libra Association is an independent, not-for-profit membership organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that was first announced on June 18th 2019. The goals of the Libra Association are threefold: Develop a blockchain based payment system that would support low friction high trust payment on a peer to peer basis. Today there are 1.7 billion people who are on the margins of the formal economy. Libra is developing a blockchain based system that can help support pulling more of them into the formal economy Building a payment system that supports competition and innovation. The third objective of the Libra Association is to reach the above objectives in a regulatory compliant manner. The fundamental promise of blockchain and cryptocurrency technology is with notion of financial empowerment. The Libra project is a consortium of member organisation who have a common cause, with a wide range of enterprises, public sector actors and stakeholders to effectively address the insidious issue in the global financial system. 1.7 billion people who are unbanked, 1.3 billion who are under banked who to send a cross border payment or remittance costs on average 7% worldwide. Roughly a billion people have access to a mobile phone. In a world where the mobile phone can become a payment endpoint, with Libra you could send a basic payment to someone as cheaply and as quickly as you can send an email message or other transaction. The Libra payment token is known as a stable coin. The concept behind the Libra payment token is to effectively borrow the intrinsic value and the economic stability of underlying assets and give those assets some unique properties. One of those unique properties is the ability to make micro payments. This is very important for two reasons: Most of today’s payment networks are not digitally native For very small transactions the cost is often superior to the transaction value Consequently, the payment network that Libra is building is an open and innovative one that will not onl...

In this episode, I spoke with Dante Disparte, who is the founder and CEO of Risk Cooperative, a strategy, risk and capital management firm focused on mid-market opportunities, market expansion and innovation on a global scale. He is the co-author of the book “Global Risk Agility and Decision Making” and was recently selected as one of the 40 leaders under 40 by the Washington Business Journal and among the top 100 most influential leaders in D.C., in the inaugural Powermeter 100 list. Prior to forming Risk Cooperative, Mr. Disparte served as the managing director of Clements Worldwide, a leading insurance brokerage with customers in more than 170 countries. He is also the Vice Chairman and Head of Policy and Communications for the Libra Association. We about his proposed idea for a public/private initiative to fund bioterrorism and pandemic preparedness, the potential impacts to the insurance industry, and what risk managers can do to better prepare for a pandemic. The World Needs a DARPA-Style Project to Prevent Pandemics by Tom Ridge and Dante Disparte https://hbr.org/2017/04/the-world-needs-a-darpa-style-project-to-prevent-pandemics

Dante Disparte is the first Head of Policy and Communications for the Libra Association, a newly-formed organization that has brought together social impact organizations and a diverse group of leading businesses from around the world to create a simple global currency and financial infrastructure to empower billions of people. Dante comes to Libra with two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, business leader and global risk expert, most recently as founder and head of Risk Cooperative, a strategic risk advisory and insurance brokerage based in Washington, D.C. Dante also serves as an appointee on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council, the United States’ federal emergency response agency. He is a founding advisor of the Global Blockchain Business Council and a senior fellow with the Blockchain Trust Accelerator where he supports technology and digital transformation initiatives. Dante is the co-author of “Global Risk Agility and Decision Making” (Macmillan, 2016).DisclosureThe information presented and opinions expressed are solely the views of the podcast host commentator and their guest speaker(s). AllianceBernstein L.P. or its affiliates makes no representations or warranties concerning the accuracy of any data. There is no guarantee that any projection, forecast or opinion in this material will be realized. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The views expressed here may change at any time after the date of this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. AllianceBernstein L.P. does not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. It does not take an investor’s personal investment objectives or financial situation into account; investors should discuss their individual circumstances with appropriate professionals before making any decisions. This information should not be construed as sales or marketing material or an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument, product or service sponsored by AllianceBernstein or its affiliates.© 2019 AllianceBernstein L.P.

Welcome to RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Writer at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society.   Today’s guest is Les Williams, Chief Revenue Officer of the Risk Cooperative — a specialized strategy risk and insurance advisory firm. The Risk Cooperative is based in Washington D.C. and specializes in creating solutions for emerging risks such as cyber liability insurance, political risk insurance, and other complex domestic and global challenges. The firm is also actively involved in assisting clients with common risk needs, such as employee benefits and business insurance.   In this episode, Les and Justin discuss critical infrastructure risks in North America and how they impact agriculture and farming industries. They talk about the major risks on Les’s radar for 2019, Les’s tips for risk management professionals, which risks he sees having a lasting impact on North American infrastructures and industries, and some of the efforts being made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and use more environmentally-friendly materials for creating infrastructures.   Key Takeaways: [:16] About today’s episode. [:32] About the RIMS Annual Conference 2019. [:57] Justin welcomes onto the podcast. [1:26] How can infrastructure problems and issues impact agriculture and farming industries in North America? [4:10] How has climate change factored into infrastructure over the years? [6:10] Des Les see aging infrastructure and climate change having a lasting impact on North American infrastructures and industries? [7:55] Les discusses the efforts made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the efforts to use more environment-friendly materials for creating infrastructures. [9:55] Les describes his diagram, “The Wheel of Misfortune,” that shows how all the risks are interconnected. [12:45] The four major risks on Les’ mind, going into 2019. [15:12] Les’s tips for risk management professionals in regards to these four major risks. [16:35] Does Les think that the next wave of risk management professionals has a resiliency mindset? [17:54] Where blockchain factors into Les’ register. [19:50] Justin thanks Les for joining him, and reminds listeners to check out RM Magazine, RM Monitor, and email him at Content@rims.org if you have any questions, suggestions, or feedback for RIMScast. Mentioned in this Episode: RIMS Annual Conference 2019 “Cross-Cultural Expansion and Collaboration with Dr. Erin Meyer” (RIMScast episode) Billie Jean King Fort McMurray Wildfire National Geographic on Floods The World Economic Forum Les Williams’ “Wheel of Misfortune” “The Global Risks Report 2019” | The World Economic Forum Risk Management Monitor Risk Management Magazine   Want to Learn More? Keep up with the podcast on RIMS.org and listen on iTunes. Have a question or suggestion? Email: Content@rims.org.   Join the Conversation! Follow @RIMSorg on Facebook and Twitter, and join the RIMS Group on LinkedIn.   Follow up with Our Guest: Les Williams on LinkedIn   Want to Learn More? Keep up with the podcast on RIMS.org and listen on iTunes. Have a question or suggestion? Email: Content@rims.org.   Join the Conversation! Follow @RIMSorg on Facebook and Twitter, and join the RIMS Group on LinkedIn.   Follow up with Our Guest: Les Williams on LinkedIn  

Dante Disparte is an entrepreneur, business leader and global risk expert. He is the founder and CEO of Risk Cooperative, a strategic risk advisory and insurance brokerage firm based in Washington, D.C. Dante serves on the board of the American Security Project, where he founded and chairs the Business Council. He is also a member of the Bretton Woods II Council and a fellow at New America. He is a frequent speaker and commentator on business and political issues shaping the world. From entrepreneurship, where he was invited by the White House to speak at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya, to risk, economic competitiveness and security issues, Dante’s wide-ranging views are regularly featured in leading media and publications, such as Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, Forbes and International Policy Digest, among others. A graduate of Harvard Business School, where he chairs the D.C. alumni association and is a former member of the global alumni board. Dante holds an MSc. in Risk Management from the NYU Stern School of Business and a B.A. in International and Intercultural Studies from Goucher College. He is fluent in 6 languages and has conducted business all over the world. He is the co-author “Global Risk Agility and Decision Making” (Macmillan, 2016) and was recognized as one of the 40 leaders under 40 by the Washington Business Journal and in the inaugural Powermeter 100 list. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantedisparte/ https://riskcooperative.com/ Special Thanks go to Julie-Roxane Krikorian ( www.jercatime.wordpress.com) for editing this Episode of Back2Basics. You should also check out FAR OUT: Adventures in Unconventional Living with co-host Alasdair (https://thefaroutpodcast.simplecast.fm/)

It is widely recognised that there is a growing trust deficit in our societies’ institutions, particularly in insurance. This isn’t confined solely to the question of claims on whether or not an insurance company will pay out or whether the insured is trying to defraud the insurance company. To help guide us through those issues and explain how blockchain can help restore trust we were privileged to have Dante Disparte Founder and CEO of Risk Cooperative, live from Washington DC on our show.   2 Minute Definition of Blockchain If the internet created a world of low friction communication, blockchain is creating a world of low friction transfer. How it works is by storing and decentralising information on anything from transactions to supply chain interactions. Blockchain is a way of scaling trust without having to have a centralised authority and providing transparency with high levels of confidence in those types of exchanges.   The Blockchain Journey Through a friend and colleague, Dr. Tomicah Tillemann, who runs the Bretton Woods II initiative, Dante was invited to the first ever global blockchain business council event during the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha. That one meeting led him to become an early mover in the insurance and blockchain community. That evolved into going to Nectar Island for the Third Blockchain Summit, hosted by Sir Richard Branson and BitFury, and most recently to Davos where Dante saw that blockchain was moving out of beta. It is important to recognise the importance of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in pushing blockchain out of beta on the world stage, through international corporation between individuals without central institutions.   Insurance, the very first blockchain sector? When you look back at the history of insurance you quickly realise that it hinges on the concept of upmost good faith and mutualisation. The Lloyd’s market works by syndicating risk and syndicating trust. That engine works right now but what blockchain provides us with, is the opportunity to enhance this engine of syndication and trust onto a massively scalable platform. In it you can code in the behaviours, the conduct, the trust and you can remove friction, opacity, asymmetry, and agency issues that weigh down our industry. Because of those reasons Insurance can be the winners of that digital transformation.   Declining trust, a blockchain opportunity? What underpins a currency, an insurance policy, or democracy is the expectation, in a binary manner, that if I voted for you it is counted, if a have a dollar bill it has a value, and in the insurance example that if I have a, a million dollar life insurance interest for my beneficiaries it is paid out when I pass away. This is critical because the user isn’t around to use it and there is no way of enforcing that trust in an environment that isn’t transparent where there are huge asymmetries of information. The trust deficit is one of the biggest market drivers as to why blockchain is coming out of market beta. You see it everywhere, from where it is measured in the Edeleman Trust Barometer which shows a mark decline in trust in public and private institutions. You can see this in our streets and in our ballot boxes in some really profound ways. You can take Starbucks as an example in the US where it was ahead of the curve in its race together campaign and it only took one misstep in one Starbucks shop to shut down 8000 Starbucks across the country. In the Harvard Business Review, Dante discusses the $7.4 billion in unclaimed life insurance money as a good example of a break down in trust and as an example of an asymmetry issue on information. The buyer and the user of a life insurance policy are two different parties and unless you connect the dots you run the risk of such an outcome of unclaimed life insurance policies. Lloyd’s has an interesting statistic which states that for every 1% increase in insurance ado...

Dante Disparte is the CEO and Founder of Risk Cooperative, a risk, capital, and strategy management firm with a primary focus on innovation, market expansion, and mid-market opportunities. Dante is a specialist in risk reduction and strategy by creating and delivering comprehensive risk solutions on a global scale. He was recently selected as one of the Top 40 Leaders Under 40 by the Washington Business Journal and is also the co-author of Global Risk Agility and Decision Making.  In this episode, Dante will answer the age-old question: Can you be compliant and still be creative? He’ll also share his wisdom when it comes to his “Broker Credo” and the four forces that govern insurance businesses.  “There has to be a real acceptance of failure for imagination to thrive.” –Dante Disparte  Today on Spot On Insurance: What is risk cooperative? Can our heavily regulated insurance industry have room for innovation? The four forces that govern the way you operate an insurance business. Why is regulation and compliance so important? How does ethics and imagination come into play when it comes to compliance? Are regulation and imagination tradeoffs? How ethics applies to insurance businesses. What is the "Broker Credo"? Is it possible to be imaginative, but not lose the regulation, compliance, and ethics?  Key Takeaway: You start to really harm your opportunity to grow a company in this business if you don't         anchor it from the very beginning in a platform that is regulated and compliant. The people with whom you trade are your first and last line of defense in this type of industry.  Resources Mentioned: Global Risk Agility and Decision Making book by Dante Disparte   Connect with Dante Disparte: Risk Cooperative  This episode was brought to you by… Spot On Insurance is brought to you by Insurance Licensing Services of America (ILSA), America’s Premier Insurance Compliance and Licensing experts. To learn more about ILSA and their services, visit ILSAinc.com.  Connect, Learn, Share Thank you for joining us on this week’s episode of Spot On Insurance. For more resources and episodes, visit SpotOnInsurance.com. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. Love what you’re learning, Spot Light your review on iTunes and share your favorite episodes with friends and colleagues!

Airline passengers travelling from Canada to the United States will now be facing new "enhanced security measures". Is this a waste of time? Angela is joined by Daniel Wagner, U.S. security consultant and Managing Director of Risk Cooperative, to learn more. 

June 26, 2017 EXTRA: True Costs to Cybersecurity for Small BusinessesFor this week's Extra episode, Whats Working in Washington sat down with three of the area's top experts on cybersecurity and hacking to see what needs to be done to protect your business.Andres Franzetti, chief strategy officer and founding member of the Risk Cooperative, Richard Levick, the founder and CEO of LEVICK, and Brian Finch, partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman spoke about the true impact of hacking, collateral damage, the integrity of information, and the real costs of cybersecurity.

This week, in keeping with the global mood, we’re talking about threats to civilisation, and the things we can do to combat them. First up, Stephanie and Jonn discuss Trump – yes, again – and fail to discuss the disappearance of the ice in the Arctic because one of us finds the whole thing far too depressing. Then, in an attempt to cheer ourselves up, we discuss the British government's ban on lettings agency fees, and various things we have done to troll estate agents. After that, it's onto more serious matters, as we hear from two people at the forefront of the efforts to protect us from our dangerous age. Dante Disparte, the founder of consultancy Risk Cooperative, tells us about the threats facing our cities; then Michael Berkowitz, president of the NGO 100 Resilient Cities, tells us what we can do to protect them. (If the name of the latter organisation looks a little bit familiar, that's because they've been kind enough to sponsor our fine podcast.) Then, to round off, we share our favourite... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.