Modernizing an out-of-touch industry like insurance

Christian Wiens, GetSafe

Here’s what I love about today’s guest: He saw how insurance is just terribly outdated. Everything from talking to someone on the phone, to faxing over paperwork, to scanning all the paperwork into my computer to digitize it.

But you can’t change such and entrenched, out-of-touch industry overnight.

That’s why I’m excited about what today’s guest did. Christian Wiens is the founder of GetSafe, a digital insurance provider.

Christian Wiens

GetSafe

Christian Wiens is the founder of GetSafe, a digital insurance provider.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses for an audience of real entrepreneurs who are really building their businesses. And many of them return here to do interviews themselves.

Once they Dave, once they’ve made it for lack of a better word, check this out. Here’s what I freaking love about today’s guest. He saw what many of us are, which is insurance is just terribly outdated. The whole process, everything from the fact that I’ve got to talk to someone on the phone too. Sometimes I have to fax them paperwork to the fact that they give me paperwork that I have to then scan into my computer, which is a pain in the neck.

The whole experience stinks. They’re completely out of touch. He saw that. Like many of us, he also, like many of us realized that getting into insurance is not easy. There are regulations for,...

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