Dennis Murashko's guest appearances

Dennis Murashko

New Thinking: Leaders

A Random Walk with Ben Kohlmann

Wade Eyerly

Nir Eyal

Caroline Casey

Tom Blomfield

Joe Connor

Greg McKeown

Michael Dorf

Patrick McGinnis

Jake Barton

Nick Wheeler

Dan Rasmussen

Bruce Daisley

John Roberts

Mauricio Umansky

Therese Huston

OwlTail

30-40% of freshmen who start college don't return for their second year.  And in the process, many accrue debt without the degree to bolster future earnings.  Even those who do get a degree end up with tens of thousands in debt that takes an average of 21 years to pay off.  Colleges don't guarantee salaries, occasionally exacerbating financial burdens rather than relieving them.  Wade Eyerly and Dennis Murashko have a plan to level the playing field.  Through Degree Insurance, Wade and Dennis have created a model that pays out to college graduates who don't make a certain income threshold by their 5th working year.  These insurance policies are paid for by the colleges themselves.  In this episode we discuss: +How Wade's background in the highly regulated airline industry prepared him to tackle the insurance market +How Dennis' legal and actuarial background made him the perfect fit to co-found Degree Insurance +How insurance for college graduates works +How the higher ed landscape is evolving

30-40% of freshmen who start college don't return for their second year.  And in the process, many accrue debt without the degree to bolster future earnings.  Even those who do get a degree end up with tens of thousands in debt that takes an average of 21 years to pay off.  Colleges don't guarantee salaries, occasionally exacerbating financial burdens rather than relieving them.  Wade Eyerly and Dennis Murashko have a plan to level the playing field.  Through Degree Insurance, Wade and Dennis have created a model that pays out to college graduates who don't make a certain income threshold by their 5th working year.  These insurance policies are paid for by the colleges themselves.  In this episode we discuss: +How Wade's background in the highly regulated airline industry prepared him to tackle the insurance market +How Dennis' legal and actuarial background made him the perfect fit to co-found Degree Insurance +How insurance for college graduates works +How the higher ed landscape is evolving

39 - Income Insurance for College Graduates (Wade Eyerly and Dennis Murashko, Co-Founders of Degree Insurance)

Wade Eyerly and Dennis Murashko are co-founders of Degree Insurance Co. Wade is the former CEO and co-founder of Surf Air, the world's first all-you-can-fly subscription airline, and Dennis is an actuary and lawyer who served as the general counsel and a senior advisor to Governor Rauner in Illinois. Together they founded the startup in 2017, working to remove the risks of seeking higher education in America by guaranteeing students’ income for five years after they graduate. In this in-depth conversation, they describe how the current financing of education has created generational debt, with the average loan repayment lasting 21 years, consider how individuals from all backgrounds can make better decisions about their futures and aspire to the American Dream by understanding the economic impact of their degree, and explain how colleges will, in turn, see a return on their investment through increasing enrolment and retention rates.

Wade Eyerly and Dennis Murashko are co-founders of Degree Insurance Co. Wade is the former CEO and co-founder of Surf Air, the world's first all-you-can-fly subscription airline, and Dennis is an actuary and lawyer who served as the general counsel and a senior advisor to Governor Rauner in Illinois. Together they founded the startup in 2017, working to remove the risks of seeking higher education in America by guaranteeing students’ income for five years after they graduate. In this in-depth conversation, they describe how the current financing of education has created generational debt, with the average loan repayment lasting 21 years, consider how individuals from all backgrounds can make better decisions about their futures and aspire to the American Dream by understanding the economic impact of their degree, and explain how colleges will, in turn, see a return on their investment through increasing enrolment and retention rates.

Business Leaders - Wade Eyerly and Dennis Murashko