Ursula Merten's guest appearances

Ursula Merten

Agency Intelligence

Spot On Insurance

Power Women In Insurance

Dustyne Bryant

Meg McKeen

Carey Anne Nadeau

Seth Preus

Kristen Walkup

Carey Wallace

Ciara Gravier

Brian Ahearn

Ron Glozman

Lorena Tomasini

Caribou Honig

Faye Saxon Horton

Monica Adwani

Mernice Oliver

David Davis

OwlTail

Apple Podcasts Rate and Review for SpotOn Ursula Merten is the Director of Insurance Strategy &amp; Information at omni:us, a company that utilizes AI for cognitive claims management. As Director, she helps property and casualty insurance companies better understand the data they receive from clients and find ways to automate workflows in their organization. Ursula is also a self-described insurance nerd that’s interested in how technology is continuously disrupting the industry while empowering women in business.  Ursula joins us today to discuss how AI can revolutionize the average insurance and claims process and why data is at the center of this disruption. She shares why she chose to pursue a career in insurance, the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated industry, and how she found success. She describes the best way to get data from consumers and how the pandemic made data collection more accessible. Ursula also shares what she believes are the downsides of AI and what she wants newcomers to know before venturing into insurance. "AI can only learn from what the human tells it." - Ursula Merten Today on Spot On Insurance:  Ursula's professional achievements and career experience over twenty years What Ursula dreamed of doing when she was young and when she joined insurance Ursula's experience in handling claims related to asbestos exposure What it was like being a young woman in a male-dominated industry Why Ursula was initially uncomfortable with negotiating salary and raises How men and women look at job qualifications differently Why being "annoying" with questions is the new way businesses base their data How the pandemic enacted changes that favored data collection The pros and cons of having rapid technological progress Ursula's advice to carriers and agencies on how they should start with data The pitfalls of AI and how they affected various industries Omni:us and the solutions they provide to the insurance industry Ursula's advice for newcomers in the industry How to be confident without being seen as arrogant  Key Takeaways:  Don't try to sell yourself without the claims to back it up. Previously, discarding legacy systems for newer systems was a scary investment in both time and money. Always ask your leaders how to move up in your career.  Ursula Merten ’s Best Babyback Ribs Recipe:   1 Slab of babyback ribs (make sure they are babyback ribs) Peel the membrain off the bone side of the rack Dry off the slab with a papertowel on both sides Coat the slab with olive oil both sides Put garlic powder on the bone side Flip over the slab and apply pork rub seasoning on meat side Heat the oven to 350 degrees Place the ribs on a metal flat pan and cook for 1.5 hours in the oven Pull the slab out of the oven and coat the top meat side of the slab with your favorite BBQ sauce Lay the slab on the grill (no pan) and smoke on a charcoal grill for ½ hour Pull off the grill and place back on the pan and let sit for 10 minutes Another weird thing:  we’re part Chinese (my mom-Chinese/German) so we eat our ribs with rice and we actually put extra sauce in a metal pan in the oven with the ribs and mix some hot sauce in the BBQ sauce and let it caramelize in the oven because we take the extra sauce and put it on the rice. So yummy!!!! Enjoy  Connect with Ursula:  Omni:us Ursula Merten on LinkedIn  Ursula Merten on Twitter Email: ursula@omnius.com  This episode was 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 Apple Podcasts Rate and Review For SpotOn and share your favorite episodes with friends and colleagues!

<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1257907697?ls=1&amp;mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts Rate and Review for SpotOn</a> Ursula Merten is the Director of Insurance Strategy &amp; Information at omni:us, a company that utilizes AI for cognitive claims management. As Director, she helps property and casualty insurance companies better understand the data they receive from clients and find ways to automate workflows in their organization. Ursula is also a self-described insurance nerd that’s interested in how technology is continuously disrupting the industry while empowering women in business.  Ursula joins us today to discuss how AI can revolutionize the average insurance and claims process and why data is at the center of this disruption. She shares why she chose to pursue a career in insurance, the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated industry, and how she found success. She describes the best way to get data from consumers and how the pandemic made data collection more accessible. Ursula also shares what she believes are the downsides of AI and what she wants newcomers to know before venturing into insurance. "AI can only learn from what the human tells it." - Ursula Merten Today on Spot On Insurance: <ul> <li>Ursula's professional achievements and career experience over twenty years</li> <li>What Ursula dreamed of doing when she was young and when she joined insurance</li> <li>Ursula's experience in handling claims related to asbestos exposure</li> <li>What it was like being a young woman in a male-dominated industry</li> <li>Why Ursula was initially uncomfortable with negotiating salary and raises</li> <li>How men and women look at job qualifications differently</li> <li>Why being "annoying" with questions is the new way businesses base their data</li> <li>How the pandemic enacted changes that favored data collection</li> <li>The pros and cons of having rapid technological progress</li> <li>Ursula's advice to carriers and agencies on how they should start with data</li> <li>The pitfalls of AI and how they affected various industries</li> <li>Omni:us and the solutions they provide to the insurance industry</li> <li>Ursula's advice for newcomers in the industry</li> <li>How to be confident without being seen as arrogant</li> </ul> Key Takeaways: <ul> <li>Don't try to sell yourself without the claims to back it up.</li> <li>Previously, discarding legacy systems for newer systems was a scary investment in both time and money.</li> <li>Always ask your leaders how to move up in your career.</li> </ul> Ursula Merten ’s Best Babyback Ribs Recipe: 1 Slab of babyback ribs (make sure they are babyback ribs) Peel the membrain off the bone side of the rack Dry off the slab with a papertowel on both sides Coat the slab with olive oil both sides Put garlic powder on the bone side Flip over the slab and apply pork rub seasoning on meat side Heat the oven to 350 degrees Place the ribs on a metal flat pan and cook for 1.5 hours in the oven Pull the slab out of the oven and coat the top meat side of the slab with your favorite BBQ sauce Lay the slab on the grill (no pan) and smoke on a charcoal grill for ½ hour Pull off the grill and place back on the pan and let sit for 10 minutes Another weird thing:  we’re part Chinese (my mom-Chinese/German) so we eat our ribs with rice and we actually put extra sauce in a metal pan in the oven with the ribs and mix some hot sauce in the BBQ sauce and let it caramelize in the oven because we take the extra sauce and put it on the rice. So yummy!!!! Enjoy  Connect with Ursula: <ul> <li><a href="https://omnius.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Omni:us</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ursula-merten-256b523/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ursula Merten on LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/ursula_merten?ref_src=twsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ursula Merten on Twitter</a></li> <li>Email: ursula@omnius.com</li> </ul> This episode was 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 <a href="http://www.ilsainc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ILSAinc.com</a>. Connect, Learn, Share Thank you for joining us on this week’s episode of Spot On Insurance. For more resources and episodes, visit <a href="http://spotoninsurance.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SpotOnInsurance.com</a>. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. Love what you’re learning, Spot Light your review on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1257907697?ls=1&amp;mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts Rate and Review For SpotOn</a> and share your favorite episodes with friends and colleagues!

Ep. 238: Ursula Merten: Data: The Lifeline for Business

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Ursula Merten, Director of Insurance Strategy &amp; Transformation at Omni:us. Ursula is a great data-centric person who has studied data, claims, and is utilizing that information to create a great insure tech connection. Episode Highlights: Ursula shares her background. (1:11)  What does Ursula find most interesting about insurance? (3:14)  What has been Ursula’s favorite part of her career so far? (6:04)  Ursula shares her realization of being in the insurance industry for more than 20 years. (11:35)  Ursula shares her mission when it comes to artificial intelligence. (16:53)  How did Ursula get started at Omni:us? (20:00)  Ursula shares where she envisions the insurance industry will be, a few years from now. (22:35)  Does Ursula think that women deal with technology differently than men? (27:44)  Ursula shares one of her favorite things that Omni:us is doing. (31:47)  Key Quotes: “From all my different experiences, from different parts of the insurance ecosystem, I gained more and more knowledge. I didn't even realize that at the time. I kind of became a subject matter expert because I had a 360 view of insurance, being on all different sides, being part of the systems.” - Ursula Merten “I love mentoring. Coming from the background of how I grew up, being in a single mom environment with sisters...We all had to support each other, and come up with inventive ways to survive a lot of times. I think that life skill set that I have, I was able to apply to help women that I saw that needed my help, and needed that guidance, that didn't have the guidance at home.” - Ursula Merten  “It's important that people concentrate on coming up with some certain standards, some certain controls around data. Because, otherwise, we see what happens. We've seen everything else is that, it's impulsive reactive behaviors to new technologies, and then it gets crazy.” - Ursula Merten  Resources Mentioned: Ursula Merten LinkedIn Omni:us Contact Teresa Kitchens  Sterling Insurance Group 

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sterlinginsurancegroup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teresa Kitchens</a> sits down with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ursula-merten-256b523/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ursula Merten</a>, Director of Insurance Strategy &amp; Transformation at <a href="https://omnius.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Omni:us</a>. Ursula is a great data-centric person who has studied data, claims, and is utilizing that information to create a great insure tech connection.  Episode Highlights:<ul> <li>Ursula shares her background. (1:11) </li> <li>What does Ursula find most interesting about insurance? (3:14) </li> <li>What has been Ursula’s favorite part of her career so far? (6:04) </li> <li>Ursula shares her realization of being in the insurance industry for more than 20 years. (11:35) </li> <li>Ursula shares her mission when it comes to artificial intelligence. (16:53) </li> <li>How did Ursula get started at <a href="https://omnius.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Omni:us</a>? (20:00) </li> <li>Ursula shares where she envisions the insurance industry will be, a few years from now. (22:35) </li> <li>Does Ursula think that women deal with technology differently than men? (27:44) </li> <li>Ursula shares one of her favorite things that <a href="https://omnius.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Omni:us</a> is doing. (31:47) </li> </ul> Key Quotes:<ul> <li>“From all my different experiences, from different parts of the insurance ecosystem, I gained more and more knowledge. I didn't even realize that at the time. I kind of became a subject matter expert because I had a 360 view of insurance, being on all different sides, being part of the systems.” - Ursula Merten</li> <li>“I love mentoring. Coming from the background of how I grew up, being in a single mom environment with sisters...We all had to support each other, and come up with inventive ways to survive a lot of times. I think that life skill set that I have, I was able to apply to help women that I saw that needed my help, and needed that guidance, that didn't have the guidance at home.” - Ursula Merten </li> <li>“It's important that people concentrate on coming up with some certain standards, some certain controls around data. Because, otherwise, we see what happens. We've seen everything else is that, it's impulsive reactive behaviors to new technologies, and then it gets crazy.” - Ursula Merten </li> </ul> Resources Mentioned:<ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ursula-merten-256b523/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ursula Merten LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://omnius.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Omni:us</a></li> <li>Contact <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sterlinginsurancegroup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teresa Kitchens</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.sterlinginsnow.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sterling Insurance Group</a></li> </ul>

Claims, Data and the Impact of InsureTech in the Insurance Space, with Ursula Merten

Power Women In Insurance: Claims, Data and the Impact of InsureTech in the Insurance Space, with Ursula Merten