Andrew Bent is the Senior Risk and Insurance Manager at Gopuff. Andrew’s extensive experience has led him to work internationally as a risk insurance professional and in this episode, he shares his unique knowledge about risk insurance. You’ll learn what it takes to be a risk insurance professional in this growing landscape, the value of industry disruption, and also Andrew’s process on how to collaborate and be a helpful insurance partner within an organization.    Key Takeaways: How did Andrew get into risk management?  Andrew’s extensive expertise abroad has led him to see different cultural perspectives as it relates to risk insurance. Andrew compares New Zealand, Canada, and the United States risk insurance policies.  Good risk management really is just good organizational management at the heart of it.  What value does insurance bring to an organization?  What’s a career lesson Andrew has adopted overtime in the risk industry? Focus to your best ability on the things you can control!  How does Andrew approach collaboration within an organization so that risk management has a seat at the table?  What are some of the biggest mistakes Andrew sees some of his clients make?  Insurance is a game of trust. If people don’t trust the insurers to pay, they shouldn’t be working with them.  As insurance professionals, you have an obligation to be current and relevant. If you’re unable to do that, then the industry will very quickly become disrupted.  Andrew talks about what he disagrees with in the insurance industry.  What advice would Andrew give his former self?  It’s not about the result, it’s about the recovery.  What is Andrew currently reading?  Insurance professionals need to tell a story on how important and valuable risk management is for people to fully understand it.  We need to begin to disrupt cliche views of what risk insurance is.    Mentioned in This Episode: Theinstitutes.org Gopuff.com/go Andrew on LinkedIn