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Crossing Thin Ice

Crossing Thin Ice

By: Dave Ingram and Max Rudolph
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A discussion of Risk and Risk Management from the perspective of an Insurance company risk manager. Insurers provide products that help everyone to manage their risks. Here you will hear Dave Ingram and Max Rudolph, talk about the sorts of things that keep those insurance company risk managers up at night. Or at least they should.Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Economics Management Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • Tell, Don't Ask

    Tell, Don't Ask
    20 Oct 2026

    The real challenge is determining whether our prompting habits are designed for rigorous oversight or merely built on misplaced trust in autonomous reasoning.

    When we prompt large language models, we are taught to ask for an answer and trust its chain of thought. Yet research demonstrates that models generate conclusions first, rationalizing an explanation only after the fact. In high-stakes technical environments, relying on post-hoc justifications creates an unmonitored point of failure.

    How to get more accurate, auditable answers from AI without burning through your compute budget on brute-force agents.
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    18 min
  • In Hard Times, the CRO Needs to Step Up

    In Hard Times, the CRO Needs to Step Up
    8 Oct 2026

    Prepare to be helpful and create an expectation of an activist CRO during a crisis.

    The classic Three Lines of Defense model was designed for fair weather. But when a problem hits, adhering strictly to Second Line aloof independence is often the worst move a CRO can make for the company and personally.
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    19 min
  • Four Risks that will Take Down a Company

    Four Risks that will Take Down a Company
    22 Sep 2026

    Leverage boosts your returns in a boom, but it acts as a threat multiplier the moment markets turn. Let's talk about how to de-risk before the margin call. Here is our 4-part formula that exposes your company's hidden insolvency risks before a crisis hits.

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    16 min
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