From Wearables to $100M+ Workers Comp MGA: How Kinetic Pivoted to Claims Oversight Software

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Adam Price discusses Kinetic Comp's transition from wearables to a successful workers comp MGA driven by customer feedback.

What happens when your core product works perfectly — but your customers still don't stick around? Adam Price, CEO of Kinetic Comp, joins InsurTechTalk episode 155 to unpack one of the most honest startup pivot stories in InsurTech: how Kinetic went from a wearable device company to a $100M+ workers comp MGA powered by claims oversight software — and why that shift was driven entirely by listening to policyholders and brokers. In this episode: Why wearables work great — but change management kills adoption The real reason prevention tech struggles in mid-market workers' comp How Kinetic transitioned from hardware to a software-based claims oversight platform What "data fusion" actually means in practice (not just buzzwords) The Nationwide Mutual partnership and what a full-stack carrier relationship really looks like How to pitch an MGA to investors — and why the $6 trillion TAM slide won't cut it AI in insurance: Kinetic's honest "5 or 6 out of 10" self-assessment Tips for InsurTech founders building MGAs from scratch Whether you're building in workers comp, launching an MGA, or trying to figure out where prevention tech fits in your product strategy — this…

People in this episode

Host: Gilad Shai

Guest: Adam Price

Topics covered

• startup pivot
• workers compensation
• claims oversight software
• wearable technology
• data fusion
• InsurTech
• AI in insurance

Keywords

• wearables
• claims oversight
• workers comp
• InsurTech
• data fusion
• AI
• startup pivot
• Kinetic Comp

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kinetic Comp, Nationwide Mutual, Kinetic

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