{"id":1481369,"date":"2025-11-06T10:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=1481369"},"modified":"2025-11-06T12:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T18:02:25","slug":"icons-innovators-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/icons-innovators-episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Icons &#038; Innovators Episode 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Icons &amp; Innovators <\/em>is a podcast series spotlighting influential leaders and forward-thinking changemakers in the professional liability industry. Each episode features conversations with established icons and emerging innovators who are shaping the future of the field through groundbreaking technologies, evolving trends, and transformative products. Brought to you by Future PLUS, this series is designed for a wide industry audience\u2014offering insights, inspiration, and fresh perspectives for anyone interested in where professional liability is headed next.<\/p>\n<p>In episode one, Nicole Murphy of Travelers interviews featured guest, Sarah Abrams of Baleen Specialty, to learn more about her journey in the industry, her outlook on trends and emerging issues, and her passion for insurance.<\/p>\n<p>See Sarah Abrams at the 2025 PLUS Conference as she interviews the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/events\/conference-symposia\/plus-conference\/2025-conference-headliners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"5b995ea4f474f40baa8ca763\">2025 PLUS Conference headliner, Nick Saban<\/a>\u00a0during the opening general session.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more and register below:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/event\/2025-plus-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"5b995ea4f474f40baa8ca763\">2025 PLUS Conference<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can view the video version of this conversation below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PLUS Recording Meeting Icons &amp; Innovators Episode 1-20251022_100543-Meeting Recording\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1134268929?h=c35cd1ef4f&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Icons &amp; Innovators is a podcast series spotlighting influential leaders and forward-thinking&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1481374,"template":"","business-line":[1434],"topic":[29],"class_list":["post-1481369","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","business-line-professional-liability","topic-professional-liability-pl-insurance"],"acf":{"release-date":"20251106","episode":"1","audio-embed":"<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-18144408\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1312540\/episodes\/18144408-icons-innovators-episode-1.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-18144408&player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","speakers":[{"headshot":676758,"name":"Sarah Abrams","podcast_role":"Guest","title_company_name":"Baleen Specialty","biography":"Sarah Abrams is Head of Claims at Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty. 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Her writing has appeared in various publications, including Law360, CLM Magazine, and the PLUS Blog. Sarah is also a regular contributor to The D&O Diary."},{"headshot":1481599,"name":"Nicole Murphy","podcast_role":"Host","title_company_name":"Travelers","biography":"Nicole Murphy is a 25-year veteran of Travelers Insurance, currently serving as the Nonprofit D&O Liability Product Manager within Bond & Specialty Insurance. Throughout her career, Nicole has specialized in management liability, with deep expertise across Private and Nonprofit Directors & Officers Liability, Employment Practices Liability, Fiduciary Liability, CyberRisk, Crime, Kidnap & Ransom, ID Fraud, and Miscellaneous Professional Liability.\r\n\r\nNicole has earned her RPLU+ designation and is an active member of the Hartford Chapter of PLUS."}],"download-transcript":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Icons-Innovators-Episode-1-Transcript.docx.pdf","listen-now":"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1312540\/episodes\/18144408"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/1481369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/1481369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1481600,"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/1481369\/revisions\/1481600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1481369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"business-line","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/business-line?post=1481369"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1481369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}