🎙️ Welcome to the Age of the MGA—Where the Future of Insurance Is Being Written.

In this episode, we sit down with Laura McDonald and Dr. Christy Lane, the founders of Flora, the world’s first fertility insurance MGA. These two powerhouse entrepreneurs are redefining what it means to build a category-defining product—one that blends personal mission, community-first design, and hard data-driven risk models into a bold new path forward.

Flora isn’t just insurance.

It’s access. It’s ownership. It’s empowerment.
And it’s built for the next generation of women and families.

🔥 This isn’t just another MGA story—it’s what happens when purpose meets execution.

What You’ll Learn from This Episode:
✅ Why fertility insurance has been so underserved—and what’s finally changing
✅ How Flora created the first individualized underwriting model for infertility
✅ What it really takes to launch an MGA with zero precedent or benchmarks
✅ Why portability and personalization are the future of benefits and coverage
✅ How to build an insurance product that consumers actually want to talk about
✅ The critical role of community, branding, and education in modern risk products
✅ How Gen Z is reshaping the future of health, insurance, and family planning

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Most MGAs don’t fail because of ambition—they fail because of broken back-end operations.
Typhon Risk solves that.

From vendor selection and management to claims, distribution, and underwriting operations—Typhon Risk helps MGAs scale smarter, faster, and leaner.

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📲 Follow the Age of the MGA on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/age-of-the-mga/

🧠 Connect with the Hosts:
Doug Ver Mulm: https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasvermulm/
Dylan Brand: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylanbrand/
Peter Tilbrook: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-tilbrook-50832336/

🧠 Connect with our special Guests at Flora:
Dr. Christy Lane: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christyclane/
Laura J. McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurajaynemcdonald/
Website (Flora): https://www.heyflora.co/

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Let’s build the future of MGAs—together.