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Firm & Final: The Legends of Stop Loss and Reinsurance is an award-winning stop loss industry podcast from BCS Financial Head of Large Claim Solutions Mehb Khoja. With a new focus each season, Mehb brings together members of the stop loss, reinsurance, and self-funded industries to discuss current and future stop loss issues and trends, and share legendary experience and advice for the next generation of stop loss and reinsurance superheroes. BCS Financial: bcsf.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchFirm & Final: The Legends of Stop Loss and Reinsurance is an award-winning stop loss industry podcast from BCS Financial Head of Large Claim Solutions Mehb Khoja.
Firm & Final is hosted by BCS Financial. The show has published 42 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "LIVE from RiskNavigator 2026 | Pat Gleason, Jim Clement, Ramesh Jayasuriya, Ashley Hume" (10 September 2026, 44 minutes), "Top Strategies for Cost Containment | Jennifer Warren, Mike Linquist, Katie Dudley" (20 August 2026, 24 minutes), and "Managing Cancer Treatment Costs | Pete Scruggs from benefitSMART Cancer Solutions" (6 August 2026, 30 minutes).
Firm & Final publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 42 episodes.
Booking probability for Firm & Final is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Firm & Final requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Firm & Final's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Firm & Final are Insurance Agencies & Brokers. Firm & Final has a business audience.
BCS Financial hosts Firm & Final, a business podcast with 42 episodes published.
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Episode #7
It's our biggest event of the year, and you're invited! After four seasons of Firm & Final, we invited guests from some of our favorite episodes to join us on-stage at this year's RiskNavigator Conference in Chicago...
Episode #6
The stop loss industry is in a tricky position. Rising healthcare costs are driving loss ratios up, which is forcing stop loss carriers to raise their rates. In turn, higher rates make healthcare less affordable and...
Episode #5
"Buy healthcare better." That's the guiding philosophy at benefitSMART, an innovative cost-containment solution for the healthcare business that is making headway on one of the industry's biggest problems. The...
Episode #4
Pharmaceutical costs are one of the key factors driving increased health care expenditures in the U.S. Which is pretty stunning when you consider that most Americans don’t have any idea how those drugs are priced, or...
Episode #3
Even veterans of the stop loss industry are scratching their heads these days, wondering if this is the hardest market with which we’ve ever had to contend. With loss ratios peaking at 91% last year and widespread...
Episode #2
The dynamics between selling stop loss policies and underwriting stop loss policies have always created a strange dichotomy in the stop loss industry. But the latest NAIC data show loss ratios in stop loss climbing to...
Episode #1
While the world of stop loss often focuses on mitigating catastrophic employer risk, supplemental health products are designed to protect the working families at the heart of those plans. In this episode of Firm &...
Episode #6
It feels like there's a growing disconnect between established players in the stop loss industry and the new entrants who crop up annually. Long-term industry experts point to warning signs that the market may be...
Episode #5
You can't fully understand the stop loss and reinsurance industry without considering the impact that its myriad consultants have on both insurers and underwriters. These consultants bring decades of experience to bear...
Episode #4
It’s summer time—normally the calm before the storm for the stop loss and reinsurance industries. But many experts will tell you the industry feels more “unsettled” than usual. It’s a time of churn, as some carriers...
Episode #3
Gene therapy offers a powerful tool for treating or curing debilitating diseases that have vexed medical science for years. Patients battling conditions like hemophilia B, sickle cell anemia, beta thalassemia, Duchenne...
Episode #2
Artificial intelligence has landed in the world of stop loss and reinsurance, and this innovative set of tools has the potential to unlock new insights and data sets. But how will AI providers filter out the noise and...
Episode #1
We’re back with season 3 of Firm and Final, and it’s a full house! It’s already been an eventful year in the stoploss and reinsurance industry. So we have lots to cover with Ben Dewar, SVP of Business Development at...
Episode #12
The Firm & Final Season 2 Finale is HERE, with a twist! We’ve brought back some friendly faces to revisit self-funding topics in our very first group podcast session. Mehb serves as moderator for this wide-ranging...
Episode #11
Join Mehb and Mike Kroupa, Benefits Advisor for Connor & Gallagher OneSource for the next episode of Firm & Final! Mehb and Mike will talk about finding passion in what you do, the parallels between home remodeling and...
Episode #10
This episode features our first actuarial guest of Season 2! Welcome Dave Rowbottom, Founder and CEO of Reinsurance Actuarial Solutions to Firm & Final. Listen in to hear Mehb and Dave discuss career paths, changes in...
Episode #9
Episode 9’s guest is Laura Morrison, Vice President, National Healthcare Practice, Risk Strategies. Laura shares her career experience, why she decided to get into the insurance business, and the path she’s forging for...
Episode #8
Mehb chats with Lucy Carter, Senior Vice President – Accident and Health Practice Leader, BMS Group in this next episode. Their discussion covers a wide-range of topics focusing on the international reinsurance market...
Episode #7
If you listen to stop loss podcasts, you KNOW this next guest! “Self Funded with Spencer” podcast host and SVP, ParetoHealth joins Mehb for episode 7 of Firm & Final. You won’t want to miss this discussion about the...
Episode #6
In episode 6, Mehb chats with Erin Duffy, Director of Business Development at Imagine360 about her entrance to the industry, mentor and mentee relationships, and the importance of networking on LinkedIn. Erin, who is...
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