Ethos CEO Peter Colis on 113% Growth and Reinventing Life Insurance

After Earnings · Sep 15, 2026 · 32m

Austin Hankwtiz is joined by Peter Colis, co-founder and CEO of Ethos Technologies, to discuss how the company is transforming life insurance with instant online underwriting, why eight of nine life insurtech competitors have been shuttered, pivoted or acquired, and what's driving Ethos's 113% revenue growth.

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[00:00] Peter Colis, co-founder and CEO of Ethos, joins

[01:06] What Ethos does

[02:09] What's driving 113% revenue growth

[04:10] The Geico and Progressive parallel

[06:37] Inside the agent business

[09:11] Margin trade-offs: direct vs. third-party

[13:54] Competitive moat and why…