How to Address Agencies' Talent Shortage By Jessica Lee Despite representing a skilled, educated, untapped talent pool, neurodiverse candidates are largely underemployed.
AI and the Future of Independent Agents By Tim Rotondi Independent agents must implement AI -- intelligently and carefully -- into their operations or risk being passed by those who do.
How to Unleash the Power of Empathy By Andy Mickelson Focus on three key areas for success with customer experience: active listening, clear language and personalized experience.
4 Principles of Sustainable Selling By Jeffrey Lipsius Sustainable business is higher-quality business. It’s achieved by getting clients to not just buy but to also “buy-in.”
An Interview with Dan Swift By Insurance Thought Leadership ITL Editor-in-Chief Paul Carroll engaged in a discussion with Dan Swift, CEO of Numentum, about strategies for enhancing the effectiveness of insurance agents and brokers.
Inflation Hits Home (Insurance) By Cat Reese Here's how insurers can adjust premiums to keep pace with inflation and ensure appropriate coverage while building customer relationships.
Lemonade's 'Synthetic Agent' Nonsense By Matteo Carbone Desperate for growth, Lemonade produces another howler: A lender receiving a 16% interest rate is presented as a (synthetic) agent.
The Promise of Continuous Underwriting By Bill Deemer Bobby Touran Typically, a risk is underwritten, bound... and forgotten. But new streams of data and automation allow for continuous underwriting.
Convergence and the Insurance Ecosystem By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers Companies must anticipate the future, innovate beyond their core and transform their capabilities as rapidly as technology allows.
Lemonade's 'Synthetic Agent' Nonsense By Matteo Carbone Desperate for growth, Lemonade produces another howler: A lender receiving a 16% interest rate is presented as a (synthetic) agent.
Auto Insurance in an Existential Crisis By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers The 125-year-old, $300 billion U.S. auto insurance industry is caught between runaway inflation and strained consumer wallets.