What 2020 Taught Us on Selling Insurance By Tal Daskal Insurance policies that are sold online need to be packaged and priced differently than those that rely on face-to-face sales.
COVID-19 Risk and Buyers' Psychology By Peter Hovard Studies of how the public perceives the pandemic's risks can help insurers understand consumer mindsets and needs.
How Carrier Tech Drives Agency Change By Tony Caldwell Adapting to carriers' new technology is a challenge, but it gives agents the opportunity to move from distributors to true business partners.
How to Start Selling on TikTok By Robin Kiera A few months, 50 million views and almost 100,000 followers of our channel later, we think Tiktok may be the next big thing.
The Insurer's Customer Acquisition Playbook By The 4 phases of building a data-centric acquisition program that drives growth and eliminates wasteful spending for smart insurance companies, sponsored by Data Axle.
4 Predictions for Independent Agents By Bill Suneson Independent agents averaged a 38% drop in revenue due to COVID-19; 57% wish they had had better technology to assist them during the pandemic.
Who Will Buy Direct and Why? By Karlyn Carnahan The question for insurers is how they want to address a growing desire by small businesses to purchase online.
Diversity and Respect: Best Insurance Policy By Lewis Fein "Insurers must not only diversify their agent base but create and market plans that reward those living in areas they once punished.”
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.