P&C Insurance Is Losing Importance By Chris Burand Careful carriers and unenthusiastic buyers mean that the part of the economy being insured just keeps getting safer. It's time for a rethink.
Commercial Lines Embracing Change By Karen Pauli Because the strategic value of technologies to insurers is maturing, there is a shift in how research looks at transformational technology.
5 D&O Mega Trends for 2020 By Laura Coppola Companies and boards are increasingly expected to focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, such as climate change.
Why Not to Make Opening Statements By Teddy Snyder Typically, opening statements are so inflammatory that a meeting aimed at resolution starts with animosity. Sometimes, one side walks out.
Understanding the Big Picture in Work Comp By Mark Walls Trends over the past few years have been pointing to declining rates in most states, but the retention market is a completely different animal.
What’s New in Fight Against Fraud? By Mark Breading Machine learning, social media and aerial imagery, relying on massive amounts of new data, can change the game on insurance fraud.
A Maritime Metaphor for Change in P&C By Bret Stone Innovation requires tapping into an ecosystem of partners that can accelerate change without disruption to your legacy and core systems.
Race Is on for Bots in Workers' Comp By John Bobik Administrative costs in workers' comp can be enormous, but bots can shorten many procedures to mere minutes or even seconds.
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.