(Re)defining Empathy in Insurance By Alan Demers Stephen Applebaum Empathy is much desired in the insurance industry, but little understood. It needs to be redefined in this era of exponential gains in technology.
May 2025 ITL FOCUS: Customer Experience By Insurance Thought Leadership ITL FOCUS is a monthly initiative featuring topics related to innovation in risk management and insurance.
What's Next for Chatbots By Insurance Thought Leadership Generative AI is letting chatbots move beyond generic (and often frustratingly vague) answers and enhance the customer experience.
How to Balance AI and Human Touch By Fabio Sattolo AI can lessen the administrative burden for insurance agents, but automating too much of the relationship can hurt brand loyalty.
The Competitive Advantage of Smarter Payouts By Russell Curzon Insurance providers must modernize payment systems as slow, inflexible claims payouts drive customers to switch carriers.
Vibe Everything: From Vibe Coding to Vibe Insurance By David Lien The emerging Vibe paradigm shifts insurance from cold transactions into AI-powered, emotionally intelligent experiences.
The Power of AI in Insurance Communications By Elad Tsur AI technology helps insurance agencies streamline customer communications while maintaining consistency and compliance standards.
The Insurer’s Guide to Generative AI By Khalid Lahraoui Kenneth Saldanha Insurance leaders embrace generative AI to transform operations, with 82% seeing greater potential for business impact.
Changing Expectations on Mobile Payments By Julie Schieni 41% of millennials with insurance purchased it with their mobile device, and other generations are moving in that direction, too.
Are We Losing Our Negotiating Power? By Taylor Smith John Burge The plaintiff bar has investigated a staggering amount of money to improve its data on claims settlements. Insurance industry lawyers are way behind..
Continuous Improvement Comes to Insurance By Tom Bobrowski Process intelligence tools let operations leaders “see” digital products being built, enabling use of statistical process control techniques.
The Experience/Efficiency Paradox By Rory Yates Insurers must move from the manufacturing era (efficiency through administrative scale) to the ecosystem era (maximizing the value of a relationship).