6 Trends Signaling Major Opportunity By Amy Radin Six months of discussions with C-suiters, VCs, advisers and technology innovators turns up several trends that most firms can tap into.
Policy Administration: Ripe for Modernizing By Karen Furtado Fully 78% of insurers have begun the journey with policy administration systems, but configuration tools are posing a challenge.
Lessons From Self-Made Billionaires By Chunka Mui Rather than seek unoccupied "blue oceans," they operate in "purple" ones: Breakthrough innovation is a mix of new and existing markets.
Is Uber Already in the Crosshairs? By Chunka Mui Google's moves toward offering driverless taxis shows just how fraught a transition to a new business model can be.
The New Year Calls for a New CIO By Chris Curran The CIO has reached a tipping point: Nearly half of IT spending is now outside her budget. How should CIOs respond?
Google and Insurance: One Year Later Google's challenge to insurers is fundamental -- and just the beginning. Other, unexpected competitors will soon mount more attacks.
Shifts in Strategy: Making Sense of 2015 For the first time in six years of research, SMA is finding significant shifts in strategic investments -- and a gap between leaders and laggards.
3 Problems Solved By Mike Fitzgerald Tokio Marine shows how to make the transition from periodic sales and service to a continuous relationship with customers.
Tech Secret to a Combined Ratio Below 100% By Matteo Carbone Deepak Karthikeyan While large personal auto insurers have adopted telematics-based programs, they’re only scratching the surface of the potential benefits.
Insurtech Is at an Inflection Point By Tom Kussurelis Insurtech funding has been dropping since 2021 and hit a 20-quarter low in 4Q22. Will it rebound, continue on a flat path or decline further?
'Digital Twins': The Race Is On By Roger Arnemann The concept is widely adopted in manufacturing and supply chain. Insurers that integrate digital twins will significantly out-compete rivals.
Insurance in 2030: What Does the Future Hold? By Marie Carr In an increasingly fractured world, insurers have to cover a greater array and frequency of intensifying risks.