Key Trends in Innovation (Part 1) By Sam Evans The impact of insurtech is at least 40% to the average carrier -- with a 20% possible upside, and a 20% downside scenario.
An Agenda for a New Business Activism By Paul Thanos While government can provide a social safety net, the private sector must take primary responsibility through reinvigorated business activism.
Time to Talk About Sex Abuse in Schools By John Stephens Sexual abuse is our schools' single biggest risk, costing tens of millions of dollars each year — not to mention the incalculable human cost.
Innovation, Community and Timelessness By Maria Ferrante-Schepis Here is a look at some of the most famous modern innovators and at what timeless element they extracted and modernized.
Deaths of Despair: Employers Can Help By Amanda Mosby Jodi Jacobson Frey Sally Spencer-Thomas Health leaders are calling for targeting services at males through innovative approaches.
How to Make ‘Hire American’ Work for All By Vivek Wadhwa The right solution isn’t for the U.S. government to set minimum wages or pick winners; it is to let the free markets do their magic.
A Gap That Could Lead to Irrelevance By Denise Garth It is the knowing-doing gap. If we know that changes would be good for us, why are we so bad at acting on that knowledge?
Where Can You Find Growth (Part 2)? By Paul Laughlin With regulators emphasizing behavioral economics, the days of assuming customers will act rationally are numbered. Seller, beware.
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).