The Most Stressful Job in Insurance By Tony Boobier HR is a profession living in the 1980s but trying to operate in a a business environment of the 2020s, or thereabouts.
The Unique Skills in Each Generation By Mark Wallace Each generation provides different skills in the workplace. This infographic explores how to build the right mix.
Customer Experience: Not Arm Wrestling By Karen Pauli Departments fight over who owns the customer experience -- or who doesn't. This has to stop. Some individual needs to take ownership.
4 Ways to Avoid Being a Foolish Leader By Paul Laughlin Customer insight work is, by nature, exploratory and innovative, and it requires a flexibility and level of risk that run counter to IT processes.
Insurance M&A Stays Active in 2016 By John Marra Momentum should pick up from small to medium-sized companies, as they are focused on building much-needed scale and complying with regulation.
Innovation -- or Just Innovative Thinking? By Maria Ferrante-Schepis Skillsets for innovation may be missing: The insurance industry generally does not know how to prototype or pilot.
The End of Leadership as We Know It? By Tony Boobier As we focus on a world of data and analytics, we have to accept that this has the potential to create the collapse of organizational hierarchy.
Can Cities Meet Needs of Tomorrow? By Kevin White If major cities are hit by shortages in key areas, the world could be plunged into one of the worst recessions it has ever seen.
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).
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.