The True Rate of Healthcare Inflation By Chris Burand While insurance premiums soared 288% over 20 years, even as deductibles soared, the official rate of healthcare inflation was 107%. Hmm.
Selling the Urgency of Life Insurance By Michael Shaw To ensure that people have all the life insurance they need requires insurers to better express the urgency of financial safety.
2020 Outlook for U.S., Americas By Ed Majkowski Lack of trust in institutions and declining policy sales are forcing insurers to redefine their value propositions to stay relevant.
Healthcare Inflation Numbers Are Wrong By Chris Burand Understanding the true inflation of medical care will help the intelligent, educated producer sell and advise the educated and intelligent buyer.
A Workplace Wellness Skeptic Lets Loose By Al Lewis Even if you were to reduce 100% of [wellness-sensitive medical events] you could not pay for most wellness programs.|
Key Tech for Life, Annuity in 2020 By Vinod Kachroo The key is to view what may seem to be common buzzwords not only as trends, but also as technologies and concepts that will push the industry forward.|
How Much Exercise Prolongs Healthy Life? By Ross Campbell Wearables and self-reported data can provide Personalized Activity Intelligence (PAI), which measures cardiorespiratory fitness.
Securing Your Internet of (Medical) Things By Alexander Golubovich Healthcare institutions and legislators are working hard to catch up on security practices, yet many facilities remain drastically behind the curve.
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.
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.