Why L&A Insurers Are Now the Smartest By Karen Pauli Life and annuity insurers have long been thought of as significantly behind P&C insurers in terms of technology. No longer.
ACA Liabilities Still Need Management By Cynthia Marcotte Stamer Companies can't let the prospects of reform dupe them into failing to manage past and current Obamacare liability exposures.
Group Insurance: No Longer Overlooked By Jamie Yoder Marie Carr Changes in the employee-employer dynamic are making investments and growth prospects in the group sector more attractive.
4 Trends to Expect in Health Insurance By Sally Poblete States may gain further flexibility to develop new healthcare models, including changes to affordability and choices offered.
Waiting for Innovation that Lowers Health Care Costs By Paul Carroll The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services predict that spending on healthcare will climb 5.3% this year and an average of 5.5% a year through 2026.
3 Ways to Tame Healthcare M&A By Pramod John Acquisitions are happening in the name of controlling rising costs and taking better care of patients. The question is, will they? Nope.
How to Address the Caregiver Crisis? By Daniel Miller It is estimated that, by the year 2020, there will be 117 million Americans who will need assistance with daily living and healthcare issues.
Healthcare Disruptors Claim War Is Won By Tommy Taylor Great progress has been made in solving the problem of cost and quality -- but there sure are a lot of battles still to fight.
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.
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.