Michael Sharp

Michael Sharp is insurance payments strategist at Duck Creek Technologies.

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Insurers Struggle With Real-Time Cash Visibility

Insurers excel at managing financial risk, but many lack real-time visibility into their own liquidity positions across fragmented systems.

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How Would Elon Musk Run an Insurance Company?

By Paul Carroll

A former president of Tesla just published the management "algorithm" that Musk uses at his companies -- and the insurance industry could benefit from parts of it.

What Insurers Will Learn About Trust... the Hard Way

Banks lost customers' trust one automated interaction at a time. Insurers are making the same mistakes. 

Gig Workers Reshape Insurance Market

As gig workers untether from employer-sponsored benefits, insurers must reimagine underwriting and distribution for a decentralized workforce.

AI Deepfakes Drive Surge in Insurance Fraud

Deepfakes and AI-generated fraud are infiltrating claims intake, pushing carriers to deploy homeland security-grade biometric verification tools.

Stop Defending, Start Anchoring

It's time to stop simply reacting to plaintiffs' counsel and to become more aggressive through data-driven counter-anchoring.

A Problem With Renters Insurance

Half of property owners fail to verify active renters insurance, leaving multifamily portfolios exposed to entirely preventable losses.

Carriers Lose Millions on Manual Claims

Insurers hemorrhage millions on manual claims processing; targeted automation slashes costs by half within months.

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