featured IoT Can Turn the Tide on Flood Risk By Jonathan Jackson With flood threats increasing, insurers are shifting away from simply restoration and recovery to prevention and mitigation pre-event.
AI and the Future of Insurance By Siddhartha Jha With scrupulous implementation and judicious oversight, AI can supercharge the industry and provide better services to customers.
Insurtech Startups Are Doing It Again! By Matteo Carbone The recent $4.5 billion valuation of Wefox makes no sense. It shows that investors haven't yet learned the lessons of Lemonade, Hippo and Root.
Specialty Markets Must Digitize By Cam Serigne Specialty markets have fallen behind the pack on innovation, and many markets are threatened. But they don't have to be.
U.S. Is Ready for Parametric Flood Insurance By Mark Hara The insurance and wider markets have created the perfect conditions for parametric insurance to grow.
It's Time to Talk to Homeowners By Michael Giusti Incentives for green home improvements create a need for insurers to educate clients on nuances and open up opportunities for conversations.
Preparing for Storm Season By Troy Stewart The problem arises when post-catastrophe analyses are reviewed, adjusted and documented, only to be tucked away without any changes being implemented.
Image Here Come the Tornados Unusually warm water in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to produce more tornados than normal this year, possibly many more than normal.
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.