December 30, 2020

Six Things Newsletter | December 29, 2020

by Insurance Thought Leadership

Photo Courtesy of

In Six Things at the beginning of this year, I joked that it should be dubbed “Hindsight,” because hindsight is 20/20. (Yes, I’m aware that I’m hardly the only one to come up with that little chuckle.) Now that 2020 — the longest, strangest year of my life — is finally headed into the books, we have some actual hindsight, and I’m delighted to share these examples of cutting-edge thinking, from among the most-read pieces that we published this year.    I hope they continue to provide food for thought as we get set for a year in which we should be able to consolidate the hard-earned gains in innovation and efficiency that 2020 forced us to make — and even accelerate them.   In the meantime, I wish you all a joyous (and safe) holiday season.   Cheers,  Paul   TOP OF 2020 4 Post-COVID-19 Trends for Insurers by Roger Peverelli and Reggy De Feniks It’s not all gloom and doom. A crisis usually functions as a great breeding ground for innovation. Read More The End of Auto Insurance by Denise Garth The greatest threat may be auto insurers’ continued 100-plus-year-old view of auto insurance as a policy transaction. Read More Blockchain in Insurance: 3 Use Cases by Ivan Kot Many blockchain insurance projects are lingering at the proof of concept stage, but three trailblazing applications are emerging. Read More 9 Months on: COVID and Workers’ Comp by Kimberly George and Mark Walls Does COVID open the door for future infectious disease coverage under workers’ comp? Likely, yes. Read More Should Insurers Use Amazon Model? by Barry Rabkin The short answer is: No. Insurance is very different from the business of Amazon (and Netflix) and must be approached differently. Read More Why Traditional Insurance Won’t Work by Tal Daskal With the sudden shift to remote-only interactions, insurers can no longer dictate the speed of their transformations. Read More 6 Megatrends Shaping Life Insurance by Ed Majkowski and Nicole Michaels The life insurance and retirement market is set for profound change in the next decade. Read More How Insurers Are Applying AI by Tiffany Wang and Jeff Goldberg Insurers should not invest in technology-driven projects; instead, look for use-case-driven projects. Read More Why Work-From-Home Threatens Innovation by Stephen Applebaum Non-insurance competitors such as Amazon, Google, Tesla, Comcast, General Motors and many others are not standing still, and neither should insurers. Read More The Next Wave of Insurtech by Paul Carroll Innovation will focus less on bells and whistles and more on improvements across entire processes and organizations. But incumbents must start preparing. Read More GET INVOLVED Write for Us Our authors are what set Insurance Thought Leadership apart. Get Started Partner with Us We’d love to talk to you about how we can improve your marketing ROI. Learn More SPREAD THE WORD Share Share Tweet SUBSCRIBE TO SIX THINGS