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Does the Digital Insurer Spell the End of Agents and Brokers?
Does the digital insurer spell the end of agents and brokers? Not at all, according to some speakers at the InsureTech Connect Conference in October. While the roles of agents and brokers in personal ...
Netflix vs. HBO and the Race to the Insurance Customer
"The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us," the chief content officer of Netflix said four years ago. In the insurance world, InsureTech Connect Conference Founder Caribou Honig thinks ...
A Language Lesson for P/C Insurers
InsurTech leaders speaking at the InsureTech Connect Conference in October had a message for traditional insurers they have probably heard before: The language that insurance agents and carriers use ...
Ganging Up on Blockchain and Other Hyped Tech Concepts
What is the most hyped InsurTech concept? At the 2017 InsureTech Connect Conference, the favorite answer seemed to be blockchain, although Munich Re Digital Partners CEO Andy Rear was hesitant to ...
Top 10 Takeaways from InsureTech Connect 2017 Conference
More than 3,800 insurance and technology enthusiasts gathered at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas in October for the second annual InsureTech Connect Conference. In addition to insurance executives, the ...
Legacy Liability: What’s Holding Insurers Back
Legacy technologies came in for a beating at the InsureTech Connect conference in October. These outdated systems are draining resources and not getting the job done. They are also an impediment to ...
State Auto CEO LaRocco Wins Contract Extension, a Vote of Confidence in His Turnaround Strategy
Mike LaRocco, who took over president and CEO of State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. in May 2015, has won the support of the company's board of directors for an extension of his contract until Dec. ...
AmWINS Acquiring 15 Willis Towers Watson Programs
Specialty broker AmWINS Group reports it has agreed to acquire 15 insurance programs from broker Willis Towers Watson. Among the programs being acquired by AmWINS are MountainGuard, which provides ...