Content from Mark Hollmer
To Merge or Not to Merge: InsurTechs Must Increasingly Ask This Question
The drumbeat for InsurTechs to pursue a merger, acquisition or partnership is getting louder, with the number likely to substantially grow in the months ahead, an insurance industry expert believes. ...
Swiss Re CEO Mumenthaler: InsurTech ‘Disruption’ Overhyped, China Ahead of the Pack
InsurTechs used to launch insisting they were insurance industry disruptors bringing new ways to bypass traditional players in bringing coverage to consumers. In reality, Swiss Re Group CEO Christian ...
Conservative Culture Stymies Efforts to Diversify Insurer Executive Leadership
Attempts to diversify insurers' executive leadership are often stymied by conservative leadership and cultures, even after years of trying, a recent panel discussion concluded. "I don't mean to speak ...
A Look at What InsurTech Investors Should Embrace and Leave Behind
Which technology should InsurTech investors move away from, and what should they embrace instead? These are typical questions investors in the space (and others) must ask themselves over time, in ...
Bold Penguin Acquires RiskGenius in Commercial Insurance Tech Deal
Bold Penguin has acquired RiskGenius in an M&A deal that the commercial insurance InsurTechs said will help grow their reach more than they have been able to thus far on their own. Bold Penguin, ...
ITC Promises to Maximize Networking With One-Month Virtual Conference Delay
InsureTech Connect has postponed its annual (now virtual) fall conference by one month, four days before it was scheduled to go live. ITC, which produces one of the world's largest insurance ...
ACORD’s Innovation Tools Experiencing Soaring Reinsurance Demand
ACORD, the standard setting body for the global insurance industry, is experiencing a massive jump in global reinsurance and other industry interest in its digital products and services, CEO Bill ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS Re, RLI, Ironshore and Westfield
Executives formerly with Guy Carpenter and Hiscox Re are joining AXIS Re as underwriters for the company's North America Property team. RLI Corp. promoted an executive to the role of Vice President, ...