Content from Russ Banham
Russ Banham is a veteran insurance reporter, business journalist and best-selling author.
Rating the Cybersecurity Rating Firms: How Accurate Are They?
In just a few years, a growing crop of cybersecurity ratings firms has sprouted to assess the vulnerability of businesses to withstand cyber attacks, scoring them on a scale from good to bad. Key ...
Cognitive Computing Takes Off
Cognitive computing is catching on fast among property/casualty insurance companies, which are embracing the new technology in pursuit of labor efficiency more than labor replacement—at least for ...
When Egos Get in the Way: A Guide for New CEOs
Yesterday's chief executive officers achieved success overseeing an organization in a fairly predictable environment. On well-understood business platforms, they had clear sight into market ...
P/C Industry Forecast: (Mostly) Good Times Ahead as Trump Assumes Presidency
As the United States politically veers to the right with the inauguration of Donald Trump as president, a Republican-controlled Congress and a majority of Republican governorships, the economic ...
How Trump Presidency Might Boost Carrier Top Lines by Billions
As the United States politically veers to the right with the inauguration of Donald Trump as president, a Republican-controlled Congress and a majority of Republican governorships, the economic ...
Reversal of Fortune: How One CEO Went From Behind Bars to the Front of Insurance Technology
When entrepreneur Louis Ziskin says, "My best days are in front of me," he's not kidding. Ziskin had spectacularly built an eight-figure business in a scant four years and then lost it all in an ...
Treasure Trōv: A Serial Entrepreneur’s Path to On-Demand Single-Item Insurance
Scott Walchek is a serial startup specialist—the classic technology entrepreneur who conjures a way to do something better and then makes it happen. His most recent imaginings have centered on the ...
Network of Trust: How Traity’s Cartagena Is Improving the World, One Reputation at a Time
Does a person's online social networking reputation affect whether or not the individual can be trusted? Juan Cartagena is betting his company's future on it. Cartagena is the founder and CEO of ...