Content from Susanne Sclafane
Birth of a Unicorn: How Branch’s Founders Turned Noes Into Yeses
Like most startups, the founders of unicorn Branch faced some early setbacks. In a word, the process was "intense," according to Steve Lekas, co-founder and CEO of the InsurTech, which bundles home ...
P/C Carriers Losing Ground to MGAs in Talent War
During a webinar about an insurance industry labor market survey last month, an industry recruiter said that insurance carriers are losing ground to managing general agents in the war for talent. "On ...
They’ll Be Back: RenRe CEO Predicts Cedent Demand for Re Limit Will Rise
Although insurance companies that may have wanted more reinsurance coverage going into the 1/1 renewals elected to close their wallets in the face of rising rates, they will ultimately seek that ...
Tesla Competing With ‘GEICOs of the World’ to Lower Insurance Prices
While executives of Tesla said the car maker's insurance business isn't yet big enough to warrant separate financial disclosure of its results, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk reiterated a benefit ...
Looking Ahead—and Back to the Beginning
In January, it's customary to pull together review and preview articles—looking back at the past year and looking ahead at what experts predict will shape the insurance industry in the coming 12 ...
No Class of 2023: Why Capital Is Sitting on the Reinsurance Sidelines
Until investors can be convinced that property-catastrophe reinsurance pricing has caught up with recurring event losses, they'll continue to sit on the market sidelines, a market executive said ...
1/1 Renewals: ‘They Got Done’; Carrier Overreliance on Reinsurers Corrected
When an AM Best analyst said, "Apparently, things didn't go that bad" to describe 1/1 reinsurance renewals during an online briefing on Monday, he wasn't actually saying anything unique. Carlos ...
Investment Activities Don’t Cut It; Underwriters Create Value: ACORD
"Sustainable value creators" among the 100 largest property/casualty insurance carriers generated more value through underwriting than through investment activities over a 20-year study period, ...