Content from Susanne Sclafane
The Talent Gap Opportunity
There surely is a talent gap in the insurance industry, as direct industry competitors and companies in non-insurance sectors vie to bring on—and keep—people with technology and change management ...
How P/C Carriers Spark Imagination In Their Workforces
Insurance carrier and InsurTech executives asked how they spark imagination in their workforces say culture is the anchor. Strategies that include putting Innovation Champions inside the business, ...
Carrier Management Q&A: Hiring and Managing Talent to Spark Imagination
While technology is becoming more affordable, an innovation ingredient that some P/C insurers and reinsurers lack is imagination, according to an industry analyst. Creativity starts with human ...
‘New Recipe’ Could Make Innovation Easier
Two years ago, when Michael Fitzgerald, a senior analyst at Celent, was interviewing Tim Attia, the CEO of Slice Labs, Fitzgerald asked Attia how much it cost to launch the InsurTech's first product. ...
Is Insurance Innovation Disruptive Enough?
Less than 10 percent of insurance carriers responding to a recent survey said they spend more than half their time on "disruptive innovation"—and that 10 percent figure has stayed roughly the same ...
The Future Path Forward: What About Marijuana?
After experts speaking at the Casualty Actuarial Society meeting in November suggested that a future path forward for workers comp insurers to help stem the tide of opioid addiction is to pay for ...
Who’s to Blame for the Opioid Crisis: The Role of Workers Comp Insurance
There are multiple parties responsible for the opioid crisis, and even workers compensation insurers may have played a role in the epidemic, experts speaking at an industry conference said late last ...
Berkshire Hathaway Direct: ‘Challenging the Normal’ With Three Pages
For most property/casualty actuaries, routine parts of the job involve finding comfort with insurance pricing levels and claims trends, grounded in a thorough understanding of the parameters of ...