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Are Underwriters, Agents Endangered by AI?
"Meet your new underwriter." That's the caption under a photo of a robotic hand holding a pen that the digital news outlet Quartz (qz.com) used to introduce a recent article about an insurer using ...
AI and Insurance: Are Claims Jobs in Danger?
Mirroring the actions of at least one large Western insurer, a Japanese life insurer announced it would introduce cognitive computing in its claims department in late December. Unlike other insurers, ...
Watsa’s Fairfax Reportedly Wants Ontario Pension Fund to Back $4.9B Allied World Buy
Prem Watsa's Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. is in talks with the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System to see if the pension fund will help finance his $4.9 billion takeover of Allied World ...
‘Associative Thinking’ Can Help High-Performing Employees Soar Even More
"Associative thinking" may seem like a more academic than functional term for the workplace. A leadership expert at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University said, however, that it ...
‘Regtech’ Cos. Stand to Gain From Fragmented Regs of Trump Era
President elect Donald Trump is pro-business and anti-red tape. But what if your business is red tape? Companies whose technology helps banks and investors cope with the welter of post financial ...
Fairfax Seeking to Raise $1B From Africa Fund IPO
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., the Canadian insurer that announced its largest acquisition last week, is selling shares in an initial public offering for a fund that will make investments in ...
P2P Startup Lemonade Seeks 46-State Expansion
Lemonade is eyeing a national expansion after filing for a license to operate in 46 states and the District of Columbia. The peer-to-peer insurance startup focused on renters and homeowners insurance ...
Highlights From 2016’s Leadership Lessons
What tools or tactics do you need to be an effective executive and leader? That's a question Carrier Management has tried to address in 2016 by highlighting approaches, in part, from experts of all ...