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Putting Insurer Innovation Under the Rating Agency Microscope
Underway for some time now, the disruption of the insurance industry has moved into a new phase, following the announcement by A.M. Best that it may soon begin scoring insurers' innovation efforts. ...
CEO Interview: Metromile Shaking Up the Auto Insurance Industry With a Lifestyle Product
Metromile is one of the early InsurTech companies. It is also one of only a few InsurTechs that is really transforming the insurance business. Most InsurTechs focus on operating efficiencies in ...
Make Sure Your Company’s Leadership Development Programs Have Staying Power
Leadership development programs at companies are one thing. But they don't have much staying power outside of the classroom unless executives plan for long-term implementation of the key ideas. A ...
How to Choose Third-Party Data With Predictive Power to Boost Your Results
This is the sixth in a series of articles by Valen Analytics looking at the hurdles that insurers must overcome to effectively implement and gain value from data analytics programs. Making better ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS Re and PartnerRe
The leader of a major AXIS Re division is retiring, and someone is being promoted from within to replace him. PartnerRe hired an outside executive to help run its Americas division.
AmTrust to Sell Surety, Credit Reinsurance Biz to Liberty Mutual
Liberty Mutual Insurance said it has agreed to acquire the global surety and credit reinsurance operations of property/casualty insurer AmTrust Financial Services. Financial terms were not disclosed. ...
‘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. ...
Argo Urges Shareholders to Reject Voce’s ‘Poorly Researched Claims’ at Annual Meeting
Argo Group is urging shareholders to reject allegations of "reckless behavior" and "poorly researched claims" from activist stockholder Voce Capital Management when the company's annual shareholder ...
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 ...