Spotlight Interview
From On-Demand Insurance to Slice Mind: The Evolution of an InsurTech
Tim Attia didn't have 400 years to wait for the on-demand insurance distributed by his company Slice Labs to make its way around the world. "We're focused on this new economy—digital products, ...
Q&A With Metromile CEO Dan Preston: On Culture, IPO, Loss Ratios and More
The chief executive officer of Metromile, Dan Preston, recently spoke with Carrier Management about Metromile's software as a service business (Metromile Enterprise), broadening Metromile's insurance ...
But Wait. Here’s ‘The Rest of The Story’ on Buffett’s Lubrizol
In his firm's annual report released this weekend, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett included a side note on one of the companies his conglomerate bought in 2011 for $9 billion, a company called ...
Metromile Exploring Roads to Renters, Homeowners, Commercial Auto
Customers who have been buying personal auto insurance from Metromile may have the option of adding homeowners or renters to a coverage package in the not-too-distant future, the CEO revealed ...
How Root Insurance Did What Other Insurers Only Imagined
Having achieved unicorn status with a $1 billion valuation less than two years after its official October 2016 debut, InsurTech carrier Root Insurance Company may seem like an overnight success. The ...
Remaking AIG: CFO Describes Changes in Underwriting, Distribution and More
When American International Group's chief financial officer spoke about "managing change in an evolving insurance industry" at a rating agency conference in November, Mark Lyons focused much of his ...
Why E&S Carriers Aren’t Winners Over the Long Term
ACORD's recent study, "Intelligent Growth: Intent, Decisions, Outcomes," reveals that E&S/specialty companies don't fare well over the long term. Here, CEO Bill Pieroni suggests possible reasons ...
Confessions of a Diehard Fan of Data: An Interview With ACORD CEO Pieroni (Part 1)
If Bill Pieroni were a Major League Baseball executive, he would be one of those sabermetric types like Oakland's Billy Beane, heralded by the book "Moneyball." His team's manager would have ...