Spotlight Interview
Trade-Credit-as-a-Service: How Hokodo Is Fixing Small Biz Financing Pain Points
Most often, the concept of embedding insurance refers to a means of distribution—offering more or less traditional insurance coverages for products or services at the point of sale. For Hokodo, ...
Behind the Firewall: Underwriting Cyber Risk for Google Cloud Users
The best cyber underwriting information often is the least accessible. A thorough assessment of information security practices requires data from inside an organization's firewall, which is both ...
The Story of Salty: From Oxford U. to ‘Embedded Insurance’
Salty owns embedded insurance—literally. "EMBEDDED INSURANCE" is a trademark of Salty Dot Inc. Salty's SaaS platform enables carriers and their distribution partners to offer policies to insure ...
Swiss Insurer Baloise Moves Forward With Insurance Innovations
Swiss insurer Baloise may be nearly 160 years old, but it is a company with its eye on the future of insurance, including embedded insurance. Sibylle Fischer, Director of Strategic Venturing and ...
Creating the USAA for the Gig Economy: Buckle CEO
"Legitimizing the Shared Economy." The phrase, with a trademark symbol at the end of it, is the first thing visitors see on the "About Us" page of InsurTech Buckle's website. On another website page, ...
Women’s History Month: How Karen Clark Became a Model of Success
Like many people, Karen Clark's career was influenced by circumstances and serendipity rather than any advanced planning. When in graduate school she developed a love of building computer models, ...
Remote CEO: How One Leader Took the Reins During a Pandemic
When Scott Gunter contemplated making a move from being president of a commercial insurance division of Chubb to become chief executive officer of AXA XL, he felt the timing couldn't be better. AXA ...
NAMIC Names Merchants Mutual CEO Zak as New Chairman
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies named Robert Zak, president and CEO of Merchants Mutual Insurance Company, as its new chairman. NAMIC announced the news on Sept. 23 during its ...