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A Passion for Insurance: Growing Up in the Business
Alex Timm's path to the C-Suite of an InsurTech carrier probably isn't typical. Unlike other InsurTechs headed by technology experts or marketing officers from outside the insurance industry, Timm is ...
Did You Know? Auto and Renters Risks Correlated
To Alex Timm, CEO of Root Insurance Company, the auto insurance carrier's recent move into the renters insurance market seemed like a natural extension for its customer base given that 70 percent of ...
Lloyd’s First Syndicate-in-a-Box Aims to Be an Innovation Lab: Munich Re
Lloyd's of London is expecting big things for 2020 as it rolls out the key initiatives for its massive modernization project designed make it easier to do business with Lloyd's and, ultimately, ...
The Unique Requirements of a Lloyd’s Syndicate-in-a-Box
Lloyd's developed the concept of a syndicate-in-a-box (SiaB) to make it easier for innovative capital to enter the market, but there are certain requirements and differences compared to traditional ...
InsurTech Ecosystem: Value Beyond Technologies
In recent years, we've seen significant investments flow into the InsurTech ecosystem, creating thousands of new technology tools. Yet it's this same volume that's leaving many carriers overwhelmed ...
Legacy Processes No More: Insurers Engaged in Wide-Scale Efforts to Optimize Antiquated Processes
There's two ways for an insurance company to boost profits. The first option is to price products higher, and the second is to reduce operating expenses. Option No. 1 can be a dicey proposition, as ...
Is the Industry Ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
Industry transformations occur when the pain of staying the same is suddenly greater than the pain of changing, according to Karen White, CEO of RMS. "The second thing that has got to be present for ...
Growing Risk for SME Insurers: Duty to Defend Cats
Until recently, there was a relative lull in new mass tort events in the United States. This led to a sense among insurers that mass litigation was no longer the looming threat that it was in the ...