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Opinion: Competition Driving Prices to Excessive Levels in Several Specialty Insurance Lines
Competition is driving up prices. No, that's not a typo, and, no, this is not a belated April Fool's column. As a result of a serious insurance regulatory oversight problem in most states, certain ...
Insurance Today Is Like the Bundesliga
I am German, and I am a die-hard soccer fan. Believe me, it's relevant. In my view, digital transformation in the global insurance industry is about to play out like a season in the Bundesliga, the ...
Can Driver Data Predict Collisions Before They Happen?
Smartphones have transformed the way we interact with the world. They've replaced our watches and wallets. They've become portable movie theaters and libraries. They've even redefined how we interact ...
How to Use Feedback Loops and Recognition to Improve Employee Satisfaction
For a business to thrive, it needs to keep its employees happy. Organizations with engaged employees regularly outperform competitors with lower levels of employee satisfaction and engagement. ...
Dispatches From InsurTech Survival Island: Five Takeaways From Statutory Financials (Part 3)
Founders and investors in InsurTech carriers need to prepare themselves—mentally and financially—for a long rough road to profitability, and they need to find reinsurers who are both flexible and ...
Dispatches from InsurTech Survival Island: Five Takeaways From Statutory Financials (Part 2)
Statutory financial statements are painting an unattractive picture for three InsurTechs that have chosen to become real insurers so far. In Part 1 of this three-part article, we revealed that loss ...
Dispatches From InsurTech Survival Island: Five Takeaways From Statutory Financials (Part 1)
"All the insurance players will be InsurTech" is a phrase we have uttered on many occasions in the past few years, but some InsurTechs have chosen to be insurers. Real insurers. Which means they file ...
Digital Transformation in Underwriting: What It Means and How to Get There
Every part of the insurance industry is talking about digital transformation. Underwriting, the traditional heart of the insurance enterprise, is no exception. Because this idea is discussed so ...