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Want Smarter Machines? Let Underwriters Train Them
This article is part of Carrier Management's series on the Future of Insurance. Arun Balakrishnan, CEO, Xceedance, believes more personalized risk assessment is possible in the future with IoT data ...
Why You Shouldn’t Tackle the Most Important Task First Thing in the Morning
Time management is not only about setting up systems to process and prioritize work. It is also about choosing the right work at the right time and avoiding work or distractions that sap your ability ...
The Importance of Soft Skills in Data Science
When most insurers think of data science in their industry, naturally it is mostly about numbers and turning abstract data into correlations that become actionable business intelligence. However, ...
An Underwriter’s Guide to Assessing Risk for IT Patching
EternalBlue, a computer worm believed to be developed by the NSA to take advantage of a vulnerability within Microsoft Windows, was made public approximately five months ago. While patches for this ...
How XL Catlin Built a $2B Customer-Focused Construction Business From the Ground Up
XL Catlin's North America Construction insurance business recently hit a major milestone, surpassing the $2 billion gross written premium mark. In other words, in its six-and-a-half years of ...
Insurers Focus on Unconscious Bias to Improve Underwriting Results
Focusing on the reasons behind decision-making has prompted some insurers to question whether certain judgments affect underwriting decisions in a negative way. Morris "Mo" Tooker, head of Middle ...
Introducing the QBE, Arrowhead Partnership for Small Commercial
When it was announced in June that San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. was selected as the program administrator for QBE North America's small commercial insurance ...
Trust Your Team: Arch Capital’s CEO Looks Back
Good communication and teamwork, creating a culture of collaboration, delegating to a team of experts, and doing what you love—these are just a few of the career leadership lessons named by ...