Birth of a Unicorn: How Branch’s Founders Turned Noes Into Yeses
Like most startups, the founders of unicorn Branch faced some early setbacks.
In a word, the process was "intense," according to Steve ...
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Workplace Flexibility Key in Capturing Competitive Edge
Ira Ziff recruited the perfect CFO for the job. The candidate checked all the boxes for a small-town insurer Ziff works with as president of Precision Research Group. The ...
How Carriers Can Meet Strategic Goals During Inflationary Times
At the dawn of the 2020s just over three years ago, no one, including property/casualty executives, thought a pandemic would sweep the globe. The disruptions caused by ...
Loss Reserving and Pricing in a Time of Inflation
Inflation and the threat of a recession are a reality not to be ignored. The combined effects of the Ukraine conflict and post-COVID supply chain disruption resulted in ...
How Is Your Food Processed? An ‘Emerging Damage’ Risk
I am old enough to have been taught the four basic food groups in elementary school and the importance of eating some from each of the groups no matter how much I might ...
Why a Focus on Development Is Critical to Retaining Talent
The insurance industry's talent problems are no longer looming — they are here. While it may take many components to find a potential solution to this problem, one area ...
Marketing Data Can Reduce AI Bias in the Insurance Industry
Just a decade ago, the idea that artificial intelligence (AI) might play a role in everyday insurance practices may have sounded far-fetched. As a legacy industry with ...
If Hurricane Ian Was a Tipping Point, What Are We Tipping Toward?
As 2023 began, property insurance markets were struggling with the fallout of significant losses from Hurricane Ian in fall 2022. Ian was accompanied worldwide by 17 ...
Four Approaches to Expand Commercial P/C’s Market Relevance
Despite a range of disruptions, global commercial P/C insurance carriers have actually delivered good returns over the last few years—mostly thanks to higher premiums, ...
CEO Viewpoint: It’s No Longer Enough to Just Insure
The expansion of the insurance value chain to include risk mitigation has been underway for decades. But in recent years, it's been rapidly progressing toward a tipping ...