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Why New York Circular Letter No. 1 Matters to P/C Insurers
The topic of New York's Insurance Circular Letter No. 1 (2019), issued on Jan. 18, 2019, came up frequently during conversations with insurers in January and February (before the 2020 Pandemic became ...
Prioritizing Employee Well-Being in Difficult Times
Peter Kellogg, the owner of IAT Insurance Group, has always said: "Take care of your employees and they will take care of your business." For those of us with a direct role in talent management at ...
*Editor’s Choice 2020* Psychic Leadership: Why We Need It During This Crisis
Week #1 = Shock (mandatory work from home, seriously?) Week #2 = Novelty (Zoom meetings, crazy hat day, check out my workspace!) Week #3 = Realization (wait, we need to actually run our business this ...
Fifth-Generation Wireless Technologies: Suspicion vs. Evidence
One of the more surprising recent conspiracy theories to make the rounds of the Internet and social media is that the COVID-19 pandemic is actually a hoax perpetrated by corporations to cover up the ...
Pandemic Crisis Story: Moving 1,000-Plus Employees in 7 Countries in Just 2 Weeks
The rapid spread of COVID-19 took the business world by surprise. Like most companies, the Xceedance business continuity plan did not envision all personnel working from home for an extended period ...
Improving the Quality of Life for Humanity
The definition of insurance risk will always evolve as long as this industry exists. Perhaps the earliest date associated with insurance risk on a person and not an asset (which dates back even ...
Creating New York’s X-Factor: Building an InsurTech Community
In less than one year, InsurTech NY has grown from an idea shared by founders David Gritz and Tony Lew into a vibrant hub for East Coast insurance entrepreneurs, insurers and investors. Q: Let's talk ...
Creating a Tradeable Market for Cyber Risk—and More: Q&A With AkinovA’s Founder Winand
London-based AkinovA represents itself as "the electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of risk." Founded in 2017 by Henri Winand and Jean-Michel Paul, the first trade on the platform—a ...