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CEO Viewpoint: Empowering People Key to Innovative Carrier’s Success
Although technology may be top of mind for Acuity Insurance's president and chief executive officer, it's the people that make the insurer a standout. The answer to the question of whether to ...
CEOs Must Know Tech
As a CIO turned president and CEO of Acuity Insurance, Ben Salzmann said there were some things that hindered his career path to the top. "Yes, in some ways things have improved, because CEOs have ...
Don’t Just Manage Your Team—Learn to Be a Leader
A title will take you only so far; to reach the highest levels of leadership, you need to build and leverage your influence throughout the organization, according to a 2018 webinar from Insurance ...
Building Smarter Cat Models: Why They Need an Upgrade
Not too long ago, a phone was just a phone. Along with a phone, you needed an alarm clock, a calculator, a CD player, a camera and many other electronic devices. Today, all of those capabilities and ...
The Sleeping Giants of Emerging Tech
Emerging technologies receive a great deal of interest and activity today in the insurance industry. Autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, drones, the Internet of Things and blockchain, among ...
Insurers May Not Be Able to Avoid Blockchain, Virtual Currencies ‘Sweeping Through Industry’
Insurers need to be thinking about blockchain technology and virtual currencies like bitcoin and how to approach these areas of emerging risk as they become harder to ignore, according to panelists ...
Venture Capital Insurance Investment Objectives Vary in 2018
What types of investment opportunities are venture capitalists seeking in the property/casualty insurance space for 2018? Carrier Management spoke to investors from Oak HC/FT, Accel and Munich Re's ...
Where Is the InsurTech Capital of the World?
There was a time not so long ago when Hartford, Conn., was widely known as the "Insurance Capital of the World." These days, Hartford has work to do to reclaim that title. But with insurance ...