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How Do Brokers Stay Relevant? Be Nimble With Your Value Props
Commercial brokers, the future is bright. As you contend with an increasingly automated, digitally-enhanced insurance industry, rest assured your expertise remains valuable for your clients. That is, ...
Confessions of a Diehard Data Fan: ACORD CEO Pieroni (Part 2)
After Bill Pieroni, the CEO of ACORD, delivered a presentation about ACORD's latest study, "Intelligent Growth: Intent, Decisions, Outcomes," he sat down with Wells Media's Andrew Simpson to talk ...
ACORD Study Results: Loser Lessons
As for the waning carriers, why did they wane? Why didn't they grow and why did they achieve inferior economics? Pieroni said there are a number of reasons but the top ones include inability to ...
How ‘Intelligent’ Insurers Grow and Create Value: ACORD Study
Some insurance carriers grow but do not create value. Others shrink but still create value. Some fail at both. Then there are the "intelligent growers"—those that succeed at both, not only growing ...
Why E&S Carriers Aren’t Winners Over the Long Term
ACORD's recent study, "Intelligent Growth: Intent, Decisions, Outcomes," reveals that E&S/specialty companies don't fare well over the long term. Here, CEO Bill Pieroni suggests possible reasons ...
Confessions of a Diehard Fan of Data: An Interview With ACORD CEO Pieroni (Part 1)
If Bill Pieroni were a Major League Baseball executive, he would be one of those sabermetric types like Oakland's Billy Beane, heralded by the book "Moneyball." His team's manager would have ...
The Risky Business of Insuring Shared Households
An estimated 79 million adults, or 32% of the adult population, lived in a shared household in 2017. This uptick in shared household living comes in many different types. According to recent Census ...
About Sofie Quidenus-Wahlforss
Sofie Quidenus-Wahlforss is the CEO of omni:us. She is an experienced managing director with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. Her strategic skills coupled with a passion for AI led her to create ...