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Why a Five-Hour Workday May Make Sense
The American workforce has become lazy. I estimate, conservatively, that knowledge workers are four times as efficient as they were 20 years ago. That's why I moved my company to a five-hour workday ...
Digital Innovation, Personal Service Can Help Agents and Brokers Keep Wealthy Clients
The global high-net-worth individual (HNWI) population has increased by 5 percent so far in 2016 to 16.6 million, with total global HNWI wealth increasing by 4 percent to $58.7 trillion, according to ...
Blockchain in Insurance: Applications and Pursuing a Path to Adoption
Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, quickly has become a fixation in the financial services industry as a result of its potential to revolutionize and transform our thinking about data ...
Measuring Casualty Cat Risk: What Underwriters and Actuaries Miss and Why
Last month, I was invited to speak at the Casualty Actuarial Society Loss Reserving Seminar in Chicago, where I had the opportunity to challenge the existing techniques designed to measure ...
Friendsurance Carves Out Its Youthful Insurance Industry Niche
Friendsurance, a peer-to-peer insurance broker focused on making insurance easy and affordable to buy, seems right at home in Kreuzberg, perhaps one of the trendiest districts of south central ...
IACP Conference Report: Social Media’s Impact on Incidents Involving Police Use of Deadly Force
In an exclusive interview with our sister publication Claims Journal, Brian Gainer, a presenter at this year's annual International Association of Claim Professionals' conference held recently in ...
The Data Mindset Disconnect: Why Frontline Employees Need to Think in Terms of Data
How many employees at your organization have a firm grasp on how the Internet really works? The number is likely very few. Layer in knowing how to use the power of the Internet to better all types of ...
IACP Conference Report: Claims Has to Up Its Game to Attract New Hires
With the expected exodus of thousands of skilled claims professionals within the next few years, concern is growing among insurers about how to best address the need for experienced claims employees. ...