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CEO Viewpoint: Challenge of Disruption Awakens a Sleeping Giant
This is a fascinating time to be working in the insurance industry. The technological and social changes that are taking place are transforming the world around us and changing how we do business. ...
Intelligent Claims Outsourcing: 3 Skill Sets Required
In 2013, a cluster of tornadoes struck Moore, Okla., in the most damaging lineup since Joplin, Mo., two years prior. Meanwhile, in Cincinnati, a 1905 Tiffany Studios Daffodil lampshade fetched a ...
Reporter’s Notebook: 10 Takeaways From InsureTechConnect
You've probably heard there is tremendous investor interest right now in technology-first insurance startups, or InsurTech firms. The first InsureTech Connect Conference in Las Vegas in early October ...
The Chicken and Egg of Employee Engagement
Are happy, engaged employees a driver of business success or merely a consequence of it? Plenty of studies have identified a link between employee engagement and company performance. One of the most ...
Does Analytics Mark the End of Underwriter Influence?
Underwriting is the secret sauce of the insurance industry. The process of selecting and pricing risk is essential to the profitability of a carrier, and the deep expertise necessary for this skill ...
Insurance Industry Urged to Weigh Shift to Intangible Risks
Panelists at a New York event hosted last week by Lloyd's, the world's specialist insurance market, and the American Security Project, a nonpartisan national security think-tank, urged the insurance ...
Rand Analyzes Impact of WC Reforms, Eco Downturn on Calif. Workers
Will workers compensation benefits from California's sweeping reform law passed in 2012 help or hurt injured employees over the next four years? Some people didn't want to wait until 2020 to answer ...
Commercial Lines Tech Startup Embroker Now Open for Business
Technology-inspired startup insurance broker Embroker, which bills itself as the first modern business insurance platform, has officially launched. Embroker is a commercial lines platform that ...