Benefits of Automated Fraud Detection Systems

According to Peter Cates, senior business solutions consultant within the financial practice at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence's insurance team, insurers can achieve multiple benefits when using ...

P/C Insurer Mergers: Reaching the Tipping Point

The growing number of reinsurance mergers is understandable considering that the flood of alternative capital has upended the industry's economics. If companies don't lower their cost of capital and ...

How to Develop a Robust Risk Appetite Statement

In a recent Own Risk and Solvency Assessment webinar conducted by FTI Consulting, more than 50 percent of attendees stated they had not adequately defined risk appetite as part of their ORSA ...

What Insurance Agents Want from Carriers

Agents like what they get already but see room for improvement in field operations, agent education and marketing support provided by carriers, according to a 2014 national survey of more than 1,400 ...

The Evolution of the CIO: More Opportunities Ahead

The theory of evolution is a funny thing. It's widely accepted as scientific fact and the way of things, yet it can't be proven or disproven emphatically. Much the same might be said of the position ...

Making a Case for Servant Leadership

The question is one I have heard countless times over the years in my capacity as an executive coach: "What would you say are the traits that make a great leader?" It's not exactly a question that ...

Silicon Valley Veteran Shaking Up Vertafore

Vertafore is forging new partnerships and shaking up how it develops and deploys new products. A big reason behind these efforts is Greg Wright, the company's new senior vice president of Agency ...