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From IT Leader to C-Suite: A Natural Path for Insurer CEO
A career path that starts in the technology department and ends with the top job as chief executive officer hasn't been common in the property/casualty insurance industry, but it was a natural one ...
What Good Information Governance Looks Like in the Age of COVID
While the move to working remotely was a necessary response to the global pandemic, the office-to-home shift has not only made it much harder to maintain good information governance policies but also ...
Five Business Trends That Will Become ‘Business as Usual’
A business crisis is when something prevents an organization from conducting "business as usual." That definition has never been more true for more businesses at one time than during the last several ...
Travelers Partners With BrokerTech Ventures; First Carrier to Join
BrokerTech Ventures, the industry's first broker-led investor group and accelerator program, today announced that Travelers will become the first carrier partner to join the platform. "The elevated ...
Not All Homes in Wildfire Zones Are Uninsurable; Zesty.ai Refines Scoring Model
Fire risk scores now used by insurance underwriters can sometimes make it challenging for homeowners to find coverage. Zesty.ai, a California InsurTech startup, is among a handful of firms working to ...
QBE NA’s CEO Sees No Pacmans Gobbling Brokers Among InsurTechs
As a veteran of the insurance brokerage side of the business, QBE NA's chief executive has heard the predictions that online distribution would replace traditional brokers, but he doesn't see any ...
InsurTech CEO COVID Survival Guide: ‘Work for the Best; Plan for the Worst’
The challenge of delivering operating profits for investors while anticipated revenues tumble from COVID-19 lockdowns is as real for InsurTechs as it is for mature companies, the chief executive of ...
Quantum Computing Risks Overblown: Insurer Use Cases Revealed
Within financial services, quantum computing is getting a lot of attention. Recent publicity is flourishing, thanks to quantum commercialization efforts. Fears about the worst-case scenario—the ...