Growth Initiatives
Allstate: How Can You Save on Auto Insurance?
Helping customers to save money is part of the go-forward plan at Allstate, aimed at boosting retention levels that fell in response to rate hikes in recent years. Now that Allstate's combined ratio ...
Commercial Lines Profit Growth: Execution Matters More Than Portfolio Mix
It is "how" commercial lines carriers execute their underwriting strategies, not "what" lines they write that is key to profitable growth for top performers, according to new research from McKinsey. ...
Cowbell Secures $60M Series C Funding From Zurich
Cowbell, a provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced on July 26 that it has closed a $60 million Series C equity investment from Zurich Insurance Group, a ...
Progressive Set to ‘Maximize’ Growth, Building on Q1
When Progressive's chief executive officer weighed the words that should go into the management discussion section of the company's first-quarter 10-Q report, she considered two possibilities to ...
Study: Compliance Challenges for Companies Looking at Cross-Border Expansion
A new study finds that nearly two-thirds (62 percent) of multinational companies aim to grow their presence in a similar number of markets as they did in 2023, and a third (35 percent) plan to expand ...
InsurTech Profile: InsurAware CEO Reflects on the Power of Change
At 40 years old, Rajesh Krishnan sat in a Baltimore intensive care unit, recovering from a brain aneurism and a stroke. His solution-oriented mind had driven him to academic and insurance industry ...
Betterview, EagleView Launch Strategic Property Intelligence Partnership
InsurTechs Betterview and EagleView announced a strategic alliance. EagleView's aerial imagery will be integrated into Betterview's property intelligence platform to help insurers better understand a ...
Tips to Building, Scaling Insurance Businesses for Success
Analysis of a 2022 survey, conducted by McKinsey, finds that while new insurance business avenues can have significant impact on enterprise value, many insurers struggle to build and scale them. ...