Leadership & Strategy
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 ...
Triple Threat: Carrier-InsurTech-Agent Partnerships Transforming Commercial Lines
COVID-19 has changed many things in the insurance industry. Seemingly overnight everyone is working from home and the companies with the best digital customer experiences have the advantage. Yet, ...
The Hidden Cost of Standing Still: Legacy Platforms Slow Growth and Halt the Shift to AI-Enabled Insurance Business
Presented by Majesco
There is a hidden disease that is killing insurers — the disease of legacy technology. The problem is a matter...
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 ...
To Avoid Being COVID-19 Villains, P/C Insurers Need to “Overcommunicate”
One thing is almost certain in most crises: property/casualty insurance companies will be painted as villains. Consumer activists, plaintiffs lawyers and politicians have already started and will ...
The Latest Launches From AXA XL and Liberty Mutual/Ironshore
Two units with AXA XL have teamed up to offer a new product for U.S. domiciled multinational businesses. A policy offered by a division of Liberty Mutual's Ironshore has been expanded to offer more ...
QBE NA Reveals Its Identity With Jones at the Helm
For Todd Jones, a great moment comes when a former client from his days at Willis Towers Watson calls and wants to do business with him. Now, as chief executive officer of QBE North America, Jones ...
Empathy Can Help Employees Struggling to Work From Home
After the coronavirus pandemic hit, legions of workers and managers started working at home, leaving familiar office environments behind. Some employees may struggle with the isolation and ...
Sony Will Take Full Control of Listed Financial Arm for $3.7B
Sony Corp said on Tuesday it will turn its listed financial arm, Sony Financial Holdings Inc, into a wholly owned unit through a tender offer worth about 400 billion yen ($3.72 billion). The deal ...