Leadership & Strategy
For Legacy Carriers, It’s About Technology With a ‘Human Touch’
The digital transformation of the insurance industry isn't just for InsurTech startups any more. At Allstate, 60 percent of claims are now filed with a cell phone application that allows ...
Ironshore’s IronPro Introduces Two-Term Policy Endorsement for Small Businesses
IronPro, the professional liability unit of Ironshore, has introduced a two-term policy endorsement for its miscellaneous professional liability (MPL) product for small business accounts. The MPL ...
American Financial’s National Interstate Will Underwrite Atlas Financial’s Paratransit Book
American Financial Group said that its commercial transportation specialist, National Interstate, will become the exclusive underwriter of Atlas Financial Holdings' paratransit book of business. The ...
MGA InsurTech Getsafe Lands $17M Financing to Fuel European Expansion
A managing general agent in Germany that relies on artificial intelligence for its customer platform has raised $17 million in first-round financing. Getsafe's new money will help propel an expansion ...
AIG CEO Duperreault Pledges to Keep Reaching Out to Shareholders Over Executive Pay
American International Group Inc Chief Executive Officer Brian Duperreault said on Thursday the insurer is reaching out to shareholders, per its usual custom, who last month gave his $21 million ...
Swiss Re Moves Ahead With Planned $4.5B IPO for UK Life Biz
Swiss Re is pressing ahead with plans to float its $4.5 billion UK life insurance business in London to put it under a more favorable regulatory regime and give it easier access to capital to fund ...
Are You Managing Your Relationships?
My accountant, Eric, recently told me his son passed the bar to practice law in New Jersey. During our conversation, Eric told me how he had explained to his son this important difference between his ...
Carrier/InsurTech Partnerships Offer Short-Term Benefits: J.D. Power Expert
Carriers seeking to build up their InsurTech capacity face a number of choices to get there—some quite pricey. In the short term, partnerships may be the most cost-effective and least risky way to ...