Leadership & Strategy
Top 10 Takeaways from InsureTech Connect 2017 Conference
More than 3,800 insurance and technology enthusiasts gathered at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas in October for the second annual InsureTech Connect Conference. In addition to insurance executives, the ...
Quantemplate, a Machine Learning Data/Analytics Startup, Pulls in $3.3M Funding Round
Quantemplate, an InsurTech firm specializing in machine learning data transformation and analytics, raised $3.3 million in new funding to fuel its expansion plans in the UK, US. and European markets. ...
The Latest Launches From Octo Telematics, BOLT and Lockton
Octo Telematics is expanding how auto insurance customers can buy its telematics tech. BOLT Solutions, Inc. teamed up with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to simplify how insurance can be purchased. ...
Zurich Will Pay $2.14B to Snatch Up ANZ’s Australia Life Insurance Biz
Zurich Insurance Group said it will pay more than $2 billion to acquire the life insurance business from an Asia Pacific-based bank. Zurich's $2.14 billion deal to buy OnePath Life from ANZ ...
Paris Climate Change Pact Lives On Under Macron’s Leadership
French President Emmanuel Macron this week will seek to breathe new life into the fight against global warming and sway debate away from skeptics of the process led by U.S. President Donald Trump. At ...
Agents Still Rule; Consolidation Ahead, State Auto CEO Says
As part of our continuing look at the Future of Insurance (kicked off in the third-quarter edition), Carrier Management asked State Auto CEO Michael LaRocco his view on the question of how insurance ...
Growth Ahead as State Auto Exits Specialty Biz
A complete digital transformation is taking shape at State Auto Insurance, where efforts to turn around several years of underwriting losses have also meant exits of certain part of the business. ...
Standing Up a New Insurance Carrier: Super Regional State Auto Goes Digital for Real
A lot of property/casualty insurers are talking about digital transformations these days but the change taking shape at a midsized super regional carrier in Columbus, Ohio is different from the rest, ...