Leadership & Strategy
American Express Boosts Next Insurance’s Series A Round to $35M
Next Insurance, a digital insurance agency for small to medium businesses, announced that American Express Ventures has joined its previously announced Series A Round led by Munich Re/HSB Ventures. ...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Invests in Embattled Canadian Lender Home Capital
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is providing a lifeline to Home Capital Group Inc., the embattled Canadian alternative lender whose near collapse sparked intense scrutiny of the country's ...
Aging Millennials More Emotionally Connected to Their Insurers Than Gen X, Boomer Counterparts
Millennials are aging, and that may be good news for property/casualty insurers. Here's why: Millennials appear to have a stronger affinity for insurance companies than their Gen X or baby boomer ...
It Can Take a Movement to Transform Company Culture
Property/casualty insurers often talk about the need to transform their companies into a culture unafraid to embrace change that's also able to develop new ideas beneficial for their peers and ...
Insurance Industry Disrupters Lead to New Risks, Uncertainty Among Insurers
Disruptive trends in the insurance industry are changing the risk landscape and creating an atmosphere of uncertainty as insurers seek to move forward in the wake of new technology and transforming ...
Reinsurer Scopes Out Innovations on the Horizon
As the world has advanced, we have seen some astonishing developments in technology. Computers used to fill a room; now one can sit on the palm of your hand. Phones once required an operator in a ...
A Pop-Up Lab Project: The Washington State Transit Insurance Pool Example
"On many of our projects, we work with tech startups and our clients," said Wendi Bukowitz, Innovation Lab leader at Munich Re, US. "We work with tech startups because the future of risk management ...
USAA’s Insurance Arm, Mercedes-Benz Tie at Top of Customer Service Ranking
USAA is once again a standout in terms of its customer service scores compared to other industries, based on the Temkin Group's latest ranking. The Texas-based financial services group whose ...