Leadership & Strategy
The Hartford Hires Shuman to Fill New Chief Digital/Customer Experience Officer Slot
The Hartford created a brand new executive slot designed to help it compete in the digital age, and a former manager with the company is returning from Travelers to fill the position: chief digital ...
SVIA Launches InsurTech Innovation Lab
Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator (SVIA) has launched its Innovation Lab, offering expertise and resources to accelerate development of InsurTech products, services and industry initiatives needed ...
Insurers Risk Triggering Government Regulation Without Responsible Big Data Usage: Fitch
For insurers, the new world of big data and analytics is one that's relatively unregulated. With that in mind, executives would do well to use these technologies responsibly so they don't stimulate ...
How Temporary Employees Are Changing the Modern Insurance Workforce
The insurance industry's talent landscape is experiencing a rapid evolution. The industry workplace of recent years is being quickly replaced by a new "blended" reality. The modern workforce is now ...
Slice Labs’ Pay-Per-Use Rideshare Insurance App Enters Real-World Test Phase
About a year after its debut, insurance tech startup Slice Labs said it has completed a pay-per-use rideshare insurance app. The next step: testing the technology with "a select set" of rideshare ...
China’s Anbang Insurance and Kushner End Manhattan Tower Deal Talks
China's Anbang Insurance Group Co. and a company co-owned by the family of President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner have ended talks to redevelop a Manhattan office tower, a deal that had ...
Leadership Briefings Can Boost Motivation, Productivity
Leadership briefings can work wonders in motivating and teaching staff, but only if they engage employees and get the leader's message across, says best practices company CEB in a new blog posting. A ...
Progressive Gives Google Home Customers Chance to Get Auto/Home Tips Through Their Voices
Progressive is getting into the voice-activated customer service game through a new deal with Google. The property/casualty insurance giant says it is now giving Google Home customers the opportunity ...