Leadership & Strategy
Empathy: What Pie Insurance Co-Founder Craig Cares About
This year has posed an unthinkable number of challenges, and it has me considering whether or not empathy can exist in insurance. How can we create a world where buying and using insurance isn't a ...
Hippo Attracts $350M Investment From Mitsui Sumitomo; Reinsurance Treaty Also Planned
Hippo Enterprises, an MGA InsurTech focused on homeowners insurance, secured a $350 million capital investment designed to help fuel further growth. A related reinsurance agreement is also part of ...
Metromile to Become Public Company and Expand Nationally
Metromile Inc., an InsurTech focused on pay-per-mile auto insurance, has hit the public markets in a reverse merger deal with Insu Acquisition Corp. II (Insu II), a special purpose acquisition ...
Insurance Industry Ripe for Human-Centered Innovation
The key to innovation in the insurance industry is "outside-in" thinking, according to an executive from Nationwide, who uses the term to reinforce the idea that customer-centric mindsets are the ...
InsurTech Blink Launches Non-Damage Business Interruption Parametric Product
Irish InsurTech Blink has started marketing a hurricane non-damage parametric insurance product designed to provide liquidity to small and medium-sized businesses after a natural disaster. Called ...
Allstate Only Hires Banks for Bond Sale Owned by Minorities, Women or Veterans
Allstate Corp. hired solely banks owned by minorities, women or veterans for its bond sale, in the biggest corporate deal yet managed only by diverse firms. The insurer enlisted Loop Capital Markets, ...
Betting on Breakthrough Innovation: Shoot for the Moon
While it is often easier for P/C insurance and reinsurance executives to rally around incremental innovations, in order to really transform their organizations they need to fund some moonshots, ...
CEO Viewpoint: American Modern’s Kleiner Offers 6 Resiliency Tips for Any Leader
In the corporate world, some of us hold titles that automatically define us as a leader. However, if you need to use that title to be recognized as such, you will surely fail. Leadership is often ...