Innovation: Why Carriers Shouldn’t Try to Keep Up With the Joneses
Innovation has been generating much attention lately due to the explosive growth of AI, even though the concept of innovation has existed ever since cavemen learned how ...
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AIG: Turning One Human Underwriter Into Five, ‘Turbocharging’ E&S
Some property/casualty insurers talk about experimenting with artificial intelligence to automate call center responses and back-office operations. But that's not the road to turbocharging growth ...
Progressive: Policies Grow Faster Than Workforce
Parts of Progressive's year-end earnings call early this month sounded a bit like Lemonade's Investor Day last year—with both focused on how automation supports growth without adding people. In ...
Data Insight: Who’s Growing in Personal Lines?
A relative newcomer to the personal lines space—Lemonade—marked a milestone this week, announcing that it surpassed $1 billion of in force premiums, a measure of annualized premiums that the ...
Allstate: How Can You Save on Auto Insurance?
Helping customers to save money is part of the go-forward plan at Allstate, aimed at boosting retention levels that fell in response to rate hikes in recent years. Now that Allstate's combined ratio ...
The Doctors Co. Buys Med Mal Insurer ProAssurance in $1.3B Go-Private Deal
The Doctors Company said it has entered an agreement to acquire ProAssurance Corp. for $1.3 billion, taking the company private. Birmingham, Ala.-headquartered ProAssurance is a specialty insurer ...
Global Instability Leads to 16 Year Low for Insurance Carrier M&A Deals
Two new reports highlight the stagnant mergers and acquisitions seen in the insurance industry in 2024. In fact, global insurance carrier M&As slumped to a 16-year low in 2024 amid a wave ...
Chubb to Buy Liberty Mutual Thailand, Vietnam Insurance Assets
Chubb Ltd. agreed to acquire Liberty Mutual Holding Co.'s businesses in Thailand and Vietnam in a deal that would help it boost its presence in Southeast Asia. Chubb plans to buy LMG Insurance Public ...
Business Continuity Plans Lacking Among SMBs: Nationwide Survey
Mid- and small-market businesses (SMBs) face a lot of the same big-picture challenges, but how they prioritize risk, spending and solutions varies widely. According to Nationwide's latest risk ...
Enterprise Risk Management Secrets for Long-Term Company Growth
If my conversations with property/casualty insurance executives are any indication, many leaders view enterprise risk management (ERM) as simply an exercise for complying ...