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Here's what I've learned. 1. Ban the "I" word. Most innovation in insurance companies comes where customers (or distributors) encounter the company. This is one reason that 89 percent of insurance ...
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Here's what I've learned. 1. Ban the "I" word. Most innovation in insurance companies comes where customers (or distributors) encounter the company. This is one reason that 89 percent of insurance ...
Are you trying to create a great customer experience in your organization? If you're focusing on your customers to accomplish that, then you're already missing half the story. That's because the ...
Although the term InsurTech (or insuretech) has been part of the property/casualty insurance industry's lexicon for at least two years, stories about the technology-based insurance startups were ...
How far will they climb? How far can they fall? Will innovative InsurTech startups rocket past established players? Those may be some of the unspoken questions beneath a series of articles written by ...
The insurance industry is facing seismic and unprecedented shifts on multiple dimensions. From increasing client expectations to new emerging risks, from the emergence of robo-underwriters to the ...
"You don't have to be the CEO and get invited to deliver keynote speeches in order to influence the way an industry thinks." Adrian Jones, deputy CEO of SCOR P&C Partners and one of the guest ...
This article is part of Carrier Management's Cultural Q&A series featured in the Nov/Dec 2018 print edition. Q: There is a famous saying, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." Do you agree? Do ...
This article is part of Carrier Management's Cultural Q&A series featured in the Nov/Dec 2018 print edition. Q: There is a famous saying, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." Do you agree? Do ...
Labor-intensive and time-consuming, that's how research connected to litigated claims files is often described. Time is a commodity, and if a case requires researching applicable laws, venues, judges ...
This article is part of Carrier Management's Cultural Q&A series featured in the Nov/Dec 2018 print edition. Q: There is a famous saying, often attributed to Peter Drucker, "Culture eats strategy ...
When Chloe steps out the door of her apartment on her way to work in the morning, her vehicle automatically unlocks its doors while the navigation system maps out the best route based on the latest ...
Holding the position of chief culture officer is no easy task. It takes flexibility, empathy and an inherent ability to listen—to both what is said and unsaid. With a background in retail banking, ...
There is a recurring observation that Adrian Jones and Matteo Carbone have included in all of the articles about financial results they have written this year: Reinsurers are paying much of the ...
A company culture that can meet the demands of a digital age will make or break a company, no matter size, industry or geographic location. While waiting for cultural change to occur within your ...
The State Auto team began a journey in 2015, when the company was at a crossroads: Continue on the path of a five- to seven-year project to stand up a new policy and billing platform, or do something ...
When you're in a consumer-focused business, your job is to help people. Those of us in the insurance industry know we have a great advantage: When people have their worst day, we help them put things ...
This article is part of Carrier Management's Cultural Q&A series featured in the Nov/Dec 2018 print edition. Q: Do you spend more time on culture or strategy? Pat Regan, Group CEO, QBE Insurance: ...
Many reinsurance executives have been left scratching their heads in surprise after last year's natural catastrophes, which cost a whopping $100 billion but ended up having very little impact on ...
Although strategies putting growth before profit instead of profit-first schemes may set InsurTech startups apart from established players in personal and commercial insurance lines, there's less of ...
This article is part of Carrier Management's Cultural Q&A series featured in the Nov/Dec 2018 print edition. Q: There is a famous saying, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." Do you agree? Do ...
I am writing this article from my house in Park City, Utah, overlooking Deer Valley Mountain. Today is a regular work day, but I am more than 1,000 miles away from our headquarters and working from ...
With Next Insurance making a decision convert from a digital managing general agency for small and medium-sized businesses to a licensed insurance carrier in May, there isn't much to report from the ...
This article is part of Carrier Management's Cultural Q&A series featured in the Nov/Dec 2018 print edition. Q: There is a famous saying, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." Do you agree? Do ...
This article is part of Carrier Management's Cultural Q&A series featured in the Nov/Dec 2018 print edition. Q: There is a famous saying, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." Do you agree? Do ...
Beginning their third article in a series examining the statutory financial results of InsurTech carriers Lemonade, Root and Metromile, authors Matteo Carbone and Adrian Jones make reference to the ...
This article is part of Carrier Management's Cultural Q&A series featured in the Nov/Dec 2018 print edition. Q: There is a famous saying, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." Do you agree? Do ...
Usage-based pricing is a fascinating topic for insurers. A technology that allows persistent monitoring of risk exposure during the coverage period could potentially enable insurers to price each ...
This article is part of Carrier Management's Cultural Q&A series featured in the Nov/Dec 2018 print edition. Q: There is a famous saying, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." Do you agree? Do ...