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State Auto Plans Broad Rollout of Agent Platform Developed With Amazon
State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company is planning a national rollout of a platform designed with Amazon to help independent insurance agents better serve the insurer's policyholders. A beta ...
Aon’s New Division Will Tap Additional Sources of Capital for Reinsurance
Global broker Aon has formed a new team in its Reinsurance Solutions business that will focus on building global investor relationships in order to identify additional sources of capacity to clients. ...
Carnival Discloses Ransomware Attack That Accessed Guest, Employee Data
Cruise operator Carnival Corp said on Monday it launched an investigation into a ransomware attack on one of its brand's information technology systems. Carnival, which operates AIDA, Carnival and ...
Three Years After NotPetya, Cyber Lessons Continue for the Insurance Industry
This summer marks three years since the NotPetya malware attack, which has been called the most devastating cyber attack in history. While cyber experts say cybersecurity and prevention strategies ...
Service Lift-Outs: How Carriers Can Gain Through Subtraction
How many books of business could flourish with a renewed investment in service? We see neglected or underappreciated books all the time. A carrier will abandon a book with a bright future because it ...
Effective Leaders Encourage Their Teams to Disagree
Confirmation bias is when a person seeks out new information to reinforce existing beliefs or theories, and good leaders would do well to avoid the practice. Instead, they should encourage their ...
Auto Insurance Shopping Rebounds After COVID-19 Shutdown
Auto insurance shopping and new business growth rebounded in May and June after a drop in late March and early April due to COVID-19 shutdowns, civil unrest and other events. However, there was ...
Businesses and Insurers Face Survival Showdowns From Africa to America
W ynand du Toit's safari camp in South Africa's Pilanesberg National Park lies abandoned, its tents ripped open by baboons and its survival in the balance after his insurer rejected his COVID-19 ...