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Commercial Underwriting: From Strategy to Execution
Leading middle-market insurers are re-examining their underwriting function along four key dimensions. The output from these re-examinations include a variety of actions to enable sustainable ...
Blockchain in Insurance: Applications and Pursuing a Path to Adoption
Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, quickly has become a fixation in the financial services industry as a result of its potential to revolutionize and transform our thinking about data ...
Measuring Casualty Cat Risk: What Underwriters and Actuaries Miss and Why
Last month, I was invited to speak at the Casualty Actuarial Society Loss Reserving Seminar in Chicago, where I had the opportunity to challenge the existing techniques designed to measure ...
Friendsurance Carves Out Its Youthful Insurance Industry Niche
Friendsurance, a peer-to-peer insurance broker focused on making insurance easy and affordable to buy, seems right at home in Kreuzberg, perhaps one of the trendiest districts of south central ...
The Data Mindset Disconnect: Why Frontline Employees Need to Think in Terms of Data
How many employees at your organization have a firm grasp on how the Internet really works? The number is likely very few. Layer in knowing how to use the power of the Internet to better all types of ...
CEO Viewpoint: Challenge of Disruption Awakens a Sleeping Giant
This is a fascinating time to be working in the insurance industry. The technological and social changes that are taking place are transforming the world around us and changing how we do business. ...
Intelligent Claims Outsourcing: 3 Skill Sets Required
In 2013, a cluster of tornadoes struck Moore, Okla., in the most damaging lineup since Joplin, Mo., two years prior. Meanwhile, in Cincinnati, a 1905 Tiffany Studios Daffodil lampshade fetched a ...
The Chicken and Egg of Employee Engagement
Are happy, engaged employees a driver of business success or merely a consequence of it? Plenty of studies have identified a link between employee engagement and company performance. One of the most ...