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The Waves of Innovation in InsurTech: Reflections From a First Wave Startup Co-Founder
The world of InsurTech has changed dramatically since 2015, when I teamed up with my MIT classmate, Rashmi Melgiri, to found CoverWallet. Our goal was to reinvent commercial insurance leveraging data ...
Not Your Everyday CEO: Reversal of Fortune Again
Louis Ziskin is a born entrepreneur. Possessed of a keen mind, nimble tongue and an ability to perceive financial opportunities where others retreat from the risks, his checkered life would make a ...
What Can You Do If You’re Being Quietly Fired?
Your performance goals are either nonexistent or unreasonable. Your reviews are negative without a clear path for improvement. You're being denied opportunities for advancement or development. You ...
Leadership Tips: Manage Your Managers to Avoid ‘Quiet Firing’
Some managers deal with disengaged employees head-on, discussing the problem, offering solutions and assistance, and detailing the consequences if the situation doesn't improve. Other managers take a ...
‘Inside-Out’ Branding: How One P/C Insurer Made Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work List
There are a lot of experiences that Branch Insurance Co-Founder Steve Lekas took away from his 17 years working in the property/casualty insurance industry that shaped his thinking in building an ...
You’ve Been Laid Off. Now What? Navigating InsurTech’s Workforce Transformation
Economic uncertainty, coupled with a period of transition in InsurTech, has led to a wave of layoffs for the industry. For InsurTech employees worried about potential layoffs, Steve McOrmond, senior ...
Assessing InsurTechs’ Greatest Value to the Industry: Talent
The biggest contribution of InsurTech to the insurance industry may well be talent—technology talent, insurance talent, just raw talent. I recently tallied the headcount at over 400 notable ...
Branch Insurance Sprouts From Roots of Asking Why
"Ask Why. It's how we learn new skills, grow as a team, and invent. Without asking 'why?' we'd never get to the deeper understanding needed to create breakthroughs." Those are the words that describe ...