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How ‘Intelligent’ Insurers Grow and Create Value: ACORD Study
Some insurance carriers grow but do not create value. Others shrink but still create value. Some fail at both. Then there are the "intelligent growers"—those that succeed at both, not only growing ...
Why E&S Carriers Aren’t Winners Over the Long Term
ACORD's recent study, "Intelligent Growth: Intent, Decisions, Outcomes," reveals that E&S/specialty companies don't fare well over the long term. Here, CEO Bill Pieroni suggests possible reasons ...
Confessions of a Diehard Fan of Data: An Interview With ACORD CEO Pieroni (Part 1)
If Bill Pieroni were a Major League Baseball executive, he would be one of those sabermetric types like Oakland's Billy Beane, heralded by the book "Moneyball." His team's manager would have ...
The Risky Business of Insuring Shared Households
An estimated 79 million adults, or 32% of the adult population, lived in a shared household in 2017. This uptick in shared household living comes in many different types. According to recent Census ...
About Sofie Quidenus-Wahlforss
Sofie Quidenus-Wahlforss is the CEO of omni:us. She is an experienced managing director with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. Her strategic skills coupled with a passion for AI led her to create ...
An Empathetic Approach to Leadership and Insurance
The first point of contact with an insurer for most consumers is when they take out a policy or when they make a claim—neither of these experiences are easy or straightforward at best. At worst, ...
High Distribution Costs and How to Fix Them
The disruption currently taking place in insurance and reinsurance markets is at its most acute since the culmination of the financial crisis. Industry reserves, deteriorating earlier catastrophe ...
How Emotional Intelligence Makes Leaders More Effective
Despite recent research and shifting perspectives, the importance of having emotionally intelligent leaders is still often overlooked. More often, motivation, previous successes and technical ...