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At Long Last, an Insurance Company Proud of Its Human Agents—and Telling the World
A recent social media debate on insurance innovation was sparked by a State Farm TV ad in which the insurance giant celebrates the superiority of its thousands of human insurance agents compared to ...
MGAs in the Age of InsurTech
Once utilized to amplify the distribution channel or to serve as intermediaries between agents and insurance companies, managing general agencies today have new roles to play. In the "Age of ...
Who Will Cover Gig Workers for Injuries on the Job?
The rise of an on-demand economy once threatened to put workers compensation insurers in the hot seat, in large part because the question of how the sector could, or should, cover these individuals ...Another View: Bunker CEO Nitschke
Bunker, a startup broker focused on independent contractors and small businesses, sees gig workers and their workers compensation insurance needs as a lucrative proposition. "Bunker has worked with ...Workers Comp Alternatives for Gig Workers
While some workers comp carriers remain watchful as employee vs. contractor decisions play out in the courts and as gig economy growth figures shake out, others have seen the opportunity to flesh out ...
What TPAs Need to Move With Carriers’ Shifting Needs
It's a fast-moving, high-stress time in the insurance industry, with carriers racing to update systems, respond to market shifts, expand digital capabilities and, if those efforts succeed, offer ...
Challenge Accepted: Sorting, Scaling and Applying Web Data for Insurance
Big data is back. Once the darling buzzword of innovation, big data's buzzword status had been eclipsed by a trendier focus on forces of "disruption" and a passion for everything "digital." The ...