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Where Carriers Fall Short of Agents’ Expectations: Channel Harvest Survey
There appears to be a misalignment between carrier performance and independent agents' expectations in both personal and commercial lines, according to a new survey. In commercial lines, agents ...
Age of InsurTechs Poses Unique Challenges for Surplus Lines Insurance Industry
Over the last year or so, the insurance industry has seen technological advances driving new products and distribution means to market. We have seen InsurTech blossom from a term to describe the ...
Data Analytics: The ‘Buy vs. Build’ Question
Insurers have long wrestled with the question of whether it is better for them to buy or build their information technology; that is, whether it is better for them to develop their own proprietary ...
Leadership and Legacy: When Enough Is Enough at the Top
When to retire is one of the toughest decisions for any executive to make. For a CEO at the top of the pyramid, the decision is rife with complexities. Not only must the CEO relinquish day-to-day ...
Using Cognitive Computing for Workers Comp Claims
Armed with cognitive computing technologies, the property/casualty insurance industry is making it more difficult to perpetrate claims fraud successfully. Employers, insurers and the economy at large ...
Leading the Hidden Piece of the Lloyd’s Market
Big data and analytics have become insurance industry buzzwords in recent years, but for Helen Crooks, chief data officer at Lloyd's of London, data has been a longtime passion and has defined her ...
Eyes Wide Open: Biometrics, Blockchain Create New Challenges
A retail store's ability to authenticate customers by scanning their unique ear or retinal patterns may seem like something out of a sci-fi movie, but this type of identification technology isn't ...
Data Connectivity in a Carrier: Solving a Common Problem
As an insurance carrier executive, how often have you asked for an internal data report only to be told it will take weeks or months and thousands of dollars to develop and cannot be easily modified ...