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How to Win in Today’s U.S. Commercial Lines Market
Competition is fierce in the U.S. commercial lines market. Expectations continue to increase in terms of price, product and service. Distributors are pressuring insurers to increase commissions and ...
How AI Will Revive Auto Insurance
Is auto insurance going to vanish as autonomous vehicles take over the roads? Will people be completely hands off their steering wheels in the next five to 10 years? Currently, the auto insurance ...
Disrupting Distribution: What’s Changing, and Why Digital Marketing Is More Important Than Ever Before
Independent agents and brokers play a critical role in the insurance ecosystem. According to the Insurance Information Institute, independent agents and brokers account for more than 40 percent of ...
Getting Teams to Work (When No One Wants To)
We love teams, but wherever we look, we see a sad truth: Most teams underperform. A large part of the reason relates to passion—often teams have members who simply have no interest in being there. ...
VCs Used to Ignore Insurance; Now They Are Drawn to It
Something interesting has happened. After years of displaying little interest, venture capitalists now see insurance startups as a tantalizing investment target. What's more, venture investor ...
P/C: It’s Not Personal Anymore
The year 2018 promises to be full of exciting opportunities for the insurance industry. Or maybe it's going to be a year of profound threats. The way you will experience the coming months depends a ...
Executive Profile: How to Drive Change Within the Industry
Pina Albo began her career as a lawyer in Toronto, Canada. After practicing in real estate, corporate finance and M&A, she started at Munich Re as a claims expert. During her 25-year career at ...
Reflecting on Our Mission: Why I Am Proud to Work in Insurance
What is an insurance carrier to a business owner? For any business owner who hasn't taken the full measure of his or her insurance policy, the check he sends to a carrier often appears to be nothing ...