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CEO Viewpoint: How Drones Are Changing the Face of the Insurance Business
Sometimes it takes a tragedy—maybe even two tragedies—to change a paradigm. But just as Houston and parts of the west coast of Florida will never be the same after the double disasters of ...
Executive Perspective: Our Time to Lead; Risk Remains When Waters Recede
As I record these thoughts, Hurricane Irma has been downgraded to a tropical depression after having lashed Florida and more than a half-dozen Caribbean Islands. The storm led to 6.3 million Florida ...
Carriers Must Do Better Job Educating Consumers About Deductibles: IRC Report
A perfect storm is brewing. As hurricane season ramps up on the East Coast, a new report from the Insurance Research Council (IRC) reveals that many homeowners insurance customers don't understand ...
A View From the Outside: Global Futurist Uldrich Sees ‘Seismic Shifts’ for Insurance Industry
"We'll see more change in the next 25 years than we've seen in the last 100," a futurist told insurance professionals at a meeting in late 2014. Jack Uldrich, speaking at a Casualty Actuarial Society ...
Editor’s Letter: Insurance Tomorrowland: Back to the Future
During a presentation about the potential of blockchain to transform the insurance industry, Dr. Magdalena Ramada Sarasota, senior economist for Willis Towers Watson, raised some provocative ...
Survivors and Game-Changers: Lemonade’s Schreiber Explains What Disruption Looks Like
During an insurance conference in late March this year, a chief executive officer shared the following separate ideas with an audience of InsurTech leaders and analysts: "If you set out to compete ...
Reinsurers Concerned About Cyber Risks Despite Growth Opportunities
Cyber risks continue to morph and grow rapidly around the world, spurring ever-increasing demand for insurance that addresses the risks at hand. Some broker experts who follow the sector see ...
Rating the Cybersecurity Rating Firms: How Accurate Are They?
In just a few years, a growing crop of cybersecurity ratings firms has sprouted to assess the vulnerability of businesses to withstand cyber attacks, scoring them on a scale from good to bad. Key ...