A Surprising Way to Achieve Price Competitiveness

How can a company liberate itself from the death spiral of product commoditization? Competing on price is generally a losing proposition—and a very exhausting way to run a business. But when a ...

The Uberization of Insurance and Pac-Man

Much has been written about innovation in the insurance industry as well as Google's Compare, USAA's recent participation in Compare, Liberty Mutual's venture with Nest, big data, etc. What is really ...

Too Much Capital, Too Little Return

Finding attractive investment opportunities is a familiar challenge in a world of low to negative yields, tight spreads and high equity prices. In this year's Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) ...

Getting Well Soon: More Information

Sources cited in the accompanying article, "Getting Well Soon: The Next Trillion-Dollar Industry for P/C Insurers?" by ISO's Jim Weiss include the following articles: For relationship between drowsy ...

How Great Leaders Display Authenticity

Today, we are finding that organizations around the world are changing their attitudes toward leadership. Leadership has been written and talked about for decades, with great authors defining it in ...

Insurers Collaborate to Help Underserved Markets

In January, industry heavyweights from the property/casualty insurance underwriting and brokerage world announced a plan to improve risk protection for underserved markets in developing countries by ...