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Social Media a Key Driver of Political Risk in Emerging Markets: WTW
New technology such as social media has become a key driver of political risk in emerging markets, according to Willis Towers Watson's Political Risk Index Winter Update. The report notes that ...
FCC Pledges to Clarify Key Social Media Legal Protections
Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said Thursday the agency will move forward to set new rules to clarify the meaning of a key legal protection for social media companies. The ...
How @ZurichNA Used Social Media to Reach Customers After #Hurricane Michael
You might think that when a major hurricane makes landfall in the United States, Zurich North America employees have more important things to do than to peruse Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For ...
Traditional Insurers Rank Higher in Digital Competence, But InsurTechs Gaining Speed: Gartner L2 Study
Traditional insurers dominated the field in a new study analyzing digital competence—but InsurTechs are fast on their heels. The Gartner L2 Digital IQ Index surveyed 49 insurers operating in the ...
What Data Carriers Should Collect from Agents and Why
When it comes to sales and marketing, carriers that distribute through independent agencies are not in control. Many carriers have put significant focus on data and analytics within their own ...
Social Media: Good and Bad for Insurers, Claims
A blessing and a curse is how one industry expert described social media in relation to claims handling, while another said it offered a way for insurers and claims departments to voice ...
IACP Conference Report: Social Media’s Impact on Incidents Involving Police Use of Deadly Force
In an exclusive interview with our sister publication Claims Journal, Brian Gainer, a presenter at this year's annual International Association of Claim Professionals' conference held recently in ...
Will Big Data, Social Networking Scores Remove Risk-Sharing From Insurance?
When people take to Twitter to comment on the great evening they enjoyed with good food and wonderful friends, reducing their monthly insurance bill is probably the last thing on their mind. But such ...