Technology & Analytics
PwC’s Rao on Innovation
This article is part of our insurance innovators interview series. Anand Rao, Principal, PwC U.S. Advisory Practice Q1: In your view, what has been the greatest innovation in the P/C insurance ...
XL Catlin’s McGavick on Innovation
This article is part of our insurance innovators interview series. Mike McGavick, Chief Executive Officer, XL Catlin Q1: In your view, what has been the greatest innovation in the P/C insurance ...
Why Facebook, Data Brokers Are Medical Plaintiff Lawyers’ Best Friends
For ambulance chasers, persistence and a phone book just don't cut it anymore. Law firms, which once relied on television commercials, billboards, and cold calling numbers in the white pages to find ...
Milliman’s Pixel Gives Insurers Custom View of Competition’s Impact
Consulting and actuarial firm Milliman announced the availability a competitive intelligence tool for insurance companies last week called Pixel. According to Milliman, Pixel is a web-based, ...
Florida Bans Price Optimization; Insurers Question Definition
A memorandum released last week by Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty warning insurers in the state not to use price optimization in rating has gotten cheers from a consumer advocate group ...
Cloud Benefits: Understanding Terms
For carriers just getting started with cloud computing, terms like "lift and shift," "cloud native" and "cloud bursting" may be unfamiliar. Below, we define some common terms. Lift and shift is the ...
Are Insurance Carriers Ready to Jump Up Into the Cloud?
In increasing numbers, enterprises around the globe are adding public clouds to their technology portfolios. According to Forrester, adoption of public clouds by all types of business enterprises ...
Aon Benfield Launches Canada Flood Model to Help Manage Exposures
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield's catastrophe model development team, has developed a fully probabilistic flood model for Canada to help insurers and reinsurers better underwrite and manage their ...