Giants and Innovators

The giant innovator on the cover of this edition teases to the content in these pages, including the accounts of two executives of insurance industry giants, who describe investments in technology to ...

Is It Time to Sell the Building?

Even though representatives of Lloyd's of London prepared the world for the news last year, last month's headlines prompted some stunned reactions. One of those headlines—"Lloyd's Weighs Future of ...

Forging Ahead: Getting Past Roadblocks

Devoted readers of Carrier Management's magazine will remember that we ended the year with a special feature on geospatial information systems—a collection of technologies involved with mapping the ...

When Will the ‘Climate’ Change?

During the recent InsureTech Connect conference, Pranav Pasricha, global head of P&C Solutions for Swiss Re, made this observation while talking about property insurance innovations: ...

Beyond the Hype: How to Value InsurTechs

Why is it so hard for property/casualty insurance carrier professionals to accept the idea that InsurTechs are bringing value to the insurance industry—and changing it for the better? I have found ...

Making Connections

"All Black folks have a drawer." The comment may have gone unnoticed at an insurance gathering last year, when Sylvia Alston, managing partner of Momentum Risk Partners, tossed it out quietly as she ...

Who Do You Trust? When Behavioral Science Fails

Late last week, I was reviewing my Twitter feed and came across a tweet that made no sense to me. While it's a common occurrence for me to be baffled by Twitter exchanges, this particular tweet ...

Is a Safer World Possible?

Back in 2011, the publishing company I used to work for hired a new editor. He was the recipient of multiple awards for outstanding journalism, but insurance was a totally new gig for him. As a ...