Executive Viewpoint
VC Funding Could Dry Up, InsurTech Exec Says
The days of VC funds and strategic investors throwing money at InsurTechs may be numbered, an InsurTech executive warned fellow startup leaders late last year during a presentation at an InsurTech ...
Will Emotion AI Make Human P/C Claims Adjusters Obsolete?
Renowned machine learning researcher and New York Times bestselling author Kai-fu Lee has described the era we are living in as "the age of implementation," a time period during which artificial ...
Executive Viewpoint: In 2020, InsurTechs Will Lead the Way
The year 2019 has been a defining one for InsurTechs and, in many ways, has set the pace for what's to come. No longer are legacy companies the presumed leaders of the industry, as we've seen ...
Carrier Executive Viewpoint: Why We Should Get Involved in Tech User Groups
Today's technology user groups are booming. Independent agency principals, producers, tech staff and customer service representatives all see value when they join peers in gaining and sharing ...
What We Can’t Control: Carrier CFO
As property/casualty insurance leaders work to map out strategies year after year, they face a laundry list of external forces that impact their businesses—many beyond their control. "We must adapt ...
InsurTechs to Watch (The Distribution Channel): Veruna
In spite of numerous predictions to the contrary, agents have a future in the property/casualty insurance business, and Veruna aims to give them control over their technology and their future, ...
InsurTechs to Watch (The Distribution Channel): AVYST
AVYST is a tech firm on a mission to clean up the non-digital clutter of the pre-submission and submission processes for carriers and for their agent and broker partners, according to Kitty Ambers, ...
InsurTechs to Watch (The Distribution Channel): Bold Penguin
A former Allstate agent, Ilya Bodner, CEO and Founder of Bold Penguin, came to recognize that one thing was missing in the industry that would help agents and carriers both meet their goals—a ...