Executive Viewpoint
CEO Viewpoints: How Carriers, Reinsurers Are Reacting to Inflation
During an industry conference last week, leaders of three property/casualty insurance organizations addressed a question about opportunities in the personal, commercial and reinsurance markets by ...
Viewpoint: Closing the Gap on Insurance to Value in Property Policies
Inadequate valuation of physical assets in property policies results in a shortfall in premium collected, which in turn hinders the ability to rebuild fully after a loss. This is a problem for ...
Viewpoint: Why Embedded Insurance Is Bad for Consumers and Insurers
In my view, embedded insurance is everything that is wrong with the startup approach to insurance. Rather than look at things from the consumer's perspective and ask how it helps them, embedded looks ...
Louisiana Blueprint: How to Repair Florida’s Home Insurance Market
Florida's home insurance market has been in crisis for years, and recent tort reform aims to reduce claims costs by putting an end to frivolous lawsuits, a welcome development in a state where ...
Executive Viewpoint: Realizing the Benefits of Predictive Models, AI for Cat Claims
Being a claims professional in today's world is much more complex compared to the past 10 years — or even just five. The insurance industry is experiencing rapid technological advancements, ...
Executive Viewpoint: Taking the Next Step on Cyber War Exclusions
Cyber insurance has been a success story since the late 1990s, offering companies protection for one of their leading emerging risks. In my opinion, the most important requirement to manage an ...
The Waves of Innovation in InsurTech: Reflections From a First Wave Startup Co-Founder
The world of InsurTech has changed dramatically since 2015, when I teamed up with my MIT classmate, Rashmi Melgiri, to found CoverWallet. Our goal was to reinvent commercial insurance leveraging data ...
CEO Reflections: Thoughts on Long-Term Leadership
I was initially hesitant when asked to share my thoughts on leadership. A quick Google search will yield thousands of entries—books, articles, online classes, coaching services, conferences, even ...