Viewpoints
Eyewitness to Hurricane Destruction: TOPA Insurance CEO Shares Caribbean Experiences
When Topa Insurance Group President and CEO John Donahue arrived in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) just a few days after Hurricane Irma hit, one of the first things he noticed aside from the utter ...
Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon Give Insurers Innovation Inspiration
As insurers seek inspiration to drive innovation, it makes sense to turn to modern-day tech titans to find useful ideas that might be adapted for the insurance industry. Innovation is the lifeblood ...
CEO Viewpoint: How Biz Insurers Can Jump on the E-Commerce Bandwagon
It seems like InsurTech has become the term du jour over the last nine months. It is often used to imply destruction, disintermediation, disruption and disaster (the four Ds) for the insurance ...
AIG CEO Duperreault Embraces Empathy, Other Millennial-Centric Changes at Insurer
American International Group CEO Brian Duperreault said his company has recently taken some important steps to make its job environment more amenable to younger, tech-savvy employees. Among the ...
Allstate CEO Wilson Urges Congress to Overhaul Federal Flood Insurance Program
Allstate Corp's Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson on Tuesday called on U.S. lawmakers to overhaul a government subsidized flood insurance program, calling for a more streamlined system that does not ...
Employer Leadership in Disaster Recovery and the Power of Return-to-Work
Businesses and their leaders have a unique role to play in helping communities and individuals recover from the devastation of a storm like Hurricane Harvey, and they should not underestimate the ...
Executive Perspective: Our Time to Lead; Risk Remains When Waters Recede
As I record these thoughts, Hurricane Irma has been downgraded to a tropical depression after having lashed Florida and more than a half-dozen Caribbean Islands. The storm led to 6.3 million Florida ...
A View From the Outside: Global Futurist Uldrich Sees ‘Seismic Shifts’ for Insurance Industry
"We'll see more change in the next 25 years than we've seen in the last 100," a futurist told insurance professionals at a meeting in late 2014. Jack Uldrich, speaking at a Casualty Actuarial Society ...