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Want Smarter Machines? Let Underwriters Train Them
This article is part of Carrier Management's series on the Future of Insurance. Arun Balakrishnan, CEO, Xceedance, believes more personalized risk assessment is possible in the future with IoT data ...
The Importance of Soft Skills in Data Science
When most insurers think of data science in their industry, naturally it is mostly about numbers and turning abstract data into correlations that become actionable business intelligence. However, ...
How XL Catlin Built a $2B Customer-Focused Construction Business From the Ground Up
XL Catlin's North America Construction insurance business recently hit a major milestone, surpassing the $2 billion gross written premium mark. In other words, in its six-and-a-half years of ...
Looking Back: How the Top 25 P/C Insurers Changed in the 25 Years Since Andrew
Twenty-five years ago in August, Hurricane Andrew shook up the property/casualty insurance and reinsurance markets, analysts from Assured Research noted in two recent research reports recognizing the ...
Confessions of a Recovering Underwriter and InsurTech Founder
"So…you'll be CEO of a website???" That was my parents' confused reaction two years ago, after I spent 30 minutes walking through the rationale behind why I was going to leave the traditional ...
Insurance Distribution Is Evolving Into a Core System
With technology advancements and expansion racing one another in the insurance industry, it's becoming ever more evident that distribution is evolving into a core system. Insurers haven't said so in ...
Zurich NA CEO Foley: Why Now Is the Time for More White-Collar Apprenticeships
Following the Trump administration's "Workforce Development Week," I'm particularly appreciative of the administration's support for apprenticeships as a way to spur job growth. There simply aren't ...
Brokers vs. Carriers: ‘A Classic Sign of a Soft Market’
Chief executive officers of property/casualty insurance brokers and P/C insurance carriers called each other out last week for engaging in activities they said were "classic signs of a soft market." ...