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Solving the Right Problem: Customer Experience Starts With People
InsurTech has helped the insurance industry move forward in its race toward innovation, but industry leaders are cautioning insurers not to let excitement around new technology get ahead of them. "As ...
The Big Dog Is Off the Tech Porch: State Farm as ‘Next Gen Good Neighbor’
You'd have to roll back the calendar a few decades to find a time when competitive moves by the nation's biggest auto and home insurer were described with the phrase, "The big dog is off the porch." ...
Growth Going to be Hard: Abel Talks GEICO, Berkshire Tech Transformation
"It's not going to be easy to just restart the growth engine." Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel was referring to a challenge ahead of auto insurer GEICO during the annual meeting ...
Details TBD: Berkshire’s Jain, Abel Describe Tokio Marine Strategic Pact
Some details of a long-sought-after partnership with Tokio Marine aren't precisely defined, instead relying on the good faith dealings and reputation of the Japanese insurance giant, Berkshire ...
Berkshire, Cyber Risk and the Strait of Hormuz: Insurability Hinges on Price
During the recent Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel told shareholders that the conglomerate's decisions on investments and acquisitions depend on several factors, ...
Rational Market? How About ‘Dumb’ and ‘Bizarre’?
Industry executives who described insurance and reinsurance markets as "rational" in the not-so-distant past are now using words like "dumb" and "bizarre" to characterize soft-market competitor moves ...
AIG Completes CEO Succession Plan; Anderson to Take Reins
American International Group Inc. made it official with an announcement today that Eric Anderson will become president and CEO on June 1. Most recently a member of Aon Plc's executive committee, ...
‘The Arms Race Is On’: Chubb’s Greenberg on Mythos, Middle East
When it comes to Anthropic's Mythos as friend or foe, Chubb CEO Evan G. Greenberg said the "arms race is on." Speaking during a conference call to discuss first quarter earnings, Greenberg told ...