More Innovation Insights From Chubb’s Bidwell

When Carrier Management Editor Mark Hollmer interviewed Chubb's Chief Innovation Officer Jon Bidwell during a live Twitter chat in late April, Bidwell shared these insights about technology and ...

Cloud Benefits: Understanding Terms

For carriers just getting started with cloud computing, terms like "lift and shift," "cloud native" and "cloud bursting" may be unfamiliar. Below, we define some common terms. Lift and shift is the ...

Open Platform vs. Open Source

Karen Clark noted that her company's RiskInsight "open platform" currently is the only one in the industry already used by insurers and reinsurers. But what about the Oasis framework, launched by 21 ...

Leadership Insight: Karen Clark

Clark on Catastrophe Modeling: "The tricky thing about cat modeling is it is not all about the science and not all about the software. It is about having the right mix and then making sure that ...

Understanding Terminology

Core IT: The systems that provide core insurance functionality including policy administration, claims and billing. Many times these systems are old and are difficult to modify. Change is done using ...

By The Letters: Multiple Insurance Regulators

As the regulators and other entities influencing the regulations of U.S. insurance companies have multiplied around the world, it's become harder to keep track of them. Andy N. Mais and David S. ...

Blue Ocean Strategy

One of the many books published on strategy development is "Blue Ocean Strategy," in which authors W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, professors of strategy at INSEAD and co-directors of the INSEAD ...

About the Carrier Management/Jacobson Survey

While there have been many studies of succession planning, the Carrier Management/Jacobson Group survey is the only one to focus exclusively on P/C insurers, making it a valuable benchmarking ...