Content from Susanne Sclafane
Taking a Test Drive: A Carrier CEO Tour of RiskMatch
A carrier CEO who logs onto RiskMatch—the new platform created by Kabir Syed to enhance the relationships of carriers and brokers—is greeted by a screen with a big number in the upper right-hand ...
Who Is Kabir Syed and Why Did He Launch RiskMatch?
During his nearly two decades in the industry, Kabir Syed, founder and CEO of RiskMatch, has held leadership positions in marketing, strategic planning, operations and analytics—most notably at ...
RiskMatch: Unlocking $120B in Premium Opportunities for Carriers
With an ultimate goal of onboarding 97 brokers handling $120 billion of premium on its platform, a new entrant in the world of broker analytics offers carriers a clearer window into relationships ...
Computers Writing Earnings Reports
Unless you follow me on Twitter (@SSCLAF or @CarrierMgmt), you probably missed what I viewed as one of the recent highlights of the IICF Women in Insurance Regional Forum. There was lots of good ...
Deal Analysis: Why Validus Is Buying Western World
The combination of Validus Holdings and Western World Insurance Group fills in "missing pieces" for both organizations, Validus' chairman said Tuesday, detailing finer points of a $690 million deal ...
Duperreault and Two Sigma: Marrying Tech, Analytics and Underwriting in Bermuda
It is hardly unusual to read about hedge funds partnering with insurance and reinsurance companies in Bermuda these days. On that score, the launch of Hamilton Insurance Group might seem like more of ...
Let’s Dance, Say Reinsurance Leaders With Mergers on Their Minds
Even though his appetite is temporarily sated from two key acquisitions in recent years, the leader of SCOR says the M&A "dancing floor will be open" across the reinsurance industry going ...
Mining Underwriting Opportunities With CoMeta
Speaking during a session at the Advisen Casualty Insights conference in March, Robert Reville, the chief executive officer of Praedicat, noted that while all mass litigation, historically, has been ...