Shared Services 2.0: Creating a Culture to Support Growth and Innovation
As companies grow, many adopt a shared services operating model. As the name implies, this approach consolidates products and common functions at headquarters — often ...
Strategy
Inflation a Blessing for Root: Q1 Profit Is Proof Point of Data Science Strategy
There was a moment in first-quarter 2021 when InsurTech Root met a long-desired loss ratio target, sending a promising signal that the cash-burning startup was squarely ...
Beyond Carvana: Root Bullish on Embedded Insurance Distribution
Although three strategic pillars guide investments in technology and data science at InsurTech Root, the second pillar—one focused on "meeting customers where they ...
AI and APIs: Essential Tools for Zurich Insurance Group’s Digital Leap
Early adopters of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) tools are working hard to employ the technology, which can help insurers innovate, enhance customer ...
Lockton Re: Hypothetical Cyber Event Offers Carriers an Opportunity to Review Risks
A simulated cyber catastrophe highlights the benefits and problems cyber insurance carriers will encounter as a result, according to a report released by Lockton Re. The report, "A Kaleidoscope of ...
Viewpoint: You’re at a Competitive Disadvantage If You’re Not Innovating
"Innovative" is not the word I'd use to describe the personal lines insurance space. Industry veterans even affectionately refer to insurance carriers as "slow first ...
Ready or Not, 80% of P/C Insurers Aim to Use AI for Biz Decisions This Year
Two-thirds of property/casualty insurers plan to start using AI in operational decisions this year, according to a survey, which also reveals that nearly all insurers already using AI have been ...
AXA’s CEO Buberl Wants to ‘Scale Up’ Corporate Business
AXA SA's Chief Executive Officer Thomas Buberl says he intends to "scale up" the firm's business insuring corporate risks in the next phase of the firm's growth. "In a highly volatile and highly ...
Open Letter to Carriers: R&D Investment Needed to Close the Gap
What is the purpose of the insurance sector? Presumably, it's to provide financial security to individuals, enterprises and communities by transferring risk in a way that ...
How Loggerhead Moved to Snap Up 110,000+ Progressive Policies in Florida
In early 2021, former executives with the Auto Club Insurance Co. of Florida, affiliated with AAA, decided to form a new property insurance company in Florida — even ...