A Telematics Future: Don’t Forget Insurance Agents

A View Into the Future of Car Insurance: When Driver Scores Replace Credit Scores

Offering a view into the future of auto insurance, the leader of a mobility data and analytics firm said during a recent interview that he foresees a time when drivers ...

Are Captives the Answer for Uninsured HOAs? Utah Opens Door

PFAS by the Numbers: $165B Ground-Up* Litigation Losses Possible

When Frank Demento received a mailing from managers of his water district on Long Island last year, the news it contained seemed pretty good.

Judgment Day

In May 2022, a judge at the U.S. District Court in Texas ruled that IBM had breached a 2015 licensing agreement signed with a competitor, BMC Software Inc., awarding BMC ...

Middle Manager Is the Middle Child

The middle child breaks up fights, mediates disputes, and smooths the differences between older and younger siblings. They carry the weight of family responsibilities and ...

The Future of Reserving Is…Complicated

Reserving is, on the face of it, one of the simpler elements of actuarial science (once companies get past the nuances of triangular data tables). They look at the way ...

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 ...

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 ...