What Is Wrong With Our Industry? By Louis Fey All too often, overzealous adjusters try to manufacture ways to deny claims. The industry needs to return to its long-standing, high standards.
3 Ways Agents Should Market Digitally By Ori Ben-Yishai While agencies use social media and email to connect with prospects and clients and actively update websites, the language they use is key.
Insurance: The Land of Obscure Terms By Chris Burand Telling the insureds they must read and understand policies full of obscure terms is an awesome way to repel the public.
4 Ways to Improve Agent Experience By Tim Angiolillo Most innovation is focused on direct-to-consumer (DTC), yet most P&C insurance sales still happen through agents. They deserve some help.
Need Proof Policies Aren't Commodities? By Bill Wilson Many say insurance buyers do not need professional representation. Let’s dispel that ludicrous assertion through a scenario.
5 Predictions for Agents in 2018 By Jason Walker Competition, cost-effective technology and the need for growth create the perfect storm to finally transform agencies.
Why Are Direct-Sales Carriers Winning? By Bill Wilson Are there possible reasons for this alleged superior performance other than advertising and the use of direct, not agent-driven, sales?
8 Online Marketing Mistakes By Wendell Waldron If your marketing consists solely of trying to prove how great you are or how your rates are the lowest, you’ll find that nobody’s paying attention.
Lemonade's 'Synthetic Agent' Nonsense By Matteo Carbone Desperate for growth, Lemonade produces another howler: A lender receiving a 16% interest rate is presented as a (synthetic) agent.
Auto Insurance in an Existential Crisis By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers The 125-year-old, $300 billion U.S. auto insurance industry is caught between runaway inflation and strained consumer wallets.
The Promise of Continuous Underwriting By Bill Deemer Bobby Touran Typically, a risk is underwritten, bound... and forgotten. But new streams of data and automation allow for continuous underwriting.
Convergence and the Insurance Ecosystem By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers Companies must anticipate the future, innovate beyond their core and transform their capabilities as rapidly as technology allows.