Can AI Solve Underlying Data Problems? By Jennifer Carroll Forward-thinking insurance agencies are ready to put AI to work, but for many, the data just isn’t up to the challenge.
How to Thrive as an Agent in 2024 By Kaitlyn Taylor Embrace AI, encourage customers to reflect on their insurance needs and talk to carriers about their evolving goals and appetite.
How Agents Can Find More and Better Leads By Jason Wootton The old way of generating qualified leads is failing. Digital performance marketing might be the answer.
AI’s Place in Insurance Infrastructure By Jackie Morales Understanding how data can give carriers insights is key, but AI won’t draw accurate conclusions on its own.
The Sales Funnel Is Obsolete By Faheem Shakeel Customers now have a number of ways to discover, research and purchase policies, so the customer journey has become less linear.
Interview with Allister Yu By Insurance Thought Leadership Allister Yu Paul Carroll, ITL Editor-in-Chief, and Allister Yu, Senior VP Operations at Rhoads Online Institute, discuss the transformative impact of automation in the insurance industry.
How Parametric Insurance Fills in Gaps By Gethin Jones With many carriers excluding certain natural catastrophe perils, brokers can fill coverage gaps for clients with parametric policies.
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.
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.