ITL FOCUS: Commercial Insurance By Insurance Thought Leadership ITL FOCUS is a monthly initiative featuring meaningful topics as they relate to innovation in the risk management and insurance industries.
Who Will Buy Direct and Why? By Karlyn Carnahan The question for insurers is how they want to address a growing desire by small businesses to purchase online.
P&C Commercial Lines in 2021 By Mark Breading The key question: Will insurers continue to pursue innovation in P&C commercial lines, or will they scale back and focus on optimization?
P&C Distribution: What's Old Is New By Mark Breading There are eight different models or options for insurers to consider -- but it's fair to ask if these distribution models are really new.
9 Months on: COVID and Workers' Comp By Kimberly George Mark Walls Does COVID open the door for future infectious disease coverage under workers’ comp? Likely, yes.
Election's Impact on Liability Insurance By Nick DiUlio Practically no issue will be left unaffected by the impending presidential election, including matters pertaining to liability insurance.
State of Commercial Insurance Market By Kimberly George Mark Walls Every company today is different than it was six months ago. All risk profiles have likely changed.
AI Investment in Commercial Lines By Karen Pauli The big question for insurers is – which of the six AI technologies drive the most value for commercial lines?
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.