Perception v. Reality on Police Brutality By Mark Walls Courts have not ruled that officers must deescalate the situation before using deadly force, but is the public demanding it?
P&C Insurers: Come Out of the Dark Ages By Tom Hammond Why can't insurers meet the speed and performance of a customer experience leader like Amazon? In a nutshell, siloed legacy systems.
WC's Version of 'Room Where It Happens' By Teddy Snyder Like Aaron Burr, injured workers want to be in the room where it happens. Instead, they are frequently shut out of discussions on claims.
How to Reinvent P&C Pricing By Donald Light The race is on to find the next insurance credit score—and the winners (if there are winners) will gain a pricing (and underwriting) edge.
Commercial Lines: Out From the Shadows By Mark Breading Often, new technologies and solutions are tried for personal lines first. Insurtechs are moving to small commercial.
How to Settle Tough WC Cases By Teddy Snyder Many workers' comp cases are oh-so-close to settling but never get there. A "mediator's proposal" can try to bridge the gap, without risk.
An Ignored Cause of Workers' Comp Fraud By J. Bradley Young Everyone wants to close a workers' comp claim quickly. That can save money -- but works against attempts to head off fraud.
When You Know the Claim Should Settle By Teddy Snyder It’s hard to play in the same game on workers' comp when one of you is at Dodger Stadium in L.A. and the other is at Angel Stadium in Anaheim.
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.