Insurtech: The Year in Review By Sam Evans If 2016 was when “some” insurers started innovating, 2017 will be remembered as the year when “all” insurers jumped on the bandwagon.
The Comparative Rating Illusion By Bill Wilson Independent agents have been doing comparative rating for decades. And, in person or online, it’s a dangerous thing.
Roadblocks to Good Customer Relations By Jim Leftwich A good customer relationship management (CRM) system makes it possible to “keep it personal” while providing superior service.
The Customer Service Dichotomy By Mark Breading Before we rush headlong into new customer service options, let's look at the reality of technology-based interactions today.
How to Drive More Quotes By Nazli Yuzak CRO is a data-driven approach to taking the user experience to a higher level to transform more site visitors into paying customers.
Distribution: About To Get Personal By Rick Huckstep The supply chain will co-exist with brands and within ecosystems unconnected to insurance. Carriers will be irrelevant.
How Is Marine the Heart of Insurtech? By Sam Evans As with many parts of insurtech, the underlying driver is the move from pure risk transfer to risk mitigation, and from prevention to prediction.
5 Ways to Enhance Client Engagement By Julie Littlechild Instead of thinking about best practices in our industry, don’t we need to look at how other industries are innovating and see the implications?
The Experience/Efficiency Paradox By Rory Yates Insurers must move from the manufacturing era (efficiency through administrative scale) to the ecosystem era (maximizing the value of a relationship).
Changing Expectations on Mobile Payments By Julie Schieni 41% of millennials with insurance purchased it with their mobile device, and other generations are moving in that direction, too.
Are We Losing Our Negotiating Power? By Taylor Smith John Burge The plaintiff bar has investigated a staggering amount of money to improve its data on claims settlements. Insurance industry lawyers are way behind..
Continuous Improvement Comes to Insurance By Tom Bobrowski Process intelligence tools let operations leaders “see” digital products being built, enabling use of statistical process control techniques.