How to Avoid Snarl of N. Korea Sanctions By Omer Eilat As sanctions enforcement widens, insurtech can help firms spot bad actors and avoid transacting with suspect vessels.
Facebook, WhatsApp Are Dangerous By Vivek Wadhwa If these companies were cars, Facebook would be the one without safety belts — and WhatsApp the one without brakes.
Gradually and Then Suddenly... By Joel Baker Learning from how a Hemingway character went bankrupt, Canada is becoming a regulatory innovation hub for the global insurtech community.
If India Overcomes Its Inferiority Complex By Vivek Wadhwa The Walmart acquisition of Flipkart may convince Indians that the best opportunities are not in Silicon Valley but at home. Then look out.
India's Coming of Age in Digital By Vivek Wadhwa Walmart’s acquisition of Flipkart demonstrates Indian e-commerce’s coming of age -- and argues for protectionism.
Global Trend Map No. 18: Europe (Part 2) By Alexander Cherry Innovative distribution is only part of the story for European insurers seeking to engage digitally savvy and ever-more-demanding consumers.
Global Trend Map No. 17: Europe By Alexander Cherry Disruption has definitely arrived in Europe, and the European market may be marginally ahead of the North American market.
Global Trend Map No. 16: Regions By Alexander Cherry Here is a look at the insurance and insurtech trends in the world's seven key regions.
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.