Marrying Incumbents and Startups (Part 2) By Marina Cvetkovic Legacy leaders hold on to the rules. Startup leaders abandon them. Disruptive leaders write new ones but always explain why.
The Risk in A.M. Best's Innovation Scoring By Mark Webb The risk is that insurers will not do the thorough risk analysis necessary before launching and implementing significant technology initiatives.
How Incumbents Can Smother Startups By Amy Radin Too few people in the corporate world act on the recognition that their people, policies and processes can absolutely affect startups’ survival.
Marrying Incumbents and Startups (Part 1) By Marina Cvetkovic Disruptive leaders stand in the middle – able to speak both the language of the legacy world and the language of the startup world.
ROI Study on Customer Experience By Jon Picoult A Watermark study vividly illustrates the financial benefit of a great customer experience – for insurers, in particular.
A New Approach to Marketing By Lewis Fein A BizBio--an image alongside a name--can be used to convey the credentials of an insurance executive or firm.
Key Difference in Leaders vs. Managers By Mike Manes Today, there is ambiguity in the role of leadership. Many people who need to be leaders are actually serving in a management role.
How to 'Detangle' Your IT Issues By Bobbie Shrivastav Trying to detangle the spider-web information systems that exist in organizations today is a lot like bargaining with a four-year-old.
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.