2017 Priorities for Innovation, Automation By Michael de Waal In 2016, our entire industry went from one that was slow to adopt emerging technologies to one that is well on its way toward digital transformation.
Insurance is Not a Commodity? Hmmm By Mike Manes We service professionals all too often tend to define our business model in terms of products and services offered rather than clients served.
How to Lead Change in an Organization By William Freitag No matter how we motivate people, and no matter how organized we are, our change efforts will suffer if we don’t accept human emotion.
5 Questions to Ask on Capabilities By Maria Ferrante-Schepis Over and over again, we’ve seen companies focus on the optics of innovation, not the hard work that achieves real innovation.
5 Cs of Transformation in Insurance By Shwetank Verma "I’m sure my Amazon and Netflix recommendations are very different from yours. Yet, we treat insurance customers as nearly identical."
Next Generation of Insurance Services By Donna Galer Insurers will need to truly understand what the customer wants or values -- but collecting that information is very hard.
4 Ways to Manage Remote Workers By Michael de Waal Creating a team atmosphere can be very difficult with virtual staff, whether employees or contractors -- and 37% are now telecommuting.
How to Lead After a Death By Bob VandePol When death by suicide strikes the workplace, employees immediately look to its leadership for direction.
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.
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.