Mutual Insurance: Back to the Future? By Michael Morrissey After a wave of of de-mutualizations two-plus decades ago in a number of developed countries, mutuals are making a comeback.
Negotiation: No Winner, No Loser By Chris Purcell Negotiation doesn't necessarily need to involve a “winner” and a “loser.” It's possible for both parties to walk away a winner.
A Shift to Service, Away From Price? By Michael Morrissey Insurance providers are no longer able to compete primarily on price and are focusing their efforts on ways to please their customers.
How to Keep Goals From Blowing Up By Jon Picoult Put on your contrarian hat for a moment. Think of all the bad things that could happen if your staff focused, to a fault, on the goal you’ve set.
Ranking States' Websites By Elizabeth Renter State insurance agency sites vary widely on providing people with useful, timely information. Texas is best. New Mexico is, well....
Missed Opportunity for Customer Insight By Paul Laughlin Marketing automation systems show a lack of integration of customer insight. This is such a missed opportunity.
26 Most Important Words in Business By Mike Manes The second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary contains 171,476 words in current use. Here are the 26 most important for businesses.
Give Consumers the Experience They Want By Seth Birnbaum Success is simple. Just give your consumers the experience they want, through personalization and data analytics.
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.