Insurance Needs a New Vocabulary By Paul Carroll Everyone wants to improve the customer experience, but look at the vocabulary we use. Many words are opaque, and some are even offensive.
#InsuranceMarketing: How to Use Hashtags By Shefi Ben Hutta Insurers have caught on to the hashtag trend to bolster their brands, share topics and feed aspirations -- but some are better than others.
Dinner With Warren Buffett (Part 1) By Tony Canas Buffett's timeless advice, over 38 years of writing to shareholders, includes: Uncertainty is okay as long as the price is right.
MyPath: Engage the Next Generation By Alexander Vandevere An industrywide coalition, MyPath, has formed to engage Millennials and get them excited about careers in insurance.
How to Develop an Innovation Perspective By Mike Fitzgerald Because firms must now provide more and cut costs at the same time, planning must include an "innovation perspective."
How Milton Friedman Got It Wrong By Colin Baird When Milton Friedman said -- and American leaders believed -- that companies had no social responsibilities, he made a major error.
A Manager's Response to Workplace Suicide By Jodi Jacobson Frey Because of the likelihood that a business will experience a workplace suicide at some point, managers need to be ready to respond.
Thought Leader in Action: At Google By Jeff Pettegrew Google's director of risk management finds himself at the edge of innovation. How do you assess "moonshots" like the driverless car?
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.
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).