Broken Trust, Insurance Industry Included By Alan Demers Stephen Applebaum The public reaction to the assassination of UnitedHealthcare's CEO shows that the insurance industry faces a profound problem.
Modernizing Life & Annuities for Millennials By Brad Medd Rather than viewing annuities as products that are simply “sold, not bought,” the industry must evolve to take advantage of a historic opportunity.
Why Obesity Rates Won't Stop Rising By Jack Shaw The government must partner with organizations and insurers to increase the availability of obesity medications.
Can AI Serve as a Concierge? By Lawrence Krasner Bobbie Shrivastav Life insurers need to provide customers a more human experience, and AI can serve up poignant insights, at the moment of truth, when it matters most.
How About One, Universal Life Insurance Application? By Howard Wolkowitz The current approach means agents, brokers, and consumers often settle for a less competitive company and rating and more expensive product.
The Future of Long-Term Care Insurance By Dharam Khalsa How can we widen coverage and ensure more Americans enter retirement with the financial protection they need?
How Sports Are Insured By Michael Giusti The NCAA is now mandating that schools give their athletes medical coverage that will extend two years after the athlete completes their eligibility.
A Novel Approach to Curbing Healthcare Costs By Insurance Thought Leadership In this Future of Risk interview, Quizzify CEO Al Lewis lays out an unconventional, bottoms-up approach to healthcare: He educates consumers to only pursue care that will likely benefit them and not expose them to harm.
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.