Adding Transparency to Life Settlements By Lucas Siegel Transparency prevents relationship-based decisions and gives all stakeholders confidence that the buying process is fair.
Breathing Life Into Life Insurance By Sammy Rubin To meet the needs of modern consumers, life insurers' products must be accessible, user-friendly and valuable to users’ everyday lives.
Impact of PTSD on Workers' Comp Costs By Bruce Spidell States have been broadening or establishing eligibility for workers' comp benefits for PTSD, and COVID may accelerate the trend.
How Synthetic Data Aids in Healthcare By Artsiom Balabanau Using synthetic data means important analysis and innovation can be done without associating particular people with their medical records.
The Need for Speed in Underwriting By Jason Mandel Driven by the need to slow or stop the spread of COVID-19, accelerated underwriting may save lives while increasing sales of life insurance.
Construction Workers’ Mental Well-Being By Calvin Beyer Contractors need to challenge the status quo and the cultural acceptance of fatigue as a necessary evil of a demanding industry.
Using Home Equity to Fund Estate Planning By Jason Mandel By using life insurance to create an estate plan, qualified borrowers can turn rising house prices into tax-free income.
Aduhelm – and What's Wrong in Healthcare By Paul Seegert Even though 10 of 11 scientists on an FDA panel voted not to approve the new Alzheimer's drug, Medicare may spend $56 billion a year on it.
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.