'It’s Life, Jim, but Not as We Know It' (Part 3) By Onno Bloemers Don’t just copy other life insurers; learn from the best-in-class companies outside your own sector and apply these principles to your own business.
PPOs and the $444 Box of Kleenex By Dave Chase Healthcare providers set astronomical, arbitrary prices, and employers and insurers have few options. But a solution is emerging. #PPOGate
Taming of the Skew in Healthcare Data By Laura Gardner In healthcare data, two types of “skew” must be tamed. They require very different approaches. The gains can be huge.
How Amazon Could Disrupt Care (Part 2) By Chunka Mui Imagine healthcare customer satisfaction rising to Amazon-like levels. The potential value is not lost on those inside the healthcare sector.
3 Ways Analytics Can Explore Addiction By David Hom Kevin Keck While opioid addiction has become a complex problem, behavioral analytics can identify those at risk.
5 Ways Data Allows for Value-Based Care By Eileen Cianciolo Advanced analytics can help healthcare organizations understand what might happen in the future and what actions they should consider.
11 Ways Amazon Could Transform Care By Dave Chase Once newspapers lost classified ads, their business model fell apart. Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan could do the same to healthcare.
Why Big Pharma Lawsuits Don't Work By Nick Johns The priorities of regulation seem to have strayed from their original purpose, letting drugs reach market without being fully vetted.
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.
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.