How Life Insurance Agents Can Be Ready By Robert Strauss Life insurance sales are moving online and away from agents, but what if you could create a hybrid with the best advisers and technology?
Do Health Apps Threaten Privacy? By Ross Campbell It may not occur to most users of a fitness app, for instance, that their personal data will be disclosed to the device manufacturers.
Can Trump's Math Work in Healthcare? By Alan Katz The math simply doesn't work without support from Democrats. Significantly, there is plenty of common ground to be found.
Group Benefits: the Winds of Change By Chad Hersh While carriers know they need to be on their toes, the changes happening now mean we are trying to build a house in a hurricane!
A Wellness Program Everyone Can Love By Al Lewis If employers want people to stay healthy in the long run, why aren't wellness programs measuring and paying for health in the long run?
Why Life Insurers Must Adapt By Ross Campbell If the industry makes better use of technology, it will make life insurance accessible for large numbers of people who have none or too little.
Wearables: Game Changer or a Fad? By Ross Campbell Some life insurers now use data from fitness trackers to lower premiums. But does a policyholder’s number of steps really improve mortality?
What Next for GOP Healthcare Plan? By Daniel Miller Whatever GOP leaders may actually be thinking, it's clear that the time has come for bipartisan healthcare reform.
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.