Can Insurance Be Made Affordable? By Robin Roberson Although the term “sharing economy” can be elusive, it is leading to a world of reduced costs for both consumers and businesses.
How to Embrace Workforce Flexibility By Robin Roberson For starters, insurance carriers can use skilled gig workers to create efficiencies across many channels in their organizations.
The Big Problem With Certificates By Chet Gladkowski Certificates of insurance are expensive, ticking time bombs creating confusion and cost at best, soiled reputation and financial ruin at worst.
Some Things Are Too Important for Paper By Chet Gladkowski One technology -- the ubiquitous paper form -- is dragging down the industry's efforts to digitize. It's time to declare paper D.O.A.
Gig Economy: 5 Benefits of Outsourcing By Robin Roberson The rise of the gig economy isn't just a positive for independent workers but provides five benefits for insurance carriers.
The Myth of the Protection Gap By Paul Carroll The protection gap doesn't exist. We're just kidding ourselves -- while condescending to our customers.
E-Signatures: an Easy Tech Win By Andrea Masterton While companies wrestle with daunting, new technologies, many are still missing a mature, easy opportunity with e-signatures.
How Analytics Can Prevent Fraud By Karthick Paulraj Insurers face $80 billion in claims fraud each year, but they are starting to use social media analysis, drones and wearables to fight back.
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).
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.