ITL's latest On-Demand Webinar featuring Marie Carr, partner at PwC; Andrew Robinson, CEO at Skyward Specialty Insurance Group; and Andy Cohen, COO at Snapsheet; along with moderator Paul Carroll, editor-in-chief at Insurance Thought Leadership.

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The New Competitive Landscape

Insurers increasingly go to market not as individual companies but as part of ecosystems -- a radical change in thinking. In this high-octane webinar -- featuring Marie Carr, partner at PwC; Andrew Robinson, CEO at Skyward Specialty Insurance Group; and Andy Cohen, COO at Snapsheet; along with moderator Paul Carroll, editor-in-chief at Insurance Thought Leadership -- we discuss where ecosystems are making a difference now, where they will in the near future and where their impact is likely overstated. 

 

The webinar explores:

-- Why "build vs. buy" is no longer the right question.

-- How incumbents and insurtechs can home in on their core strengths, then bring them to market as a powerful package.

-- The ways that thinking about your "competitive moat" need to change. 

 

Date: April 7, 2022

Time: 1:00 pm EDT

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About the Speakers


Andrew Robinson

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Andrew Robinson

Andrew is the Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Skyward Specialty is a property and casualty insurance holding company with nearly a billion dollars in premium and $2BN in assets. The company has highly respected businesses in specialty lines including management and professional liability, healthcare professional liability, medical stop-loss, surety, E&S property and liability, large commercial property, programs, as well as multi-line solutions for the energy, trucking, and construction industries. Andrew previously was a Senior Advisor at Oak HC/FT, a premier venture growth equity firm investing in healthcare and financial service technology, where his focus is on Insurtech. During that time, he was the CEO and Chairman of Oak portfolio company Groundspeed Analytics and Chairman of Oak portfolio Clara Analytics, two SaaS technology companies serving the insurance industry. Andrew was President Specialty Insurance, EVP Corporate Development. and Chief Risk Officer for The Hanover Insurance Group [NYSE:THG], with oversight of all aspects of management and P&L of the company’s six US specialty businesses with revenues of $850 million. He led the development and execution of the company’s business portfolio strategy and completed ten acquisitions. Previously, Andrew was Managing Partner for the Global Insurance Practice at Diamond Consulting (now PwC Consulting) and was Global COO and EVP for Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD-A & CRD-B), Andrew oversaw Crawford's four businesses with revenues of $1.1BN and 8000 employees. Andrew also serves on the board of McLarens, a Lee Equity Partners portfolio serving the insurance industry and PLNAR, a VC-backed Insurtech company. Andrew has also served on the Board of Directors of Chaucer (top 10 Lloyds of London Managing Agency) and Breckenridge Insurance Services (formerly Arsenal Capital portfolio company).

Andy Cohen

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Andy Cohen

Growth oriented insurance executive with more than twenty years of experience across the P&C Insurance Industry, building and implementing digital customer and operational strategies to drive profitable growth. As President and Chief Operating Officer, Andy Cohen is accountable for the execution of Snapsheet’s end-to-end customer engagement, go to market activities, marketing and customer success.

Prior to joining Snapsheet, Andy was vice president of worldwide operations at CNA Insurance where he was responsible for driving growth and building consistent customer service experiences for P&C operations, across a wide-array of industries, including healthcare, professional services, financial institutions, technology, construction and manufacturing comprising for more than $8 billion in annual revenue.

Before CNA, Andy served as vice president of strategy for the Business Insurance division at Travelers Insurance. In this role, Andy drove profitable growth initiatives across a collection of businesses that generate >$12 billion of revenue annually and led the development of the Travelers overall Operating Model. Prior to Travelers, Andy worked with a variety of insurance clients at Diamond Management and Technology Consultants, implementing technology-enabled growth strategies and delivering operational efficiency initiatives.

Andy has authored multiple articles and white papers that have been featured in national publications such as the Wall-Street Journal, Best Review Magazine and Carrier Management. Andy received his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University Bloomington.

Marie Carr

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Marie Carr

Marie serves executive leadership teams and corporate boards in the development of digital growth strategies, which take advantage of emerging trends and disruptions, positioning firms for long term profitable growth. Marie helps leadership teams gain critical alignment on the decisions important to navigate growth and successfully execute.

Paul Carroll

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Paul Carroll

Paul Carroll is the editor-in-chief of Insurance Thought Leadership.

He is also co-author of A Brief History of a Perfect Future: Inventing the Future We Can Proudly Leave Our Kids by 2050 and Billion Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn From the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years and the author of a best-seller on IBM, published in 1993.

Carroll spent 17 years at the Wall Street Journal as an editor and reporter; he was nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize. He later was a finalist for a National Magazine Award.

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