Digital Insurance

AIG's Kym McCleerey embraces collaboration and team empowerment

CEO of North American General Insurance fosters confidence in her staff’s abilities.

Posted: Nov 18, 2020

Liberty Mutual's Wesley Hyatt changes the workers' comp conversation

Claims leader for worker's comp has her group thinking about workers first.

Posted: Nov 18, 2020

During COVID-19, Allianz Partners' Elena Edwards stepped up

Executive was appointed CEO of her unit in June of this year, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Posted: Nov 18, 2020

Melissa Eaton advocates for her team and the customer at Pie Insurance

Former Esurance executive is responsible for setting the cultural roadmap for the worker's comp insurtech.

Posted: Nov 17, 2020

Women in Insurance Leadership 2020

Digital Insurance's annual recognition program for women leaders.

Posted: Nov 17, 2020

How USAA's Maria Cantu pushes for 'excellence at 100"

Two-decade veteran of the company is transforming the claims organization.

Posted: Nov 17, 2020

How USAA's Maria Cantu pushes for 'excellence at 100'

Two-decade veteran of the company is transforming the claims organization.

Posted: Nov 17, 2020

Sarah Bennett's agile marketing lifts Legal & General America

How she leverages American Express experience to transform life insurer.

Posted: Nov 17, 2020

Nationwide personal, commercial telematics leaders outline strategy

The carrier has made aggressive moves to partner and enroll more customers in usage-based insurance.

Posted: Nov 16, 2020

How insurtechs can work with regulators to speed innovation

The key goal should be to help close the loop between innovation and utility, which is sometimes overlooked in a time of rapid technology expansion.

Posted: Nov 13, 2020

Prudential sells tech unit to TCS

The employees and select assets of Ireland-based Pramerica Systems change hands.

Posted: Nov 12, 2020

Liberty Mutual's injury-prevention app, insurtech spinout from broker: Roundup

Also: Travelers exec moves to ClarionDoor, more.

Posted: Nov 12, 2020

Three major health insurers invest in COVID-symptom startup

Buoy Health, a startup that makes a widely used Covid-19 symptom checker, has raised $37 million from investors including the venture arms of major insurers Cigna Holding Co., Humana Inc. and UnitedHealth Group.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

AXA XL digitizes commercial insurance claims: Roundup

Also: Bestow API, Coverhound acquired.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Man vs. machine? How automated machine learning will evolve actuaries

The most likely outcome is that it will fuel a transformation in the roles and responsibilities assigned to actuaries.

Posted: Nov 09, 2020

Access Denied: Underserved or ignored?

Opening a bank or investment account — or even securing employment in a racism-free workplace — is out of reach for many Black Americans.

Posted: Nov 09, 2020

5 Questions: CNA CIO Jane Possell

Tech leader for commercial insurer discusses becoming more agile, working with Google, incorporating automation.

Posted: Nov 09, 2020

MetLife hires Foot Locker, Target vet as CIO

Life insurance giant goes with retail experience for top tech post.

Posted: Nov 06, 2020

USAA, CUNA vet is new Amerisure CIO

Amjed Al-Zoubi had been CTO for the company that he joined in 2018.

Posted: Nov 04, 2020

How Prudential helps workers maximize employee benefits

Employees often don’t take advantage of supplemental insurance because of the difficulty of the claims process.

Posted: Nov 04, 2020

P&c distribution: blending traditional and new models

Depending on how you count it, there are at least eight different models for distribution in P&C, and variations within each of those.

Posted: Nov 04, 2020

Data breach hits 1 million Swedes after insurance firm error

Folksam Group, which oversees about $50 billion in insurance assets, said it shared client data with Facebook, Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn and Adobe, according to a statement on Tuesday.

Posted: Nov 03, 2020

Bucking COVID-19, big insurers invest more in insurtech than ever

About $5 billion has been invested in insurtech this year, and top-tier insurers have taken part in more than 60 deals.

Posted: Nov 03, 2020

4 steps to a strong insurance customer acquisition program

By taking a collaborative and analytical approach to while using consumer insights to target, insurance companies can build an efficient path to growth.

Posted: Nov 02, 2020

Reinsurance startup targets wildfires: Roundup

Also: One Inc., Majesco partner; Mercedes-Benz gets into home automation too.

Posted: Nov 02, 2020