There are several realities of the insurance industry that go unsaid. But I think from time to time, these realities need to be mentioned upfront. I understand why these realities go unsaid: insurance professionals know they don't need to be discussed. And I certainly understand that. After I graduated from New Mexico State University with… Continue reading Insurance Industry Realities That Go Unsaid
Author: Barry
Four decades plus of experience working in and for the insurance industry. Fortunate to have been a technology-focused insurance industry analyst since 1997. Using this personal blog to opine about ... well, everything.
My Six-Point Pledge as a technology-focused insurance industry analyst
I've been fortunate to have been a technology-focused insurance industry analyst since 1997 launching and/or guiding analyst practices in the US and the UK. I've been even more fortunate to work with solid and thoughtful technology-focused insurance analysts at The Meta Group, Financial Insights (IDC), and Ovum (now known as Omdia). I pledge to my… Continue reading My Six-Point Pledge as a technology-focused insurance industry analyst
An insurance carrier might realize it is not a digital insurer if … (with respect of and apologies to Jeff Foxworthy)
An insurance carrier might realize it is not a digital insurer if any department: uses a fax machineuses 2, 3, or 4+ ring-bindersuses filing cabinetsuses paperuses file foldersprints out company procedure manualsuses paper clipsuses paper bindersuses staplersuses stapler removersuses typewritersuses postal mail to send documents to insurance agents / brokersuses postal mail to send documents… Continue reading An insurance carrier might realize it is not a digital insurer if … (with respect of and apologies to Jeff Foxworthy)
If I Only Had a Brain …
Often, I feel like the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz when he said several times “if I only had a brain” particularly concerning the shape and nature of the P&C insurance industry in the next five or 10 years. There seems to be no end to the many prognostications that incumbent carriers are in… Continue reading If I Only Had a Brain …
The evolving ease of using voice recognition solutions
Voice recognition has come a long way since I became acquainted with it. Back in the late 1980s / early 1990s, I was a management consultant with Arthur D. Little based in the US headquarters in Acorn Park (Cambridge, Ma). Some colleagues and I took a short trip to BBN's headquarters in Fresh Pond in… Continue reading The evolving ease of using voice recognition solutions
The Beginning of the P&C Insurance Claim Management Process
It is hard to believe, even for insurance industry professionals, that First Notice of Loss (FNL) is the beginning of the P&C insurance claim management process. But that is too myopic a perspective. The beginning of the P&C insurance claim management process is the underwriting process that determines acceptance or rejection of a risk (or… Continue reading The Beginning of the P&C Insurance Claim Management Process
Why does insurance exist?
Insurance exists to manage or otherwise mitigate risk. But what does that mean? Insurance, depending on the insurance line of business, exists to protect the physical assets of people, families, and businesses. Insurance, depending on the insurance line of business, exists to protect what people - or businesses - say or do ... their actions… Continue reading Why does insurance exist?
Your company is a platform company ? Really ?
When I became a management consultant with Arthur D. Little and years later switched to a new part of my career when I became a technology-focused insurance industry analyst (First with The Meta Group, then to IDC, and eventually to Ovum [now Omdia]) there were several 'fundamental' questions I thought about regarding technology firms. One… Continue reading Your company is a platform company ? Really ?
The insurance industry is replete with archipelagos
COVID-19 has accelerated guidance (or suggestions or recommendations) for insurers to accelerate their initiatives to reshape their various business, financial, and customer-facing operations to 'be digital.' I have a hunch that what has actually accelerated is the 'doom-and-gloom' wailings from analysts, consultants, journalists, and technology firms to their insurance company clients and prospects (rather than… Continue reading The insurance industry is replete with archipelagos
What (Insurance) Customers Want
What do customers want? I suggest that customers want to: find if a company sells the product or offers the service that they need at the moment quickly and easilypurchase the product or service they want from a company quickly and easilyconsume service related to the product purchase or use of the service quickly and… Continue reading What (Insurance) Customers Want
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