Cyber Insurance Issues: My 2nd Insurance Book Project [Updated November 13, 2023]

Background As some of you know and now those of you who read this post will know, I'm writing a 2nd book. I have a tentative title which I really like but won't share until I begin drafting in 2Q24. I'm striving to provide value to the insurance industry with the focus being on cyber… Continue reading Cyber Insurance Issues: My 2nd Insurance Book Project [Updated November 13, 2023]

High-Level Cyber Security Visual Participant Taxonomy: Individuals as Cyber Targets

This is a high-level visual participant taxonomy focused on individuals as cyber targets. It is a companion to my WordPress Blog post titled " High-Level Visual Cyber Participant Taxonomy: Corporations as Cyber Targets". Similar to the first corporate-focused cyber visual taxonomy, it is a pre-beta. This visual taxonomy is meant to capture the participants who… Continue reading High-Level Cyber Security Visual Participant Taxonomy: Individuals as Cyber Targets

High-Level Visual Cyber Participant Taxonomy: Corporations as Cyber Targets

I'm still in my early days of collecting materials to read, think about, and make notes for my next book which will focus on insurance and cyber. I don't plan to begin drafting my book until 2024. However, the following visual captures my initial perspective of the high-level participants who do or could assist corporations… Continue reading High-Level Visual Cyber Participant Taxonomy: Corporations as Cyber Targets

Not every risk is insurable

The crux of this post is the point that there are some risks (and I believe a growing number of risks) which are (and will be) uninsurable. Cyber risks are not insurable. Back in 2021, I saw a LinkedIn post from Dr. Robert Hartwig that discussed his testimony to one of the US Senate’s subcommittees… Continue reading Not every risk is insurable

Societal Inflection Points: One Insurance Analyst’s View

Applying a very broad brush to history, societies throughout time tend to move through four bases of living: agricultural to industrial to information to networked. Of course, no base gets entirely left behind. The latest society becomes a mixture of past and current bases. However, more people are drawn to work in the newer base… Continue reading Societal Inflection Points: One Insurance Analyst’s View

10 of my “outside influencers”

There have been many people I've been fortunate to work with at various companies over the decades of my career who have taught me (or tried to teach me) how to initially approach a problem, how to think about the problem, how to resolve it, and how to effectively communicate my answer to the problem… Continue reading 10 of my “outside influencers”

Stone Tablets to Satellites: Introducing – Myself, The Book’s Objectives, & Major Sections

Some people have asked me what my book is about. To answer that question, I thought it would be helpful to introduce myself and why I wrote the book as well as provide my three objectives for writing the book and the titles of the major sections inclusive of descriptions of each section. https://www.amazon.com/Stone-Tablets-Satellites-Relationship-Technology/dp/0578081431/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1658638720&sr=1-1 But… Continue reading Stone Tablets to Satellites: Introducing – Myself, The Book’s Objectives, & Major Sections

Claim Management Perspectives: Excerpt from “Stone Tablets to Satellites”

This is the eighth of eight every-other-week blog posts excerpts from my book: "Stone Tablets to Satellites: The Continual Intimate but Awkward Relationship Between the Insurance Industry and Technology". The publication date for this eighth post is June 15, 2022. The seventh blog post excerpted from my book was posted June 1, 2022. This is… Continue reading Claim Management Perspectives: Excerpt from “Stone Tablets to Satellites”

Lori Chordas of AM Best Interview with me about my “Stone Tablets to Satellites” Book

This interview is set to be the featured video in the AM Best TV daily newsletter, in the AM Best TV player and on the main AM Best page on June 29. However, I got permission to share it and post it now. 17 minutes and 40 seconds with one short commercial break. The link… Continue reading Lori Chordas of AM Best Interview with me about my “Stone Tablets to Satellites” Book

Channel Management Perspectives: Excerpt from “Stone Tablets to Satellites”

This is the seventh of eight every-other-week blog posts excerpts from my book: "Stone Tablets to Satellites: The Continual Intimate but Awkward Relationship Between the Insurance Industry and Technology". The publication date for this seventh post is June 1, 2022. The sixth blog post excerpted from my book was posted May 18, 2022. The last… Continue reading Channel Management Perspectives: Excerpt from “Stone Tablets to Satellites”