Tesla is in the throes of launching (sorry about that) an insurance carrier. Amazon has entered the insurance market in India as an insurance broker Some questions that folks involved with the insurance industry might want to consider before getting excited or running off to the hills screaming in fear about any new entrant: what… Continue reading A few questions to think about when new players enter the insurance industry
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The Monster Under the Bed
Or the monster crawling from under the bed to snatch your children away and run into its hiding spot in the woods where the children will be eaten. No, not a fairy tale. Far too many people use Amazon and its potential to enter the insurance industry to eat incumbent insurers' client base, market share,… Continue reading The Monster Under the Bed
Inevitabilities
They say that hindsight is 20-20. I'm thinking of technology (and technology application) inevitabilities. Back in the early 1970s when I got back to the insurance industry after serving in the US Army and subsequently going to graduate school I knew, I just knew, that it was inevitable that there would be a fusion at… Continue reading Inevitabilities
Some Thoughts – Insurance and Otherwise – Triggered by COVID-19
As some of you know, I've begun writing a book about insurance and technology. I've got a more descriptive title which I plan to keep under wraps until the book is finished near the end of September 2021. I'm grateful to Wells Media Group for agreeing to publish, market, and distribute it. They are quite… Continue reading Some Thoughts – Insurance and Otherwise – Triggered by COVID-19
My COVID-19 Thoughts (All Opinions, Obviously)
Most people know that I'm a cynic, or is that a skeptic (?), and that part of me is only being amplified each day concerning COVID-19. I don't think there will be an effective (meaning efficacious) vaccine until 3Q2022 at the earliest. That means, if that time period is correct, that society won't get back… Continue reading My COVID-19 Thoughts (All Opinions, Obviously)
Instacart: Lessons for P&C Insurance Claim Management
Continuing to live with our COVID-19 lock-down / self-isolate / stay-at-home experience just like most of the world, we have tried both delivery from a local grocery store and Instacart. We were happy with both services. However, I believe that Instacart has lessons for P&C insurance claim management, particularly if the insurance company or third-party… Continue reading Instacart: Lessons for P&C Insurance Claim Management
I am writing a book about insurance & technology
I have decided to write a book about the relationship between insurance and technology. Wells Media Group (WMG) and I have entered into an agreement where WMG will publish, market, and distribute the book as a paper book, ebook, and audio book when it is finished. I plan to keep the working title secret until… Continue reading I am writing a book about insurance & technology
Simplified Risk Flow of Commercial P&C Insurance Purchase
I'm not sure if this will help the many threads of whether Business Interruption (BI) should or should not be covered if the commercial P&C insurance policy excludes BI claims from being triggered by bacteria / viruses / pathogens but ... ... I thought an illustrative visual diagram of a simplified risk flow capturing the… Continue reading Simplified Risk Flow of Commercial P&C Insurance Purchase
Should Insurers Use an Amazon or Netflix Business Model?
I've seen many insurance trade press articles or social media posts asking why insurers aren't using either an Amazon or Netflix business model. The articles or posts mention that Amazon and Netflix are massively successful, are driven by a strong customer focus, have operations throughout the globe, and, equally importantly, conduct commerce using web-based mobile… Continue reading Should Insurers Use an Amazon or Netflix Business Model?
COVID-19: A Few Thoughts
Society is faced with a pathogen that currently has no treatment and no vaccine. We each have to realize how highly infectious this pathogen is even though people may not be showing symptoms that they are infected. College-age youth, at least in the US, is demonstrating its collective stupidity, ignorance, and irresponsibility by gathering in… Continue reading COVID-19: A Few Thoughts
