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Eight Startups Aiming to Transform the Life Insurance Business
In my last post I described the state of the life insurance industry including the pain points where insurtech entrants can poise for impact. The life insurance industry is suffering from a dying (literally) distribution model, complex products and a flawed purchase funnel. New entrants can transform the industry by bringing a clean-sheet approach to:…
Can InsurTech make miracles happen in US healthcare?
As an American and the de facto administrator of my family’s health insurance, I am reminded routinely of some of the complexities of the methods we employ to maximize health and pay for care in this country. Forces are driving individuals, providers, insurers and employers to change their approaches or suffer the consequences. InsurTech companies…
Life Insurance #insurtech innovation: startups and carriers in pursuit
In my last post, I provided categories within which to organize the innovation players within life insurance. Both startups and legacy businesses are pursuing solutions to industry pain points. Attention is being paid to distribution, product, client experience, speed, productivity, big data, compliance and other areas within the life category where inefficiency exists or where…
Life Insurance Innovation: No Longer an Oxymoron
While most insurance technology startup activity in the US is concentrated in health and auto, there are signs of life (pun intended) in the life insurance sector. Given the business model challenges reported in my last post, optimists will see upside and big commercial white space throughout the ecosystem. People with the skills, smarts and…
A Wake-Up Call for B2B Brands
Gallup has just released the Guide to Customer Centricity: Analytics and Advice for B2B Leaders. The study reports that 71 per cent of B2B clients are ready and willing to take their business elsewhere – barely one-third are fully engaged in their supplier relationships. If you are operating in the B2B world – and you…
InsurTech Can Help Fix the Decline in Life Insurance – Part I
No one disputes that life insurance ownership in the US has been on the decline for decades. The question up for debate is what to do about it. The emergence of an insurtech sector is an indicator of entrepreneur and investor confidence in upside potential. The hundreds of millions of dollars being poured into technology…
What Silicon Valley Says On Insurance
Overheard at “Insurance Disrupted 2015,” held Nov. 18 and 19 in Palo Alto, CA, cosponsored by Silicon Valley Innovation Center and Insurance Thought Leadership: From The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway: “How did you go bankrupt?” … ‘Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.’ Paul Carroll, CEO of ITL: “Insurance has been in the ‘gradually’ phase…
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Amy Radin is an adviser, speaker and author, working with executives and senior leaders to deliver growth through meaningful innovation. She offers an uncommonly pragmatic and disciplined approach that begins with pinpointing high-potential unmet market needs, and from there provides a proven framework for “what to do next” and how to lead through the inevitable, daily challenges any organization will face in pursuit of innovation.
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