Digital distribution

Stewart Gibson, CIO of the insurance brokerage, talks about how the changing nature of distribution has impacted IT strategy. Part 1 of 2.

Less than a month after the Apple Watch was released to the public, some enterprising insurance carriers have already prepared compatible applications.

The provider of usage-based insurance services, led by former Progressive exec, was targeted for telematics expertise.

Dean Sivley, who has experience as an operations and technology executive in the travel industry horizontally, moves to the insurance side with a new role at BHSI.

P&C insurance rates are ticking up with customers driving more and after a particularly brutal winter.

CEO Tom Wilson and other execs provide a window into how big insurers take digitalization front-and-center.

New president of North American life insurance Cheryl Neal led a life division at Liberty Mutual and has also worked at HSBC and Morgan Stanley.

The company will leave health insurance and focus on P&C next year regardless of whether or not there is a buyer for its business, it says.

Google’s search engine will now will favor mobile friendly content over traditional website content; within the insurance industry, the greatest initial impact is likely to be felt by insurance distributors.

The kinds of products life insurers will offer will change with digitalization, insurance technology experts said at the 2015 Life Insurance Conference

AXA sees providing advanced tech to employees and brokers as a key way to stand out in the U.S. benefits business.

Progressive’s Dave Pratt explains the motivation to raise rates on riskier drivers, the stats behind its Rate Suckers ad campaign and why he thinks the new approach will sell more usage-based insurance policies.

Big data helps insurers shorten the policy application process, improving the customer experience.

Take a look at some of the key differences in the customer acquisition process enabled by technology.

Many insurers find that their distribution and compensation management (DCM) systems are not up to the job of keeping pace with these changes.

After years of decline, life insurance sales are flat, but Hallett Financial Group is working to boost that with help from P&C brethern, according to CEO Jeremy Hallett.

Research finds millenials are more open to leaving employee sponsored plans and most consumers want help selecting ancillary benefits.

Michael LaRocco helped found AssureStart, a commercial insurer with exclusive online distribution, before joining State Auto.

The new auto insurance aggregation site is intended to offer California drivers quick and simple access to multiple auto insurance quotes.

Quote Advantage produces two quotes for the carrier's BOP product in under a minute.