Digital Insurance is excited to announce its annual list of 2024 honorees for Women in Insurance Leadership, Women in Insurance Leadership: NEXT, and Women in Insurance Leadership Lifetime Achievement Awards. Now in its 18th year, our Women in Insurance Leadership Award shines a spotlight on the most tech-savvy pioneers and forward-thinking visionaries in the insurance sector. The honorees for Women in Insurance Leadership are: ⭕ Tracey Cournoyer, Chief Information Operations Officer of Bond & Specialty Insurance, Travelers ⭕ Lauren Dieterich, Chief Operating Officer, Arch Insurance Group Inc. Company North America ⭕ Ruchi Haubrich, AVP, IT Engineering, The Hartford ⭕ Tatjana Lalkovic, Sr. VP & Chief Technology Officer, Definity ⭕ Michelle McLaughlin, EVP, Middle Market Chief Underwriting Officer, Chubb ⭕ Amy McNeece Mitchell, SVP, Digital Consumer Partnerships, Chubb ⭕ Catherine Myers, COO, reThought Flood ⭕ Ashley Phillips, Senior President of Operations, A-MAX Insurance Services, Inc. ⭕ Kristine Poznanski, EVP, Head of Global Business Solutions, MetLife ⭕ Jennifer Riley, EVP, Head of Digital Strategy & Operations, Chubb ⭕ Megan Sharpe, MBA, VP, DTC Media & Strategy, Gerber Life Insurance Company Women in Insurance Leadership: NEXT was launched in 2019 as an expansion to this recognition program by commemorating up and coming leaders in the industry. The honorees for Women in Insurance Leadership: NEXT are: ⭕ Brittnie Bordonaro, VP, Head of Corporate Communications, Protective Life ⭕ Lauren McKinzie, Operations Manager, Obie ⭕ Sarah Tomaro, Director of Operations Analysis and Reporting, Openly ⭕ Kendra Werkheiser, Software Engineering AVP, Travelers ⭕ Danielle Mayo Wyman, VP of Product & Strategy, Openly Finally, this is the first year we are awarding the Women in Insurance Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize women who have made significant contributions to the insurtech industry in general, and to her company and team in particular. She is a leader, mentor, encourager, trailblazer and much more. This year’s inaugural honorees are: ⭕ Cilsy Harris, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer of Insurance & Service Applications, The Hanover Insurance Group ⭕ Jill Francis, EVP, NA Field Ops Marketing & Distribution Management, Chubb All of this year’s honorees will be recognized at the Women in Insurance Leadership Conference on June 26, 2024, at The Boca Raton Resort, FL. Conference registration is open to everybody in the industry while an invite-only awards dinner that evening will provide recipients with a new opportunity to connect and celebrate each other’s achievements. Read more about the honorees and register for the conference here: https://bit.ly/3WDhUN2 #WILevent
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High insurance costs are forcing homeowners to make difficult decisions regarding insurance. Read about the 20 states with the largest percentage of uninsured homeowners. #homeinsurance https://bit.ly/4bIm5eh
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Medical malpractice insurer ProAssurance stands out as an example of how to digitally transform claims operations, writes Vidya Balakrishnan, GM and VP of financial services, ServiceNow. Consolidating and unifying systems opened the door for ProAssurance to use AI to automate routine tasks and deliver sophisticated analytics,” she writes. ���As AI precisely assesses claims artifacts, claims processing is accelerated, leading to faster settlements and improved customer satisfaction. Similarly, AI streamlines service processes by reducing busy work, answering customer questions, and assisting agents in solving problems more efficiently.” https://bit.ly/4cFjyml #insurtech #digitaltransformation #AI
How digital transformation can revitalize insurance industry
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As fewer graduates choose careers in insurance, how should the industry recruit talent, asks Olga Collins, CEO, WBN - Worldwide Broker Network. “Behind every policy and premium there are people whose passion, expertise and commitment to their clients, customers and employers drives insurance perpetually forward,” she writes. “As we charge at break-neck speed towards an ever-more digitalized society, we must not forget that these talented, dedicated and visionary people remain the lifeblood of our industry.” https://bit.ly/4691Vc5 #insurtech #insurance #insurancecareers
Leveraging technology to tackle the war for talent & attract the next generation
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Travelers survey of middle market companies finds they favor greater interaction and information flow from their insurers. “They're saying, we are going to buy the insurance, but we have a much higher expectation around what value should be derived from that,” said Scott Higgins, president of middle market, national property and business insurance field at Travelers. https://bit.ly/3Lrc5eP #customerexperience #insurance #middlemarket
Growing middle market segment wants closer interaction with insurers, Travelers finds
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Underwriting is becoming more data driven, partly because of open source and no-code platforms, according to Nicholas Tye of Carbon Underwriting. “No-code data integration platforms allow actuarial, underwriting, and data teams to build complex data integration jobs in just a few minutes,” Tye writes. “This truly revolutionizes data processing.” https://bit.ly/3WkE6em #data #underwriting #insurtech
What is the state of data-driven underwriting?
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Wildfire events have doubled in frequency over the past 21 years, according to research from the University of Tasmania by Calum Cunningham, Grant Williamson and David Bowman, published by NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP IBEROAMERICA SL. https://bit.ly/3Y2kH2Q #climatechange #wildfires
Climate change is increasing wildfires globally
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Carriers that have innovation teams need leadership to harness their capabilities, according to Gino Bonacci, president of personal lines at Gallagher, the global insurance brokerage. “If you can bring people along that journey, communicate, share what's going on, solicit their ideas, and show them how their ideas are part of the manager, it just becomes so much easier to get stuff actually done, and add value -- ROI,” he said. https://bit.ly/4cRq1ui #insurtech #startups #venturecapital
Carriers calibrate communication and risk in choosing venture startup investments
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Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md. and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, dispute state versus federal burden for funding of Maryland Key Bridge reconstruction, Scott Sowers and The Bond Buyer report. https://bit.ly/3W48fgm #KeyBridgeCollapse
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CoreLogic estimates Hurricane Beryl damage in Texas will cost $700 million to $1.5 billion. https://bit.ly/3LkK5cF #HurricaneBeryl #ClimateDisasters
Hurricane Beryl's damage to Texas homes may total as much as $1.5 billion
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