InsurTalk

Navigating the Complexities of Digital Transformation in P&C Insurance Up to 74% of P&C insurers plan to increase spending on digital transformation initiatives this year. Deloitte Global Insurance Marketplace Leader Arun Prasad discusses the biggest impediments to success—and the best strategies for overcoming them.

Commercial Insurance 2023: The Digital Tipping Point Guidewire InsuranceSuite GM Eugene Lee and PwC Partner Imran Ilyas share insights from their compelling new white paper on five key trends impacting commercial insurance and how carriers can define and execute a strategy that leverages the massive opportunity promised by today’s digital tipping point.

Boosting the Bottom Line: The Business Case for Gender Diversity in Tech  An exclusive panel discussion with C-level women executives on why gender-inclusive workforces are 21% more likely to achieve above-average profitability—and strategies for building and leveraging one of your own. 

Navigating Wawanesa's Cloud Journey   Wawanesa CIO Cam Loeppky's advice on leading a successful cloud transformation at a top Canadian carrier—from achieving business and technology alignment to a two-pronged go-live approach worth its weight in gold.

Leveraging the Cloud to Innovate Faster CTO Tatjana Lalkovic shares how Definity Financial became the first Canadian insurer to undergo demutualization and the first to leverage a modern cloud platform as part of its quest to become a top-five Canadian carrier.

From insurtech ecosystems, to geospatial analytics, to embedded distribution models and more—we revisit 2022's best insights from top industry leaders—on thriving in 2023 and beyond.   

Commerce Ventures Principal Vivek Krishnamurthy on the Near-Term Evolution of Insurance Vivek Krishnamurthy shares insights on emerging insurance models—including automated claims disbursement, Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) offerings, new parametric coverage applications & more!

ICEYE's Global Head of Insurance Stephen Lathrope on Flood Intel & Winning Pitch Day '22 Insights on how ICEYE leverages satellite intel to help P&C insurers understand flood risk & respond to catastrophes as never before possible—from the winner of Guidewire's first annual Pitch Day competition.

Mountain West Farm Bureau VP Tim Hays on Cultivating the Farm Bureau of the Future Forget the phased approach: How a 72-year-old insurance company transformed its entire business in just 12 months—and surpassed multiyear goals for straight-through processing in a matter of weeks.   

Launching Beneva: EVP, Business Performance Catherine Desgagnés-Belzil Tells All Merging two well-known insurers into a single new brand while implementing a modern insurance platform: No sweat, right? Beneva EVP Catherine Desgagnés-Belzil shares the secrets to success.

To meet ever-evolving customer needs, P&C insurers need to adapt a fast, launch-and-learn approach to innovation that makes fitted coverage easier to buy, use, and manage—here's what it'll take to do it right.

Insurance Business America's prestigious annual list recognizes Guidewire's President/COO and Chief Evangelist for their contributions to the industry.

Andy Taylor, CEO of Gore Mutual Insurance Company, on Navigating P&C's Next Horizon "Skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been." How Canadian hockey great Wayne Gretzky's iconic words inspired Gore Mutual in its mission to become a purpose-driven, digitally led national insurer. 

Memo to P&C insurers: Efficiency alone won't deliver success. The biggest returns on technology investments come from innovating your products and how you deliver them. Here's how to do it right.  

Inside G-Force is a dedicated unit of Grange Insurance run by a self-described "insurance nerd" who's focused on driving innovation that positions the carrier for the future—and revolutionizes the industry.

More steady growth, less blitzscaling. More games of inches, not miles. More ROI analysis, less POC Hell. HSCM Partner Adrian Jones joins Laura for the lowdown on what's next in the world of insurtech.  

PwC's Financial Services Partner and Insurance Operations & Technology Co-Leader shares the secrets to leveraging change management to help insurers successfully execute their transformation initiatives in 2022 & beyond.  

In this special episode, we revisit some of the expert insights shared by insurance industry trailblazers who've appeared as guests on the show. It's a sampling of the best of the best—on insurtech innovation, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, usage-based insurance, and more—to get us inspired for the year ahead. 

The founder of Insurtech 100 company and leading provider of property-level risk scoring reveals the origins of HazardHub—and what its acquisition by Guidewire promises for underwriting and claims organizations.

The head of Capgemini's global insurance unit shares insights on the top business goals pursued by insurers in their transformation initiatives, strategies for achieving those objectives, and the best metrics for measuring their success.   

The international speaker, thought leader, and author of "The Offer Your Customer Can't Refuse" shares expert insights on what it takes to deliver a differentiating customer experience in an age of AI-first business strategies.

USAA's Vice President, Product Development & Innovation discusses quickly developing new business initiatives and products, such as small business insurance, to address the unique challenges the insurer's members and how USAA measures the success of these innovations. 

Buckle CEO discusses how new data sources, including tips, star ratings, and driving times, will help the insurer reinvent rideshare coverage, ultimately enabling members to break free of the credit score trap and achieve economic freedom.

Topdanmark Group EVP and CTO discusses how the insurer is modernizing its technology, creating a holistic view of the customer, and empowering its channels with stronger digital capabilities, all to ensure the best possible customer experience. 

Grinnell Mutual Vice President of Enterprise Solutions and Chief Information Officer discusses how deploying a modern platform in the cloud enables the insurer to innovate, test and learn, and more easily integrate insurtechs into its ecosystem.