The Digital Insurer: Are We There Yet?
Recently there have been lots of discussions in the insurance industry about becoming digital. The terms digital insurer or digital strategies are being bandied about by many in the industry. SMA is engaging with insurers in this activity as well, leveraging our Digital Insurer Framework.
Insurance Wake-Up Call: Embrace the Shared Economy Opportunities
Disruptive influencers and levers of change are surrounding the insurance industry at an increasing speed and intensity that is challenging industry practices, assumptions, and business models. One of those outside-the-industry and economic influencers is the shared economy, recently highlighted in the SMA research brief, Crowdsourcing and Open Innovation: Powering the...
The Internet of Things: Inspiring the Next Generation
In the technology world, there seems to be something new and different every day. In order to gain and keep a competitive advantage in insurance, Next-Gen Insurers must be equipped with (a) strategies that track and assess trends in new and emerging technologies, (b) an ecosystem to bring forward new...
Innovation in Insurance: Expanding Focus and Growing Momentum
With today’s fast pace of change, innovation is no longer a nice-to-have initiative, but rather a must-have strategic, core mandate that is defining a new era for insurance – and separating future winners and losers. Today, it is not any one thing that is creating change, but it is the...
