The Insurance Industry is opening its doors to new forms of insurance. In this new scenario, the concept of “Open Insurance” is generating a world-wide project that draws on the experience of the Open Banking initiative. Open databases allow insurance providers to share with each other, what information they have available about the insured. The outcome are tailored policies for each insured, less time spent on dataRead more
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Digital transformation, digitalization, digital maturity; these are all labels for the change from manual, cumbersome and time-consuming processes to digital, automated and efficient operation. It is based around the use of digital components, such as cloud services, Software as a Services, Infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, artificial intelligence and machine learning replacingRead more
The case of a series of consolidated lawsuit against 10 insurers for ‘business interruption’ during the pandemic in the U.S. district assigned to the Judge Barbara J. Rothstein leaves room for a deeper discussion on claims interruptions. In mid-March of this year, the judge decided to dispose some lawsuits filed presented by a number of professional associations, retailers and even the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Rothstein mentioned in her ruling that each of theRead more
Artificial Intelligence: An answer for Insurance Claim Management? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is much more than a buzz word in the insurance industry. AI has promoted changes across the industry in various practices: Chatbots. Claim Management. Evidence Gathering for Auto and Health Insurance via wearables. Telematic Devices. Massive Data Production and Analysis, and more. Changes brought by AI are not only being adopted in the industry, but they are also changing insurance permanently. But before digging deeper into this subject, let usRead more
A concept that has been gaining traction in the last 3 years is Customer Satisfaction when talking about websites, software and procedures across the board that involve a client performing an action in a platform. Customers want a product that is easy to use. If a product or product integration is not streamlined enough, customers will not be satisfied with theRead more
Blanket Contractual Liability insurance is a type of liability insurance that covers all contracts where the insured is assuming liability. It is typically used when businesses work with third parties. According to the International Risk Management Institute (IRMI), Blanket Contractual Liability Insurance is “coverage applying to all liability assumed by the insured in contracts, whether reported to the insurer or not. “For example, if an insuredRead more
According to the U.S. General Services Administration, Blanket Purchase Agreements are “agreements established by a government buyer with a contractor to fill repetitive needs for supplies or services.” These agreements are crafted to simplify the acquisition of certain goods or services that are going to be required as time passe with the customer’s specific requirements in mind. Are there different typesRead more
While both indemnity and insurance are ways to manage risk and avoid financial losses, what makes them different is the way they undertake risk. This article is going to focus on how indemnity and insurance work, and why they take different approaches to managing risk. What is Indemnity? According to Investopedia “Indemnity is a comprehensive form of insurance compensation for damages or loss. When the term indemnityRead more
Captive Insurance is another way to protect your organization against financial risk. With Captive Insurance, the ‘insurance company’ that provides coverage is owned by the insured. That means that the insurer who owns the risk, also owns the insurance company who does the captive coverage. This Insurance Company -created to create the captive insurance policy- is subjected to the same regulations as any other insurance company and needs to have CapitalRead more
What is improvements and betterments insurance? “Improvements and Betterments refers to upgrades done by a business owner to a property that is rented from a landlord. According to IRMI, the International Risk Management Insitute improvements and betterments are “permanent additions or changes made to a building by a lessee at his or her own expense that may not legally be removed.” These improvements andRead more
