Our latest installment of the AAIS Webinar Series featuring AAIS Partner, OneShield, covered how carriers can effectively leverage and transform core system data into actionable insights to strengthen business decisions and policy claims management. Speakers explored the valuable data types within core systems such as policy, claims, and customer interactions, techniques for extracting and processing this data, and real-world examples demonstrating the impact of these insights. They also discussed the shift from static reports to dynamic data visualization and offered tips for identifying key insights critical for various stakeholders, including underwriters and claims managers. John Kadous, Vice President of Products at AAIS, and John Dunn, Vice President of Sales at OneShield led the discussion with Travis Mayfield, Reporting Product Manager at OneShield.

As the adoption of solar panels in residential homes soars, insurance professionals face a growing challenge: adapting policies to cover this emerging technology. With nearly 3.2 million homes already equipped with solar panels and forecasts predicting significant growth, understanding the implications for homeowners insurance is crucial.

White labeling has emerged as a pivotal strategy for insurers to bolster brand presence while catering to the preferences of brokers and clients. In this interview with AAIS Partner, ValueMomentum, you’ll learn what makes white labeling effective, the benefits of utilizing the strategy, and the tools and principles that make it successful in the insurance industry. Part one of our two-part series features Bob Ridinger, Vice President of Sales and Business Development at OwlSurance Technologies, a business unit of ValueMomentum.

AAIS was proud to sponsor the 2024 Florida Insurance Market Summit (FIMS) on March 13-15. Prior to the FIMS meeting, AAIS polled attendees to get a sense of the major issues facing the Florida insurance market in 2024, and the data and technology priorities paving the path ahead.

Growth opportunities in the insurance industry can be fleeting. When insurers see potential, they need to move fast, take advantage of every opportunity, and capture markets quickly. Insurers succeed when they deliver optimal value to policyholders with coverage that addresses their needs clearly and effectively.

We recently discussed the rapid proliferation of batteries in modern homes and businesses and the more worrying proliferation of fires associated with those batteries on AAIS Views. On October 12, 2023, the Fire Department for the City of New York (FDNY) hosted a one-day symposium titled, “A Conversation with the Insurance Industry About Lithium-Ion Batteries.” The intent of the symposium was to share the scope of the problem, the current state-of-the-art in mitigating these types of incidents, and a clarion call for insurers to join the fight in addressing this scourge.

For this Advisory Report, AAIS spoke with its President and CEO, Werner Kruck. He discussed the biggest market challenges and how to address them with data, a better approach to the “data problem,” how AAIS is supporting its Members, and his outlook on AAIS moving forward. 

For the third part of our blog series featuring Tapoly, the digital provider of flexible insurance products and insurance technology solutions, CEO Janthana Kaenprakhamroy offers insight to insurers on the gig economy market. Kaenprakhamroy breaks down the gig economy, how it affects insurers, and solutions for small businesses to navigate this market system.

“Check out my new drone. The camera and range are exceptional!”

“I’ve been getting out of the house more than ever with this new e-bike, have you considered getting one?”  

“Now that my solar array is complete, and I’ve connected the new 3000-watt home battery backup, I’m ready to go off-grid.”

For the second part of our blog series featuring Tapoly, the digital provider of flexible insurance products and insurance technology solutions, CEO Janthana Kaenprakhamroy gives insight into how insurance companies can utilize automated technology to achieve efficiency. Kaenprakhamroy delves into how this technology can be utilized, where to apply these solutions within a company, obstacles insurers may face, and how SaaS solutions can help.