OK, I finally made some time for my long delayed take on what AI means for insurance brokers. The short story is I think the consensus has it totally backwards. The perception is small commercial and personal lines are most at risk of disruption while the larger public brokers are Continue Reading
Should Baseball Allow Players To Bet On Games?
This week is the beginning of the baseball season. To celebrate, I’ve decided to touch the third rail. Baseball has long banned gambling to preserve the integrity of the game. This made a ton of sense historically because of the fear that players would gamble to lose games rather than Continue Reading
March Madness and the Middle East
It’s that time of year again, where everyone who doesn’t pay attention to basketball all season long pretends they’re an expert and fills out a tournament bracket. I’ll get to some thoughts on this year’s field a little later, but this March is a little madder than usual given events Continue Reading
Will There Be Losses From Middle East Data Centers?
I have a lot to say about insurance involvement in data centers but that will come in the future. Today will be another short note on current events. Namely, what happens if Iran decides to attack data centers? You can see here (and in the image below) there are many, Continue Reading
Which Insurance Tech Solutions Are The Most Insulated From AI?
As I noted in recent posts, I had been working on a big piece about how AI could impact insurers including threats to data providers, brokers, D&O, the foolish carriers writing data center risk, and so on. That piece is now in the trash bin as current events moved too Continue Reading
The AI Risk For Insurance Brokers…Part I
This is going to be another shorter piece. Why? First, the response to last week was pretty good. Second, events in the AI space are moving too fast. For example, when the insurance technology provider (distinct from “insurtech”) stocks began their recent freefall, I pointed out to a few friends Continue Reading
What Investors Are Getting Wrong About The Tech Selloff
For those of you who pay attention to more than just insurance, you are likely aware it was a bad week for tech stocks. Software stocks have been crushed due to fears that AI will make them irrelevant while large tech also sold off over fears they are investing too Continue Reading
Debunking Super Bowl Quarterback Myths
Since it’s Super Bowl week, I decided to update some data analysis around how Super Bowl teams acquire their starting quarterback. There is a widely held view that you have to have a “franchise” quarterback like a Tom Brady or Patrick Mahomes. Don’t get me wrong – that helps a Continue Reading
Refilling the Cookie Jar
Election Results: Before getting into today’s topic, I wanted to release the results of the Best CEO vote! Your winner is actually not quite a CEO. His official title is Vice Chairman of Insurance at Berkshire Hathaway. That’s right your winner is Ajit Jain! Ajit has successfully managed the largest Continue Reading
The Ten Biggest Events of the Insurance Quarter Century
Reminder: You can still vote until next Tuesday on the Best CEO of the last 25 years. Click the link here and scroll to the poll at the bottom. There is a pretty tight three way race so any additional votes may swing the outcome. For this week, I am Continue Reading