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AM Best Posts Interactive Webinar Highlights for “The Perils and Promise of Insurtechs”

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viewers can access highlights from an AM Best webinar sponsored by Cognizant to find out how insurers are learning and profiting from the new wave of entrants into the insurance techno-sphere.

Panelists include:

  • Chris Blatchly, consulting leader and chief digital officer for insurance, Cognizant;
  • Agil Francis, consulting partner, Cognizant Consulting – Insurance, Cognizant;
  • Rob McIsaac, FLMI, LLIF, executive vice president of research and consulting, Novarica; and
  • Ted Stuckey, chief growth officer, Brown & Brown.

The video-based interactive presentation is available here. The webinar was compiled into the following stand-alone segments:

  • The Insurtech Wave Rolls On.
  • Learning From Insurtechs Is More than a Trip to the Petting Zoo.
  • Segmenting the Insurtechs.
  • Outsourcing the Risks of Innovation.
  • Investments in Insurtech Becoming Standard for Larger Carriers.
  • Best of Frenemies - Reinsurers Enlarge Their Reach Through Insurtechs.
  • Insurers Look to Insurtechs for Focused Answers, Expertise.
  • Operating in a Pandemic Spurs New Requirements, Services.
  • Insurtechs Fight to Overcome Organizational Antibodies.
  • Insurers Are Quick to Invest in, Slow to Adopt, New Technology.
  • Insurers Don't Like to Work at Limited Scale.
  • Bridging the Insurance Know-How Gap.
  • Moore's Law Waits for No One.

The complete video replay for this event is also available now.

AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in New York, London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.

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Group Vice President, Publication and News Services
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5561
lee.mcdonald@ambest.com

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Group Vice President, Publication and News Services
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5561
lee.mcdonald@ambest.com

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