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What would Socrates ask the insurance industry?
A thought experiment from the podcast “Paul the Insurer” brings an old philosophical method into the modern world of…

What if Insurance Worked Like a Free Market?
Large corporations, thick stacks of contracts, standardized rates based on statistical averages: that’s how we know the…

Heartache With a Deductible
What happens when a Brazilian insurer launches liability insurance policies for eleven occupational groups, and a…

LBC Insurance Radar #15: Between Tradition and Technology
The latest edition of the LBC Insurance Radar shows just how much the insurance industry is currently caught between…

Listening and Speaking: Why Insurers Must Not Lose Human Contact
An insider podcast reminds the industry that technology can never completely replace a personal connection with…

Francisco’s Secret
What a Small Insurance Company Teaches Us About Reputation, Niche Thinking, and the Human Side of Business in a new…

Big or Fast? Why Insurance Companies Haven’t Had Their Day Yet?
Holcim is splitting up its North American and Rest of the Americas divisions. ABB is spinning off its robotics…

LBC Insurance Radar #14: AI, Climate, and Demographics
In the 14th episode of the LBC Insurance Radar, Marco La Bella takes a close look at the current developments that are…
The Return of the Druids
Actuaries calculate the unpredictable, but now they are faced with a mirror that thinks faster than they do. Actuaries…

Courage to implement: How noimos is changing the insurance industry with AI
While the potential of artificial intelligence is still being discussed in many places, the Swiss InsurTech noimos is…

Viracocha and the architects of the future
What does an Incan god of creation have to do with artificial intelligence and the insurance industry? In Paul the…

When AI becomes a mirror
What happens when artificial intelligence no longer just settles claims, but predicts and reshapes our lives? Paul the…