Turbulence ahead The future of general insurance

March 22, 2018

Insurance institutions aren’t known for chasing trends. And maybe you wouldn’t want them to be. For an industry where customers are best served by the sober assessment of risk, there’s something reaffirming about the industry’s steady bearing in FinTech’s choppy wake. But transformative forces are there at the edges, under the surface, looking for a way in. They’re in the technology that’s taking the human element out of risk. They’re showing up along the value chain, bringing price transparency and brand-new products. They’re in adjacent sectors, where pay-per-click threatens commissions and customers must insure assets they use but don’t own. And they’re in the data, where the future can be told.

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W. R. Berkley Corporation

W. R. Berkley Corporation, founded in 1967, is one of the nation’s premier commercial lines property casualty insurance providers. Each of the operating units in Berkley participates in a niche market requiring specialized knowledge about a territory or product. Our competitive advantage lies in our long-term strategy of decentralized operations, allowing each of our units to identify and respond quickly and effectively to changing market conditions and local customer needs. This decentralized structure provides financial accountability and incentives to local management and enables us to attract and retain the highest caliber professionals.

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