May 11, 2022 – Insurance innovation is now at a point where no one tasked with innovation is concerned with the lack of solid startups. None of them thinks that innovation is “just a fad” or has concerns about missing “the one” startup. Few believe that employees won’t be able to think of ideas to innovate, that technologies don’t exist to support innovation, or any such similar concerns that may have been issues in ancient times (i.e., 2016). Yet the topic of culture remains a concern, as it was in ancient times, and is at the forefront of innovation conversations.
This report outlines some pragmatic ideas to help mitigate the headwinds of cultural and organizational challenges—both common across all industries and unique to insurance innovation. The analysis in this report is based on Aite-Novarica Group’s executive engagement advisory work and a recent quarterly Special Interest Group on Innovation.
This 16-page Impact Report contains one figure. Clients of Aite-Novarica Group’s Life, Annuities, & Benefits or Property & Casualty service can download this report and the corresponding charts.
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John Keddy
John Keddy is a Senior Principal at Datos Insights. His expertise is in IT strategy, cloud strategy and implementation, insuretech and fintech, emerging technologies, core systems implementation, and cybersecurity. John has over 20 years of executive experience, including having served in the roles of CIO, CTO, and CISO. He has multiple security certifications, including CISSP, CEH, and AWS Certified Security...
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Stephanie Dalwin
Stephanie Dalwin is an Advisor at Datos Insights, supporting the firm’s insurance business and technology trends research, along with vendor consulting engagements. Stephanie also heads up the company’s insuretech program, engaging startups through briefings and industry reports. Prior to joining the firm, Stephanie worked at United Way of Central Maryland supporting fundraising efforts through data mining and reporting. She has an...