Commentary

A few weeks ago in this space I wrote about the importance of protecting your brand through monitoring of social media. I pointed to a case involving Progressive Insurance and their chairman, Peter Lewis.

With so much legislative and regulatory activity each year, property and casualty insurers can always count on plenty of tracking and implementation issues. Some of the perennial topics that are addressed and find their way to enactment or adoption are those impacting claims and trade practicesand 2011 has been no...

Even with the best risk management plans in place, including a backup generator and two sump-pumps in the basement, some things just cant be anticipated. This is the main lesson from Hurricane Irene.

When we look at the advances and consider technologys momentum, its easy to get excited about what well experience in the next 30 years. No doubt new opportunities await, but in order for insurers to be in the best position to take advantage, they must understand the whole story, and...

We like to think were tough here in New York, but Im not ashamed to say that the thought of a hurricane coming right at us scared the wits out of me. Frankly, I dont know how folks in storm-prone areas live with this threat all the time.

Andrew Kantor was the editor of Tech Decisions in September of 2001. The day after the attacks of 9/11, he wrote a column that reflected the anger many felt following the attack.