Rob Boyce
Boyce is director of market intelligence and insights at The Council. He administers, coordinates and writes the Property/Casualty Market Watch Survey, the Cyber Market Watch Survey and the Employee Benefits Survey. He also oversees the Claims & Risk Management Working Group and writes The Council’s Cyber and Insurtech newsletters. Boyce joined The Council in 2015 after graduating from Wake Forest University with degrees in political science and international affairs, and communication. He is from Raleigh, N.C.
P&C
Forced Innovation: A Catalyst for Insurtech Adoption?
In the midst of a global pandemic, will forced innovation emerge as a silver lin...
April 22, 2020
Industry
COVID-19 Brings Increased Recession Risk
Thomas Holzheu of Swiss Re explains dangers pandemic poses for weakened global e...
March 25, 2020
P&C
Will P&C Insurers Pay Out Coronavirus Claims?
Experts seem to be saying many will be contested.
February 27, 2020
P&C
Looking Back: 2019 Emerging Trends to Watch
As the decade comes to a close, we’re reflecting on the top Emerging Trends fr...
December 23, 2019
Industry
Streamlining Small Business Insurance through Broker-Carrier Connectivity
Q&A with Mike Ferber, CEO, Dovetail Insurance
November 22, 2019
Industry
Building a Next-Gen Toolbox for Brokers of the Future
Q&A with Erik Mitisek, President of Highwing
October 31, 2019
Brokerage Ops
Talkin’ Tech
TECHtalk panels discuss Alternative Distribution Models & Streamlining Small Com...
October 9, 2019
Brokerage Ops
16 Insurtechs to Know
These startups are automating pieces within coverage placement for small and mid...
October 7, 2019
Industry
BrokerTech Ventures
The first broker-led incubator and venture group focused specifically on broker-...
October 3, 2019
Industry
4 Trends at InsureTech Connect
While onsite at ITC, we recognized four notable themes emerging from panels, one...
October 3, 2019
Industry
Agency Connect at ITC
Key takeaways from this first-ever event at InsureTech Connect.
October 3, 2019
Industry
4 Years of ITC – An Evolving Landscape
Disruption → Collaboration → Partnership → Implementation
October 3, 2019
P&C
Cyber Market Remains Competitive, According to Council Survey
What you need to know from The Council's Cyber Market Watch Survey.
September 5, 2019
Industry
Over 100 Million Individuals Affected by Capital One Breach
The data breach is reported to affect approximately 100 million customers in the...
August 5, 2019
P&C
The Impact of “California’s GDPR” from Cyber Insurance Industry Perspective
We found two key takeaways to help brokers better prepare for the new year.
August 5, 2019
Industry
26 Insurtechs to Know
These tech-enabled intermediaries are distribution players to watch.
July 23, 2019
P&C
Rapid Cyber Claims Growth and Questions about Insuring Privacy Claims
Market Growing Pains or Something Else?
July 11, 2019
P&C
Lloyd’s Moves to Address Silent Cyber Risk
Mandating that all non-affirmative policies provide clarity regarding cyber cove...
July 11, 2019
Industry
What We Heard at NY Tech Week
News and nuggets from all three conferences we attended
June 21, 2019
Industry
CB Insights: Future of Insurance
“Why Incumbents Need to Act Faster”: CB Insights’ Matthew Wong
June 21, 2019
Industry
Words from the Wise: Mike McGavick
The industry icon and former CEO of XL, keynoted CB Insights' Future of Insuranc...
June 21, 2019
Industry
Insurance Insider: InsiderTech New York
We heard from players all across the value chain: incumbents, venture capitalist...
June 21, 2019
Industry
IICF's Women in Insurance Global Conference
How to build and foster a diverse and inclusive workplace culture within the ins...
June 21, 2019
Brokerage Ops
Q&A with Sherisa Crevier
Crevier is Vice President, Agency Operations Manager, Parker Smith & Feek
June 4, 2019
Industry
Competitive Pricing and Big Data Underwriting: How Insurtech Has Changed Insurers’ “Core Competencies”
“More granular data, allied with advanced analytics, enables better risk selec...
May 30, 2019
P&C
What About Cyberterrorism?
Acts of cyberterrorism are covered under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (T...
May 2, 2019
P&C
NotPetya: A War-Like Exclusion?
NotPetya disrupted supply chains and business operations across the globe, causi...
May 2, 2019
Industry
The MGA: Innovation’s Royal Road?
The rise of insurtech has led to the emergence of a new form of MGA: the steppin...
April 25, 2019
Industry
Alternative Routes for Growth: Insurtech and MGAs
Highlights from Clyde & Co.’s Insurance Growth Report 2019.
April 25, 2019
Industry
Update on the RiskBlock Alliance
Vice President Pat Schmid weighs in on the last two years since The Insitutes an...
April 25, 2019
Industry
Breakdown: The Future of Risk Conference
More than 200 insurtechs, brokers, carriers, students, consultants and venture c...
April 12, 2019
Industry
What We Heard Around Future Of Risk 2019
The topline quotes you need to know from the conference.
April 12, 2019
Industry
Tech's Role in Claims Management
At The Future of Risk conference, we chatted with Meredith Brogan, president of ...
April 12, 2019
Industry
Students Eye Technology as Insurance Draw
At The Future of Risk conference, we met with Tina Valdez co-president of the B...
April 12, 2019
Industry
The Future of Risk Aims to Prepare Industry
The Institutes CEO Pete Miller talks about the inaugural Future of Risk conferen...
April 12, 2019
P&C
Ohio and Michigan Adopt NAIC Model Law; Five Other States Set to Do the Same
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) established its own s...
April 4, 2019
P&C
Marsh, Insurers Seek to Provide Cybersecurity Guidance through New Partnership
With a glut of cybersecurity products and "more than 3,000 providers" of cyber r...
April 4, 2019
Industry
AM Best Aims to Quantify the Unquantifiable: Innovation
The insurance industry rating agency acknowledges the critical role innovation p...
March 28, 2019
Industry
UK Insurtech Board Eases the Way for Startups with Legal Toolkit
The Board has rolled out a toolkit of legal documents intended to help startups ...
March 28, 2019
P&C
California Looks to Broaden Customer Protection Law; Congress Takes Tentative Steps Towards Nationwide Privacy Baseline
Built into the CCPA was one year for legislators to make any necessary revisions...
March 7, 2019
P&C
Cyber Insurtech Dissected in CB Insights’ Q4 2018 Insurtech Briefing
Industry incumbents can leverage emerging technologies to enhance cyber insuranc...
March 7, 2019
Industry
Cyber Insurtech Under the Microscope in CB Insights’ Q4 2018 Insurtech Briefing
CB Insights and Willis Towers Watson released their quarterly insurtech briefing...
March 1, 2019
P&C
Cyber Insurer Coalition First to Offer GDPR Coverage to Small and Midsize Businesses
The MGA will offer "full-spectrum coverage" to help businesses comply with regul...
February 25, 2019
Industry
WTW Quarterly Insurtech Briefing Highlights Injection of Tech into Parametric Insurance Offerings
Highlights from Willis Towers Watson's and research firm CB Insights' Quarterly ...
January 31, 2019
P&C
Advisen, Zurich Release Eighth Annual Information Security and Cyber Risk Management Survey
Responses showed that there has been a growing reliance of firms of all sizes on...
January 10, 2019
Industry
A Bird’s Eye View of the Insurtech Landscape
Earlier this month, the Milken Institute released a detailed qualitative and qua...
December 13, 2018
Industry
A Bird’s Eye View of the Insurtech Landscape
Earlier this month, the Milken Institute released a detailed qualitative and qua...
December 13, 2018
Industry
“Insurance Brokers Evolving to Become ‘Ever More Important’”
Insurance Business magazine sat down with Patrick G. Ryan, founder, chairman and...
November 29, 2018
Industry
Q&A with Chris Downer of XL Innovate
Leader's Edge caught up with Chris Downer of XL Innovate at Plug and Play Broker...
November 16, 2018
Industry
Plug and Play’s First Annual Broker Age Event Gathers Brokers and Insurtechs Together
We participated in the first-ever Plug and Play Broker Age event in Silicon Vall...
November 16, 2018
Brokerage Ops
Plug and Play Broker Age Business Program Bytes
In a panel on how brokers will stay relevant in a world inundated with new techn...
November 16, 2018
Industry
Q&A with Jay Weintraub, Co-Founder and CEO, InsureTech Connect
We always wanted, from day one, for this to be an insurance show.
October 4, 2018
Industry
Q&A with Ali Safavi, Global Head of Insurtech, Plug & Play
It didn’t take us that long to realize how important brokers were in completin...
October 4, 2018
Brokerage Ops
Q&A with Adam Demos, CEO of TowerIQ
Improving the purchase and servicing of policies, streamlining communication and...
October 3, 2018
Brokerage Ops
Q&A with Chris Cheatham, CEO of RiskGenius
We are focused on partnering with brokers that want to bring automation to back-...
October 3, 2018
P&C
Spotlight on Small Commercial
Small business is said to be over a 40 billion dollar market, and still remains ...
October 3, 2018
Industry
Moving Beyond Legacy
No matter how much tech we have and how we evolve, we will always be in a people...
October 3, 2018
Industry
Q&A with Debb Smallwood, CEO & President, Strategy Meets Action
Our strategy is twofold – gauge the pace of change happening in our industry a...
October 2, 2018
Brokerage Ops
Q&A with Kacie Conroy, Director of Information Technology, M3
Our strategy is to focus on three areas: customer experience, effectiveness, and...
October 2, 2018
Industry
MGAs Are Transforming the Market
To illustrate the trend of insurtechs partnering with industry incumbents, marke...
July 3, 2018
Industry
Insurtech Investment Jumps 155% YOY in Q1
According to Willis Towers Watson’s Quarterly Insurtech Briefing, Q1 saw explo...
May 25, 2018
Industry
The Council Attends DigIn Insurtech Conference
Last week, The Council attended Digital Insurance’s DigIn Conference. While th...
May 25, 2018
Industry
May 25, 2018 Insurtech Market Insights
According to Venture Scanner’s Insurtech Overview, insurtechs have raised $976...
May 25, 2018
Industry
Data and Technology Mentions in Brokerage Firms’ Earnings Calls Increase 4x in Six Years
Publicly traded U.S. broker firms appear to be focusing more of their attention ...
April 19, 2018
Industry
The Council Attends DC Blockchain Summit
Need to know from the annual DC Blockchain Summit, hosted by the Chamber of Digi...
April 5, 2018
Health+Benefits
Enter the Titans
Big players from across industries are moving into healthcare.
February 15, 2018
Industry
Artificial Intelligence Evolution
In a previous spotlight newsletter, we asked readers to identify the technology ...
January 5, 2018
Industry
Getting Smart on Blockchain
Blockchain is a technological advancement showing strong signals it could transf...
July 28, 2017
P&C
PAR Now Offers Brokers Cyber Coverage
Beware the perils of cyber exposures from M&A.
February 27, 2017