The First-Mover Advantage: Here Is How to Jump Start Your P&C Digital Transformation July 28, 2022 By adrian Here is how to jump start your P&C digital transformation A first mover advantage awaits P&C insurance carriers, program administrators, MGAs/MGUs, captives, risk pools, third-party administrators (TPA), and self-insured organizations. What are you waiting for? Are you skeptical about cloud computing, worried about the security of the cloud, concerned about the time and cost of … Continued
Award-Winning Safety & Sustainability: A Q&A with the Las Vegas Valley Water District July 22, 2022 By Origami Risk In June, Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVWWD, the District) won — for the second year in a row — the American Water Works Association’s Wendell LaDue Utility Safety Award, which is bestowed annually to recognize distinguished water utility safety programs. Last year, the District also received the 2021 Larry C. Larson Safety Award from … Continued
Software: To Build or to Buy, That Is the Question May 13, 2022 By Origami Risk Here is what insurers and MGAs need to know. Over the past few years, insurers have been dealing with the cost and maintenance of legacy systems and wondering whether they should invest in building or buying new software to meet the digital demands of today’s market. Because software development has progressed tremendously, core insurance products … Continued
Low Code/No Code: Is This the Next Big Thing in Tech? April 22, 2022 By Origami Risk Software development is thought of as a long, tedious, and costly process for insurers and MGAs. In conventional software development, programmers write long lines of code using computer coding language that is not easy to understand to create functions and features desired in a computer program. The process requires programmers to have in-depth knowledge of … Continued
Determining your EHS Maturity April 18, 2022 By Origami Risk In our discussions with industry experts and practitioners, Origami discovered the need for these individuals to assess where they stood in terms of both their safety culture and their technology profiles as they figure out the next steps in keeping employees safe. Why is that? The importance of safety culture maturity is well documented. As … Continued
SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) is Transforming Insurance April 15, 2022 By Origami Risk Here is what you need to know about SaaS. Insurers find themselves struggling with how to keep up with the pace of technological change. Available cloud solutions that manage core insurance systems break down into three broad cloud categories: On premise: the insurer provides all required infrastructure and network access for an installed platform. Cloud … Continued
EHS Maturity Assessment – How Can it Benefit You? March 21, 2022 By Origami Risk In this 2-minute read, we dive into how you can decipher where your organization’s EHS Maturity stands and determine concrete next steps to advance your program. Go to any EHS conference or read any EHS publication, and you are guaranteed to hear about “safety culture”. It’s probably on the top of your mind as an … Continued
Origami Expert Series: Systems Integrators and Your Technology Ecosystem March 9, 2022 By Origami Risk We sat down with Pat Eskew, Origami’s Chief Commercial Officer, to find out his plans for expanding Origami’s partnerships with other technology providers in the insurance ecosystem and, specifically, our plans for working with systems integrators for client implementations. Many companies find themselves relying on an array of patched together technology programs relying on them … Continued
3 Features for Easing Administrative Burdens for Healthcare Staff March 7, 2022 By Origami Risk According to the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, adoption of new technologies often requires inefficient accommodation by users. These types of disruptions can increase users’ cognitive loads, disrupting their existing workflows and forcing them to adopt new ways of doing things. In healthcare settings, these disruptions often contribute to burnout and medical errors. Usability of IT … Continued
Why Risk, Safety & Compliance Managers Need to Work Together January 25, 2022 By Origami Risk In some organizations, risk, safety, and compliance teams report to the same business unit, while in others, they do not. This separated structure often leads to limited communication and collaboration. In many cases, these teams also use completely different systems or spreadsheets to manage crucial business risks and programs. This segregated approach comes with its own set … Continued