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How to Be a Better Risk-Taker
Here’s the thing about the people who take the biggest risks—they’re actually the best planners.
You Know, App Building Isn’t Only for Computer Science Majors
Photo of the Strickler Innovation awards winners after the award ceremony. From left to right, pictured are Ruo Jia, Martin Eling, Agnese Mineo and Máté Solymosi.
Power Ranking the Top 10 Riskiest Movie Monsters
Good news! Monsters aren’t real. You can stop looking under your bed now.
But if they were, which ones would be the most dangerous? If you lived in a horrible, terrifying world in which these fictional monsters, killers and other bad guys all coexisted, which would be the toughest to fight against or prepare for?
Is Ben Stiller a Good Risk Manager in "Along Came Polly"?
If you’ve ever seen the movie “Along Came Polly,” there’s no doubt you remember Ben Stiller’s character Reuben Feffer, the neurotic but successful risk manager at a life insurance company (technically he’s a senior risk assessment analyst), who lives a predictable life and is terrified of taking risks.
MyPath Q&A With "The Art of Risk" Author, Kayt Sukel
Author Kayt Sukel recently published “The Art of Risk: The New Science of Courage, Caution & Chance,” which looks at the science behind why people take risks and how we can all become better risk takers.
Insurance and Innovation - How Managing Risk Encourages Risk
Pop quiz: What's the main driver of innovation?
Promise of fame and riches? Humanity's innate urge to be creative? Sure, those are important. But what about protection from failure?
Daenerys Targaryen's Best Shot at Taking the Iron Throne? Dragon Insurance
[WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Season 6 of “Game of Thrones”]
The Ethics of Modern Insurance—From Telematics to Driverless Cars
Picture this: A driverless car with one passenger is flying straight toward a broken-down bus full of people. The car has to make a split-second decision—hit the bus and risk injuring several passengers or swerve off the road, risking more serious injury to the car’s passenger. What’s the right thing for the robot at the wheel to do?
Why Insurance Professionals Love Their Careers
Thousands of professionals helped spread the word about risk management and insurance careers this past February during the first annual Insurance Careers Month, an event that united the industry around its important and rewarding career opportunities.
5 steps for insurance firms to recruit better college graduates
It’s no secret that most college students simply aren’t aware of insurance careers. Our own research* has found that only 2 percent of millennials consider themselves “very familiar” with the insurance industry, and fewer than 10 percent said they were interested in joining the profession.
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