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Beyond the Text is a Conning podcast that features insights from its Insurance Research Department. Hosted by Alyssa Gittleman, Head of Marketing and Communications for Conning.
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Small Commercial Insurance: Defining the Opportunity Beneath the Headline (opens the original)
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Small commercial insurance represents a significant growth opportunity for insurers, but the market is more diverse than the headline numbers suggest. In this episode of Beyond the Text, Alyssa Gittleman and Jay Sarzen examine how insurers can better understand the distinct segments within the small commercial market, from Non-Employer and Micro businesses to Core and Gap, or “Smiddle,” accounts. The discussion explores how differences in customer needs, complexity, distribution, and servicing c
Managing General Agents: Reconfiguring the Value Chain? (opens the original)
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Another year of double-digit MGA growth would normally be the headline. But is that growth pointing to something bigger? In this episode of Beyond the Text, host Alyssa Gittleman sits down with Alan, author of Conning's latest Strategic MGA Study, Managing General Agents: Reconfiguring the Value Chain?, to explore how the property-casualty insurance market is evolving beyond the numbers. Their conversation examines whether underwriting expertise, technology, data, capital, and insurance infrastr
The Next Differentiator: Investment Strategy in the Evolving P&C Market (opens the original)
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The latest episode of Beyond the Text explores how insurers are approaching portfolio construction in today's market. Alyssa Gittleman speaks with Matt Reilly about the growing role of structured credit, private markets, and insurance-focused investment solutions, as well as why successful portfolio construction requires balancing yield, capital efficiency, liquidity, and asset-liability management. The discussion also highlights why deep insurance expertise is becoming increasingly important as
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