As Chief Digital Officer of ProSight Specialty Insurance, Darryl leads the Core IT and Digital teams. Darryl also held executive roles at ProSight, Tesla Motors, and Fireman’s Fund/Allianz; founded and led a small business PR services software startup; and worked at Mercer Management Consulting. He has a BA in Economics from Brown University. He was interviewed for the Novarica Update in 2018.
What are your top priorities for the next 6-12 months?
As a former IT leader, talent management was consistently one of my top priorities. I focused on having highly motivated and talented staff with the skillsets needed to meet the needs and expectations of the business. Technology goes through cycles every 5-7 years, so if there are employees who have been with the carrier for 15, 20, and even 30 years, the skillsets of these valued people need to evolve and change.
Jim Klotz on how Amazon’s decision to shelve selling pharmaceuticals to hospitals is just one part of the story.
Rob McIsaac on the importance of holding meetings in person.
Jeff Goldberg on creating a trusted exchange with blockchain.
Marsh, working with IBM, ACORD, and ISN, plans to launch a proof-of-insurance solution on blockchain by the end of the year. There have been many possible use cases discussed for utilizing blockchain in the insurance industry, and the concept of it as a central data validation aligns with projects outside of the insurance industry as well. Blockchain has been suggested or piloted as a way to validate diamond provenance and to secure and maintain privacy for personal medical data, and in comparison to that insurance ID cards sounds like a more straightforward task.