Adviser shortage: the generation of 2040 is already born
29.7% fewer passed Wft exams in five years, a rapidly ageing advisory profession and smaller birth cohorts. What that means for capacity in 2040.
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I regularly share insights on AI, strategy and the choices organisations need to make now to stay relevant.
Insurance software 2026: the broker becomes the supplier
Two brokers are building AI software their peers have waited for. Why insurance software competition now comes from vendors' own customers.
Eleven years later: the diploma shortage I saw coming, and the blockchain promise that never arrived
In 2015 I said the profession had become less accessible because of diploma requirements. Eleven years later, CDFD data backs that up while my blockchain prediction missed completely.
Professional indemnity insurance and AI: zero hits
Is AI damage covered by your professional indemnity insurance? I searched 9 Dutch policies: AI is mentioned nowhere. What that means and what to arrange now.
The future of the insurance broker: your license is your right to exist
AI will soon advise better than you, but brokering requires a license. Duty of care stays with you — that's the broker's right to exist.
The Blind Spot of the Small Insurer
60% of mid-sized insurers don't see AI as important to their revenue model. Why that's a blind spot, and what the six EIOPA principles do about it.
Making AI Pilots Succeed: The 3 Choices of the Winning 5%
95% of AI pilots deliver nothing. The 5% that do earn money choose differently: buy first, target the back office, and redesign the process.
Saved Time Is Not ROI
Saved time feels like a return, but does not automatically reach the accounts. Four questions help you measure AI ROI honestly in euros.
Controlling AI Costs Starts with One Number Almost Nobody Has
Do you know what your organisation spent on AI this month? Visibility, allocation and control make fragmented AI costs manageable.