“Oooh, that’s scary.”

Owner of Siam Smile, a Thai restaurant in downtown Edmond, OK as I was liberally sprinkling red hot chilies over my Pad Thai.

While enjoying a plate of Pad Thai at a local restaurant it dawned on me that the debate about remote underwriting has become nothing more than an academic tussle.  On one side of the debate, there are insurance companies that totally embrace remote underwriting.  On the other side there are companies with endless reasons who do not care for the concept of remote underwriting.  But in the end, the debate is purely academic at this time.  I got a phone call the other week that convinced me of this.

A very large multi-national company placed a recruiting call to me and I had a very nice conversation with the head of their HR.  This particular company has over 100 underwriters and over 40 are remote.  This got me thinking about other companies who have embraced remote underwriters.  These firms are all big names with big budgets, good technology, and a vision for the future.

The future is here and we all better get used to it.  Scary or not.