This industry note introduces the world of insurance and the principles on which the industry works, with a focus on property and casualty (P&C) insurance in 2019. It explains the core elements of insurers’ business models and how they make money. It describes different types of insurance companies, the key industry players, and how distribution channels are organized.

This case explores InsurTech start-up Lemonade’s disruptive new business model aimed at creating and delivering a ‘shockingly great user experience’ around a ‘lovable brand’ – in an industry plagued by low customer satisfaction. The digital disruptor leverages principles of behavioural economics to address conflicts of interest and mistrust which prevail in the existing industry.

In 2017, Chen Amit and Oren Zeev, co-founders of Tipalti, an end-to-end payment processing start-up, are about to close its Series C investment round when they receive a warning about one of the new investors slated to fund over half the round.

In 2017, Chen Amit and Oren Zeev, co-founders of Tipalti, an end-to-end payment processing start-up, are about to close its Series C investment round when they receive a warning about one of the new investors slated to fund over half the round.

Four years after acquiring the business, 3G Capital had managed to put Burger King back in growth mode. However, the Burger King brand itself was still lacking momentum and it was unclear if its celebrity-heavy ad campaign would work. Could Daniel Schwartz, Burger King’s young CEO and his team make the brand cool again, on a tight budget?

After winning important battles against soda, governments and health activists are targeting chocolate bars because of their high sugar content, and some, like the UK government in 2017, have set strict targets on the amount of sugar and calories that can be contained in each chocolate bar.