Doughboys…

The New York Times recently listed the top-paid execs in the US. Impressive list, much of it predictable, some of it surprising.

Several insurance CEOs and leaders were among the top earners. The numbers are quite high and quite impressive. We add here–you won’t see it anywhere else–that the shareholder, policyholder and public responsibilities are also quite high. There is a balance here, no matter what some socialists are saying these days.

Daniel S. Glaser                               Marsh & McLennan (MMC)
William F. Carpenter III                LifePoint Health (LPNT)
Steven A. Kandaria                         MetLife (MET)
Stephen J. Hemsley                        United Health Group (UNH)
Barry D. Zyskind                             AmTrust Financial Services (AFSI)
Thomas J. Wilson                           Allstate (ALL)
Trevor Fetter                                    Tenet Healthcare (THC)
George S. Barrett                             Cardinal Health (CAH)
Peter D. Hancock                             American International Group (AIG)
William S. Demchak                        PNC Financial Services Group (PNC)
Gregory C. Case                                Aon (AON)
Alan B. Miller                                    Universal Health Services
Evan G. Greenberg                           Chubb (CB)
John G. Stumpf                                 Wells Fargo (WFC)
John R. Strangfeld                            Prudential Financial (PRU)
David M. Cordani                              Cigna (CI)
Mark T. Bertolini                               Aetna (AET)

On May 16th, TransUnion entered the online auto insurance marketplace with Quote Exchange. TransUnion is now delivering an auto insurance marketplace solution that enables (both large and small) carriers to buy and sell real-time online quotes using enriched TransUnion data for precise segmentation and decisioning.

As more consumers use the internet to obtain auto insurance quotes, TransUnion seeks to align carriers with prospective customers during the shopping process, providing a significantly differentiated and improved solution from traditional aggregator programs. Early adopters of Quote Exchange have already been successful in using TransUnion data sets to get their quotes in front of consumers at the right time and at the right price. Quote Exchange enables them to target highly qualified leads online and offer consumers a better shopping experience by reducing shopping time and providing quotes that match them to their best-fit carrier. Disintermediation has a long way to go, but this is a step in that somewhat perilous direction.