Michael Cronin has over 20 years of insurance product management experience. He works with companies to set profitable and competitive prices, study markets and competitors, streamline business processes, and develop product management organizations and individual talent.

Product Management Services

• Rate reviews using company loss experience or market-based analysis
• Rate and forms filings
• Product design and development
• New markets and lines of business
• Market basket analysis and rate comparisons
• Mike Cronin can supplement a PM staff with projects and experience, or provide PM services to companies without product management resources.

Training: Product Management Academy

“Highly recommend this course for new hires or seasoned veterans”...A recent course attendee

• The most complete product management training program in the industry. Concepts and techniques reinforced with hands-on practice. Come to a class hosted by Mike Cronin, or invite Mike to your office for an on-site program.
• Practicing what he teaches, Mike Cronin is diligent about collecting feedback measuring results. Here are some comments from past participants in Cronin’s classes:
  • Presentation and instructor were very knowledgeable and easy to understand.
  • Exercises were a great way to tie the subject matter back to scenarios, evaluate data
  • The best insurance instructor I’ve come across.
  • Content should allow me to understand pricing decisions more thoroughly.
  • Great stuff! You made this very interesting.
  • Will use the materials often as a reference.
  • I wish I had this class a year ago.
  • Learned more than I anticipated. This was much needed.
  • Highly recommend this course for new hires or seasoned veterans.
  • One of the best training sessions I have been in since I came to this company.

Filings and compliance services

Sometimes a filing is simply paperwork, and sometimes it’s a real business problem, with a strategy for support and presentation. Either way, Mike Cronin can navigate the insurance department maze and get filings approved faster and with less compromise.

Competitive Intelligence

• Knowledge of competitors and markets is critical not only for pricing and product development, but also to strategic planning and investment evaluations.
• From rate comparisons and market baskets to deep dive analysis of filings and financial statements, Mike Cronin’s analyses illuminate markets and expose opportunities.

Publications and Speaking

An engaging speaker, Mike Cronin is available to discuss topics related to the insurance pricing cycle, the auto insurance marketplace, or the discipline and process of product management in insurance. Mike Cronin has commented to the Wall Street Journal, Federal Reserve Bank researchers, and leading insurance equity analysts.

Cronin’s writing on insurance management has published in Best’s Review and CPCU Underwriting Trends.