Celent

Donald Light

Senior Analyst
Insurance

dlight@celent.com

Donald Light,  based in Celent’s San Francisco office, is a Senior Analyst in the firm’s insurance group. Mr. Light’s research focuses on claims, underwriting and policy administration, reinsurance, product life cycle management, business process and rules solutions, and accounting.

He is the author of reports on claims technology, underwriting, product development, insurance accounting solutions, fraud mitigation technology, business rules, and business process management. His recent consulting work includes developing a strategic IT plan for a specialty insurer, a build vs. buy analysis, and several vendor selection processes.

Mr. Light has been widely quoted in the press and media, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Financial Times, The Economist, NBC Evening News, CNBC, National Public Radio, Business News Network (Canada), Bloomberg TV and Radio, USA Today, Reuters, AP, CNNMoney, Dow Jones, and Best’s Review. He has written columns for Insurance Networking News and Insurance & Technology.  

He is a frequent presenter at industry conferences including those sponsored by ACORD LOMA, IASA, and ISOTech.

Prior to joining Celent, Mr. Light was a consultant with Sapient and for his own firm Donald Light Consulting, where he advised senior managers at major insurers and other financial institutions. He has been a research associate at the Allstate Insurance Research and Planning Center.

Mr. Light has a B.A. cum laude in economics from Princeton University, and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a CPCU and has served as Chair of the National Society’s Research Committee.