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    Guy Carpenter & RAA Execs on CAT Losses, Elections, & (Re)Insurance Markets

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    Social Inflation, “Nuclear Verdicts” & Extreme Weather Top Insurer Issues in 2020 – NAMIC CEO.

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    “Still Opportunities to Get Things Done Despite Dysfunctional US Government” – APCIA CEO

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    Innovation is Happening in Insurance, but Not Disruption – Not Yet! – Aisus CEO

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    NY Insurers Face Challenges and Opportunities in Tech, Financial Literacy – NYIA

  • COMMERCIAL RISK
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    Strong economy, construction/transportation trends bode well for inland marine – IMUA & Allianz Execs

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    Climate Change Affecting Insured Losses, but Hard to Quantify – Dr. Klotzbach, Colorado State University.

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    Independent Agents See Growth Across All Lines, Despite Challenges – Big I CEO

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    Technology and “Lookers” Enhance Claims Management process – Crawford COO

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    Cyber cover evolves as insurtech explodes – Business Insurance editor

  • CONSUMER RISK
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    FL Commissioner Optimistic about Emerging Consumer Products/Services

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    New Revenues for Insurers Exist in Sharing Economy – Re-Sure CEO

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    Insurers need “sense of urgency” to improve claims and risk assessment process

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    “Amazoned” consumers present challenges & opportunities to personal lines insurers.

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    “Upstart Insurtechs” raising the bar in homeowners market – LexisNexis exec.

  • REINSURANCE/ILS
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    Guy Carpenter & RAA Execs on CAT Losses, Elections, & (Re)Insurance Markets

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    Robust Reinsurance Market Not Without its Challenges – RAA CEO.

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    Customer Experience…a Modern Differentiator for Insurers – BMS Re CEO

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    US Reinsurance Market “Healthy” While Facing New Threats & Opportunities

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    Reinsurance upgraded to “Stable” as A.M. Best cites possible “inflection point”

  • CAREERS/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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    P&C Industry Gives $1B+/year to Charity…IICF on Women in Insurance & Millennial Summit

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    St. Baldrick’s Carries on Tradition of Giving – NAMIC CEO

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    Looking ahead…Automation, Robotics and AI could help fill “Talent Gap”

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    Grow by Solving Society’s Problems…A.M. Best exec.

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    Spencer Foundation fights “war for talent” with scholarships, grants and internships.

3 New Articles
  • Oct 12, 2020 Guy Carpenter & RAA Execs on CAT Losses, Elections, & (Re)Insurance Markets
  • Feb 6, 2020 Strong economy, construction/transportation trends bode well for inland marine – IMUA & Allianz Execs
  • Jan 29, 2020 Social Inflation, “Nuclear Verdicts” & Extreme Weather Top Insurer Issues in 2020 – NAMIC CEO.
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Climate Change Affecting Insured Losses, but Hard to Quantify – Dr. Klotzbach, Colorado State University.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Jan 26, 2020
in :  COMMERCIAL RISK, EMERGING TRENDS, FEATURED, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, P&C, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

There were significant insured losses from natural disasters in 2019, according to Dr. Phil Klotzbach, a research scientist in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University (CSU). While there $45 billion in losses reported, it is difficult to say home much is that was driven by climate change. Still, climate change is affecting occurences of flood, wildfires and …

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Innovation is Happening in Insurance, but Not Disruption – Not Yet! – Aisus CEO

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Oct 15, 2019
in :  Claims Management, Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, FEATURED, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, INDUSTRY NEWS, P&C, Recent Stories, Reinsurance Markets, Travel, WRIN.tv Newswire

Mica Cooper, CEO & President of Aisus/InsureCrypt opens up about so-called ‘disruption’ in the insurance industry. According to Mr. Cooper, we’re not seeing it… Mr. Cooper notes how much people are talking about innovation, disruption, evolution and revolution in the insurance industry. He sees innovation artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. He points out that some innovation is “not legal”, …

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Insurers still face challenges from Resilience, Cyber, Talent Gap & Global Affairs

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Oct 3, 2019
in :  Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, FEATURED, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, P&C, Recent Stories, Working in Risk & Insurance, WRIN.tv Newswire

Insurance Information Institute (III) Chief Administrative Officer Laura Favinger shares her thoughts on major issues facing the U.S. insurance industry, including insurer and policyholder resilience, technology and cyber risk, the industry’s talent gap and global economic and political upheaval. For insurance customer, including homeowners and renters, Ms. Favinger addresses the need to ensure proper insurance coverage, “the right types, the …

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FL Commissioner Optimistic about Emerging Consumer Products/Services

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Jun 11, 2019
in :  CONSUMER RISK, EMERGING TRENDS, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, Legislation/Regulation, Recent Stories, Travel, WRIN.tv Newswire

Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier discusses issues that are top-of-mind among regulators, including the amount of data in the public domain regarding consumers. While there are many positive uses of data, regulators are looking to make sure that insurance carriers are using it appropriately. Commissioner Altmaier, acknowledges the “good work” being done by companies like AAIS to educate consumers, regulators …

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New Revenues for Insurers Exist in Sharing Economy – Re-Sure CEO

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Jun 3, 2019
in :  CONSUMER RISK, Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

According to Re-Sure co-founder and CEO Gautham Pedditbhotla, consumers are looking for products that “suit their lifestyle”, such as usage-based insurance (UBI). He suggests consumers who do not own assets are not getting the coverage they need from traditional insurance products. Carriers are looking to offset losses in revenue due to the reduction in “asset ownership.” Opportunities are plentiful, depending …

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GDP, Cyber, Flood, Technology, Talent and more on III radar heading to 2019

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Nov 19, 2018
in :  Education/Certification, EMERGING TRENDS, FEATURED, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, INDUSTRY NEWS, P&C, Recent Stories, Workers Comp, WRIN.tv Newswire

The uptick in GDP has had a positive impact on the insurance industry, according to Laura Favinger, Chief Administrative Officer for the Insurance Information Institute (III). In the first half of 2018, insurance carriers nearly doubled their net income over the same period in 2017. The III sees exposures broadening a bit due to business development, consumer consumption and construction, …

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Cyber cover evolves as insurtech explodes – Business Insurance editor

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Nov 5, 2018
in :  COMMERCIAL RISK, Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, FEATURED, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, Life Insurance, P&C, Recent Stories

Cyber risk and insurance continue to evolve, but the insurtech explosion is the real news at the moment, according to Gavin Souter, Editor of Business Insurance. Like all things related to technology, cyber insurance is evolving rapidly. Insurers and brokers are keen to sell cyber policies, but commercial buyers do not believe the insurance offered is enough to cover their …

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Insurers sitting on “Gold Mine” of data…and don’t know it.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Oct 12, 2018
in :  Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, INDUSTRY NEWS, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

BriteCore CEO and Founder Phil Reynolds provides insights into the risks, challenges and opportunities affecting the changing insurance market due in large part to data. He says many insurers simply so not understand what their data means. The data collected on policies, claims, losses and consumer behaviors is a gold mine, and most don’t even know it. He notes that …

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“Amazoned” consumers present challenges & opportunities to personal lines insurers.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Oct 2, 2018
in :  CONSUMER RISK, EMERGING TRENDS, FEATURED, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, Life Insurance, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

According to Sean Kevelighan, President & CEO of the Insurance Information Institute (III), says catastrophes, both natural and man-made, are having a large impact on personal lines insurance carriers. An increase in natural catastrophe has an impact on auto and homeowner’s insurance, and the “vastly underserved” flood market continues to be an issue. The auto insurance market is being impacted …

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“Upstart Insurtechs” raising the bar in homeowners market – LexisNexis exec.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Sep 5, 2018
in :  CONSUMER RISK, Data/Tech/Modeling, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

The biggest issues facing home insurance carriers today fall into two categories, according to George Hosfield, Senior Director of Home Insurance for LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Consumer expectation is driving changes to the customer experience as well as changes to the experience for agents. Mr. Hosfield says much of that is driven by “upstart insurtech” companies raising the bar, and general …

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Auto insurers face challenges and opportunities related to new technologies.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Aug 29, 2018
in :  CONSUMER RISK, Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

According to AAIS Product Manager Casey Brewer, the biggest issues facing auto insurers today revolve around technology and the speed of technological change. Technology is changing the nature of the risk to the vehicle, as well as driver behavior and distracted driving and the insurer’s operations. Ironically, the opportunities auto insurers have are related to the challenges. New technologies are …

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Technology/Geospacial Intelligence impacting insurance fraud & claims adjusting.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Feb 14, 2018
in :  Claims Management, CONSUMER RISK, Data/Tech/Modeling, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

Roger Morris, Chief Communications Officer with the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), says technology has been a disruptor  when it comes to insurance fraud.  Anti-theft devices have helped deter crime and provide better analytics to detect fraud. The industry also has to contend with hackers trying to defeat the system. Mr. Morris points to electronic devices that can open and start …

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III CEO sees “Disruption Continuum” as New Norm for insurers.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Jan 18, 2018
in :  Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, FEATURED, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, INDUSTRY NEWS, Legislation/Regulation, Recent Stories, Working in Risk & Insurance, WRIN.tv Newswire

Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) CEO Sean Kevelighan sees the “disruption continuum” as the “new normal” for the insurance industry, and outlines the ways insurers can embrace resiliency when contending with catastrophes, geopolitical unrest, technological change.  He says the I.I.I. will “be doing our best to fulfill our mission, and hopefully it will promote a positive sense of the disruption that’s …

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AAIS CEO on disruptive technology, new economy, regulation & ‘CannaBOP.’

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Jan 12, 2018
in :  COMMERCIAL RISK, EMERGING TRENDS, FEATURED, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, Legislation/Regulation, P&C, Specialty Lines, Uncategorized, WRIN.tv Newswire

AAIS President and CEO Ed Kelly discusses the major issues industry executives are concerned about heading into 2018, including technology, the new economy and buying behavior, as well as government regulation. While technology remains an enabler in the insurance industry, Mr. Kelly notes that the new uses of technology are the “disruptors.” “We’ve seen that with automation…the use if drones, …

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Will 2017 be a record CAT year? – I.I.I. CEO comments.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Oct 19, 2017
in :  Claims Management, FEATURED, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, INDUSTRY NEWS, Recent Stories, Reinsurance Markets, WRIN.tv Newswire

2017 has been a very active year for catastrophes…and traditional seasons are shifting. That according to Sean Kevelighan, President and CEO of the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). Mr. Kevelighan points to 367 tornadoes in the first quarter of 2017, which surpasses the average of 93 by a large margin. The I.I.I. had estimated an active hurricane season, and forecasts were …

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Carriers migrating data to cloud to get off island – BriteCore CEO

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Oct 10, 2017
in :  Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

Phil Reynolds, CEO and Co-Founder of BriteCore, outlines the disruptive nature of insurtech companies, and what traditional companies are doing to access new and emerging technology services. Mr. Reynolds describes an online experience he had with one insurtech company that asked for his home address and was able to assemble county records, a visual flyover, the home’s square footage and …

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Long view makes ‘world of difference’ to Mutual insurers – Conning.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Oct 5, 2017
in :  COMMERCIAL RISK, FEATURED, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, Markets, P&C, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

Jerry Theodorou, a Vice President of Insurance Research at Conning, previews a strategic study that looks at Mutual property-casualty insurance companies. According to Mr. Theodorou, there is an elevated degree of concern in five areas: technology, expense ratios, the war for talent, demographic and sociodemographic changes, and the future for personal auto. Conning is finding Mutuals are reacting proactively with …

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“Trifecta of Disruptive Trends” hitting auto insurance market.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Aug 15, 2017
in :  Auto/Marine/Aviation, CONSUMER RISK, Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, FEATURED, Homeowner/Renter/Auto

  Over the past decade, a steady flow of disruptive forces has impacted the personal auto insurance market, including telematics, the sharing economy and autonomous vehicles. AAIS Auto Product Manager Casey Brewer discusses how they are reshaping the Personal Auto insurance market, and myriad challenges and opportunities it creates for carriers.   Telematics programs provide insurers with access to vast amounts …

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CAT Report: Changing Focus from Recovery to Resilience.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Jun 14, 2017
in :  Claims Management, FEATURED, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, INDUSTRY NEWS, P&C, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

With the Hurricane Season underway, WRIN.tv speaks with Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) President and CEO Sean Kevelighan about the forecast for 2017, and a change in focus from ‘recovery’ to ‘resilience.’ Mr. Kevelighan drew from a recent announcement jointly published by the I.I.I., the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University (CSU) and the Tropical Meteorology Project (TMP), which forecasts “near-average …

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Cyber Update: Ransom-ware of Things, Malware as a Service Industry, Risk Management Tips.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
May 9, 2017
in :  Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, Homeowner/Renter/Auto, INDUSTRY NEWS, Recent Stories, Specialty Lines, WRIN.tv Newswire

Emy Donavan, Global Head of Cyber at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, provides an update on the world of cyber risk, including an increase in attacks on consumer devices, malware as a business, and tips for risk managers looking to prepare for inevitable attacks. More recent developments in cyber risk include an increase in attacks on consumer devices such as …

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