Leslie Rippley, VP of Commercial and Agricultural Lines at AAIS, sees a lot of change in the small business insurance segment with regard to technology, appetite, and a continuing flow of capital. Ms. Rippley says the carriers that introduced BOP (Business Owner Policy) products in the 1980s once dominated the small business category. Now, new entrants, news capital, new distribution …

  Jody Queen-Hubert from the St. John’s School of Risk Management speaks with WRIN.tv about a group of students she led to the 2015 RIMS Conference in New Orleans thanks to RIMS Student Involvement Program, and a grant by the ACE Foundation. She also discusses how best to attract millennials to the insurance industry. According to Ms. Queen-Hubert, students are …

  With advances in data collection and new technologies, predictive analytics have become more and more prevalent among the risk management community. At the 2014 RIMS Conference, Steven Laudermilch, SVP of Claims ACE Claims Group, provided an overview of recent developments in predictive analytics, and offered some advice for risk managers. Mr. Laudermilch says one of the biggest misconceptions about predictive modeling …

  A report published by ACE looked at the “critical risks facing the healthcare industry.” At the 2015 RIMS Conference, we spoke with Caroline Clouser, EVP – ACE Medical Risk Group, about the report, and what it means to healthcare risk managers. Ms. Clouser mentions several major issues facing the healthcare industry have been in the news lately, including emergency …