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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.

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

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Oct 10, 2019
in :  Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, INDUSTRY NEWS, Markets, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

New York Insurance Association (NYIA) Vice President Cassandra Anderson provides insights into the challenges and opportunities facing New York insurers, including consumer needs, technology, and emerging regulatory and legislative issues. Ms. Anderson believes among the biggest issues facing companies are ever-changing and diverse consumer needs, particularly in a highly regulated environment where change can be slow. Insurtech, including innovations in …

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

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Oct 7, 2019
in :  Data/Tech/Modeling, FEATURED, Recent Stories, REINSURANCE/ILS, WRIN.tv Newswire

Companies are challenged to find opportunities for growth in a competitive landscape. According to BMS Re U.S. CEO Steve Korducki, the differentiator lies in technology and customer service. Mr. Korducki sees growth for insurers in cyber coverage and insurtech, particularly when organizations utilize tech-focused risk mitigation technology. Changing consumer demographics and market shifts, combined with technology advancements, mean a change …

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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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With DRRA signed, work continues on TRIA and NFIP – NAMIC CEO.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Oct 1, 2019
in :  Data/Tech/Modeling, FEATURED, INDUSTRY NEWS, Legislation/Regulation, P&C, Working in Risk & Insurance, WRIN.tv Newswire

National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) President and CEO Chuck Chamness shared his thoughts on recent legislative successes and challenges during the recent NAMIC’s Annual Convention in National Harbor, MD. Mr. Chamness highlighted the Disaster Recovery and Reform Act (DRRA), signed into law in 2018, as a significant legislative success benefitting insurance companies and the members they serve. DRRA, …

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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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“Regulators & Regulated” Need New Technologies – Conn. Commissioner

By WRIN.tv News Desk
May 23, 2019
in :  Data/Tech/Modeling, INDUSTRY NEWS, Legislation/Regulation, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew Mais discusses the challenges and opportunities facing the insurance industry. While products like Long Term Care pose issues for the market, it is technology having the biggest impact on the industry.  He admits the “industry needs to change” fast enough to keep up. Both regulators and regulated need to adopt the new technologies available to benefits consumers …

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BriteCore CEO sees Big Upside for Carriers Embracing Tech Changes

By WRIN.tv News Desk
May 13, 2019
in :  Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, INDUSTRY NEWS, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

BriteCore CEO Phil Reynolds discusses the insurance industry’s movement towards microservices and shares insights on how companies that embrace change and ‘engage the complication’ gain an enormous competitive advantage. Mr. Reynolds sees many insurers “stuck in legacy systems.” He believes microservices can  provide a path forward and alternative to the “Big Bang Conversion.” He also sees a lot of movement …

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Insurers challenged to “Keep Up” with consumer demands, technology and competition

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Apr 22, 2019
in :  Companies, Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, INDUSTRY NEWS, P&C, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

In a world moving quickly, property casualty insurers need to keep their products up-to-date in a timely way, while taking advantage of new technologies used to deliver them. According to Mark Brannon, a Principal at Merlinos & Associates, keeping up with the competition and other changes in the marketplace is a challenge. Many carriers are partnering with companies with advanced …

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

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Mar 18, 2019
in :  Claims Management, CONSUMER RISK, Data/Tech/Modeling, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

According to Andrew Peet, Head of Operations at 360Globalnet, claims management and the insurance industry as a whole need to move with a “sense of urgency” to cut costs from the claims process while increasing satisfaction among policyholder and claimants.  The use of technology to create efficiency in the end-to-end claims process depends on the user’s ability to “think strategically” …

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

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Jan 30, 2019
in :  Claims Management, COMMERCIAL RISK, Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, FEATURED, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

In this edition of “Focus”, WRIN.tv looks at trends in “Claims Management with Rohit Verma, Global Chief Operating Officer of Crawford & Company, where the process is tailored to the needs of industries using a combination of technology and people on the ground. At the January 1 renewals, insurance companies did not see much difference in the rates they were …

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US Federal Government will get “Worse Before It Gets Worse” – APCIA CEO

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Jan 21, 2019
in :  Data/Tech/Modeling, FEATURED, INDUSTRY NEWS, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

David Sampson, president and CEO of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA), discusses the challenges he faces in dealing with a dysfunctional government, the priorities for the year ahead, and the strength gained by the recent merger of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) with the American Insurance Association (AIA). During the 2019 Federal Government shutdown, Mr. …

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Integrated blockchains promise quantum advancements in insurance…and society – IBM & AAIS execs.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Dec 10, 2018
in :  Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, FEATURED, INDUSTRY NEWS, Legislation/Regulation, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

During the IBM Blockchain Summit for Insurance in New York, AAIS CEO Ed Kelly, and Craig Bedell, IBM Global Insurance Industry Executive, as well as Bertrand Portier, a Distinguished Engineer in IBM’s Financial Services Sector all commented on the promise that blockchain holds for the insurance industry. Mr. Kelly believes it’s the inherent features of blockchain itself that make it …

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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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“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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To succeed, insurers need to be ‘comfortable with uncomfortable’ – IBM exec

By WRIN.tv News Desk
May 5, 2018
in :  Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, FEATURED, INDUSTRY NEWS, Recent Stories

Craig Bedell, Global Insurance Industry Executive at IBM, sees many challenges facing the insurance industry, including the buying habits of personal lines or commercial lines customers. New data and technologies are mitigating, but sometimes increasing risks faced by consumers. Security and privacy surrounding risk information is also important for insurers. Even more basic, according to Mr. Bedell, is the changing …

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“The day has come”…Innovation is critical mandate for insurers.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Apr 30, 2018
in :  Data/Tech/Modeling, EMERGING TRENDS, INDUSTRY NEWS, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

Insurers are doing a balancing act between operational excellence and the changing insurtech landscape. Karen Furtado, a partner at Strategy Meets Action sees insurers struggling with how to adapt, how to adopt, and how to change their culture to deal with the ‘new reality’ while maintaining a high degree of service. Ms. Furtado sees endless opportunity in today’s economy. Insurers …

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“Scary” tech, speed of change and talent gap challenge industry.

By WRIN.tv News Desk
Apr 26, 2018
in :  COMMERCIAL RISK, Data/Tech/Modeling, FEATURED, P&C, People, Recent Stories, WRIN.tv Newswire

Chuck Chamness, President and CEO of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) admits insurance is a challenging business, and it’s changing rapidly. Among the contributing challenges facing the industry is technology, which is increasing the speed of change. The talent gap presents issues for companies looking to replace retiring workers while attracting a new generation of professionals. He …

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