



Forget COVID-19, it’s time to start insuring the new normal
Posted on • By James Thomas
If you’re an insurer reading this, you successfully made it through your first year of COVID-19. Like a dependable four-wheel drive, the insurance industry kept itself on the road over the past year’s many first-of-their-kind hazards: remote-working mandates, the evaporation of face-to-face channels, mass event cancellations and a slew of Business Interruption claims, to name…
Insurance News: Ransomware and big commercial lines claims
Posted on • By Kenneth Saldanha
Discussions about systemic risk have moved beyond climate change to include pandemics, ransomware, and more. The “unprecedented” events of the past year may have combined to set a new precedent. In this month’s Insurance News Analysis, my colleague Abbey Compton and I discuss the myriad of new risks insurers and their customers now face. The…
Reimagining the Chief Underwriting Officer for Innovation and Growth
Posted on • By Michael Reilly
At most insurers right now, underwriting is fragmented into market segments or lines of business. This drives internal competition and tactical success, but it can also hold back the investments needed for underwriting to reach its full potential. My colleague Kym Gully and I recently joined Josh Landau, the president of the International Insurance Society,…
Sustainability through the insurance lens
Posted on • By Kenneth Saldanha
The past year has altered our lens on many aspects of work and life, including sustainability. For insurers, sustainability evolved beyond altruism into a new business imperative. There are both external market forces and internal culture forces elevating sustainability items on the insurer’s agenda. Insurance carriers are responding to pulls in the market relating to…
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