Content from Elizabeth Blosfield
Elizabeth is Deputy Editor at Carrier Management. She hosts The Insuring Cyber Podcast and Between the Lines, a quarterly video series exploring topics in Carrier Management's latest magazine edition. Elizabeth can be reached at eblosfield@wellsmedia.com.
The SEC’s New Disclosure Rules and Cyber, D&O Coverage
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in July adopted rules that require public companies to disclose certain information about their cyber risk. The rules, originally proposed in March 2022, ...
Cyberwrite President Predicts an Avalanche. Are Cyber Underwriters Ready?
Harmut Mai, president of Cyberwrite, believes that in the future, insurance underwriters will see "an avalanche of businesses that are in need of a cybersecurity program." "There's no way the current ...
The Art and Science of Underwriting in an Era of Evolving Risk
Insurance underwriters are seemingly pulled in many directions today as risks quickly evolve, from extreme weather events to changes in the legal and regulatory landscape to general inflation trends. ...
Insuring the Future: How Gen Z Digital Natives Are Transforming Insurance
Generation Z insurance consumers – or those born between roughly 1997 and 2012 – want the insurance process to be authentic, honest, and immediate. That's according to guests on The Insuring ...
Technology Is Moving Fast; Can Insurers Keep Up?
As evidenced by the recent popularity of generative AI tools, the tech landscape in insurance seems to be moving at an increasingly fast pace. "The AI space as a whole is moving faster than I think ...
InsurTech Profile: Goose Insurance Seeks to Remove Barriers in Personal Lines
Omar Kaywan says lack of education, awareness, accessibility and affordability are the key factors in being underinsured. His company, Goose Insurance, is aiming to change that by removing barriers ...
Branch CEO Lekas Announces Layoffs, Citing Inflation, Loss Costs
Branch Insurance has conducted a round of layoffs, according to a June 8 LinkedIn post by Co-Founder and CEO Steve Lekas. Lekas did not announce the number of employees who were let go, but cited ...
InsurTechs Need to Prioritize Data, Resilience to Tackle Climate Challenges
Swiss Re estimated in its latest sigma report that in 2021, natural catastrophes resulted in total global economic losses of $270 billion. The level of insurance coverage for these climate related ...