Melissa Boudreau, Author at Carrier Management

The Risk of ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 and the ‘Next Asbestos’

Estimates of the size of COVID-19's impact on the insurance industry vary widely, but some companies (including Chubb and Willis Re) have suggested that, considering both asset and liability losses, ...

Growing Risk for SME Insurers: Duty to Defend Cats

Until recently, there was a relative lull in new mass tort events in the United States. This led to a sense among insurers that mass litigation was no longer the looming threat that it was in the ...

What Is the ‘Next Opioids’ and What Will It Mean for Casualty Insurance?

Opioids litigation, with over 2,000 cases brought by state and local governments against dozens of defendants including opioids manufacturers, retailers and distributors, is being closely watched by ...

Latency Catastrophe and the Occurrence Form

Over the last 30 years, natural catastrophe modeling has transformed property insurance. When Hurricane Andrew devastated Florida in August 1992, seven domestic insurance companies and one foreign ...