Predicting the Insurability of Prediction Markets
Could a market that facilitates millions in wagers on how many times Vice President JD Vance claps during a State of the Union address, or whether Elon Musk will finally ...
Content from Russ Banham
Russ Banham, a Pulitzer-nominated journalist and best-selling author, is a longtime contributor to Carrier Management
Reinsurance Program Could Wipe Out Need for Calif. FAIR Plan: Legal Exec
Merritt Farren, a former high-ranking legal executive at Disneyland and Amazon, has launched a bid to become California's next insurance commissioner. His platform ...
Unpacking a Consumer Intervenor’s Novel Idea
Homeowners insurance is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the United States. Regulations aim to protect consumers from arbitrary rates and unfair practices and ensure that insurers can ...
The Good Neighbor
Life could not have been better for Merritt Farren.
After a high-level career as Amazon's Associate ...
War of Words
It's not every day that the chairman and CEO of one of the world's largest insurance companies issues open warfare against an entire industry. While no one was surprised ...
Selling the Right to Sue
Having already paid out billions of dollars in claims related to the Eaton fire, more than 100 insurers have filed lawsuits against Southern California Edison to recoup these costs, alleging the ...
Revisiting California’s Wildfires: A Personal Journey
PART TWO OF A TWO-PART SERIESI had been determined not to visit the scene of such grief and despair ...
An Insurance Journalist’s Perspective on Southern California’s Wildfires
PART ONE OF A TWO-PART SERIESIt was pitch black in the house and the power was off. The Santa Ana winds were howling. As planned, my ...
Mixed Bag: What Trump 2.0 Tariffs, DOGE Activities Mean For Insurers
Setting aside the populist flavor of his campaign rhetoric, Donald J. Trump's previous service as the nation's 45th President presents a remarkable opportunity to make educated guesses about the ...