Content from Susanne Sclafane
Is It Time to Sell the Building? Financial, Risk Officers Struggle With Culture, Talent Issues
Even though representatives of Lloyd's of London prepared the world for the news last year, mid-January headlines prompted some stunned reactions. One of those headlines—"Lloyd's Weighs Future of ...
Data Points: Attorney Impact on Commercial Auto Losses
Commercial auto insurance loss severity rose about 5 percent per year during the five-year period ending 2019, as the proportion of claims that had attorney involvement increased to nearly 30 ...
Why ADAS Drives Claims Severity Higher (It May Not Be What You Think)
When auto insurance executives talk about claims severity trends across the industry, a common theory they advance is that repairs on vehicles with expensive advanced driver-assistance systems ...
Forging Ahead: Getting Past Roadblocks
Devoted readers of Carrier Management's magazine will remember that we ended the year with a special feature on geospatial information systems—a collection of technologies involved with mapping the ...
Travelers Leaning Into AI, Tech as Earnings Rise
Reviewing the 2021 highlights of both a final quarter and a year that saw Travelers deliver double-digit returns-on-equity, the company's chief executive focused on technology investments aimed at ...
D&O Insurance Specialist IDs a Fourth Variant of COVID Shareholder Suits
Even over a holiday weekend, alerts were hitting the newswires in advance of Jan. 3—the deadline for shareholders of ON24 to apply for lead plaintiff status in a lawsuit against the online event ...
Saying Goodbye to 2021 Without a Blast (Slideshow)
Weren't there some days at the end of last year when you just felt like—I don't know—blowing up a Tesla? If you are like me, you felt gloomy as the days of 2021 wound down. After a midyear ...
Humans or Machines: InsurTech Says Startups Want Both for Insurance Buys
Building on referrals from startup funding specialists like SVB Financial Group and Y Combinator, InsurTech startup Vouch has attracted thousands of startups seeking business coverages ranging from ...