Claims / Legal
Injury Severity and the Power of the Anchor: Swiss Re’s Juror Analysis
"Verdicts on trial: The behavioral science behind America's skyrocketing legal payouts." Our international editor, Lisa Howard, captured some of the highlights of a recent report from Swiss Re with ...
Swiss Re Takes a Look at Hidden Behavioral Forces Behind Skyrocketing Jury Awards
The exponential growth of liability claims costs and social inflation in the United States is being driven, in part, by changing juror sentiment and shifts in societal norms, according to analysis ...
Negotiation Is the Job: Reframing Defense Work in an AI-Enhanced Era
If you're in the business of resolving litigated or non-litigated claims, you're in the business of negotiation.
The math is simple: Most ...
Sharpening the Industry’s Most Overlooked Skill
What is causing increasing claims severity trends, and how should insurance carriers attack the problem?
The questions have been asked ...
Insurers Fighting $345M Georgia School Abuse Award, With Policy Wording at Issue
In one of the grimmest, longest-running and most-litigated episodes of alleged child sexual abuse at a private school, the key question in a case now before the Georgia Court of Appeals is whether ...
Inflation Hits Med Mal: Actuaries Estimate $4B for Economic + Social
An actuarial report published earlier this month put a $4 billion estimate on inflation's effect on medical malpractice insurance losses over the last decade, without gauging the separate impacts of ...
Firings After Comments on Kirk’s Death Raises Questions on Worker vs. Employer Rights
In the days following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, numerous workers have been fired for their comments on his death, among them MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd. ...
The Year So Far: Liberty Improves Most Among Nationals; Discipline Tested
A Carrier Management summary of earnings metrics for the year so far reveals a second-quarter average combined ratio of roughly 88, and a year-to-date ratio of just under 92 for a cohort of 27 ...