Risk
EPL Exposures Redefined Post Pandemic: PLUS Panel
Post-Covid changes in the workplace have created a slew of new issues and exposures for employers. From the changing attitudes toward job flexibility and accommodations to the need for employee ...
Increase in Car Accidents? Blame Weather, Time of Day—Not Pot Decriminalization
Actuarial research released last week suggests that marijuana decriminalization is not associated with a notable increase in traffic accidents or accident severity. Temporal patterns of human ...
Risk Managers Want More Involvement in Organizational ESG Strategy: WTW Survey
More than half of risk managers are significantly involved in their organization's environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts, but 77 percent believe they should take an active or more active ...
Could Recent NotPetya Case Outcomes Pressure Insurers to Reword War Exclusions?
With recent news of multinational food and beverage company Mondelez International settling its lawsuit against its insurer Zurich American Insurance Company over the company's NotPetya claims, ...
What’s Next: Are Social Media Addiction Lawsuits Just the Beginning?
The lead-up to mass litigation in the United States has a predictable sequence: Commercial enterprises unleash a new technology that delights consumers and garners handsome profits for ...
Here to Stay: Why ‘Weather Whiplash’ Is a Growing Concern for Insurers
If you think the weather these days feels like a seesaw, you're not alone. Consider the following: In Colorado last year, a prolonged spell of unusually warm, dry conditions and one of the deadliest ...
Unsyncopated Clocks: ‘Fire and Flood’ Book Highlights Insurers’ Climate-Change Late Show
Scientists have been sounding the climate-change alarm for decades. But despite these dire warnings, a large swath of the public still refuses to believe, and both policymakers and businesses have ...
What Cyber Underwriters Miss: Small Businesses Aren’t Using MFA Correctly, Advisen Panel Says
As cyber threat actors continue to innovate and find new ways to increase their odds of success, panelists at the 2022 Advisen Cyber Risk Insights Conference urged underwriters to raise the stakes ...