Underwriting
Future Cyber Catastrophe Events May Be Different, Yet Not Unknown
Cyber catastrophe excess-of-loss protection, commonly referred to as Cyber Event XoL, has become an increasingly important tool for managing systemic cyber accumulation risk. As cyber portfolios grow ...
First Half U.S. P/C Industry Underwriting Gain Jumps to $31.7B
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry posted a much higher net underwriting gain of $31.7 billion for the first half of 2026, up from $11.6 billion the prior year. According to a report from ...
Examining Trust: It’s Not All About the Lawyers
According to a recent Wall Street Journal analysis, personal auto insurance policyholders have a "near-flip-of-a-coin" chance of being paid on liability claims and medical claims. Ouch. Just about a ...
Underwriting’s Next Job: Governance Steward
A decade ago, when an underwriter entered an incorrect number or misread a file, the damage was contained to one policy. One person, one mistake, one fix. Today, a single flaw in a model's logic or a ...
Who Gets Credit for Successful Renewal During Soft Re Market?
One theme that has come up repeatedly in conversations with reinsurance brokers recently is that achieving a good renewal outcome is no longer always enough to demonstrate value. That would have ...
Why Multifamily Owners’ Safety Investments Aren’t Showing Up in Their Premiums
Multifamily owners have spent the last several years pouring capital into resilience, in the form of hardened roofs, backup power and fortified building envelopes, to name a few. The logic is sound. ...
Bring It On: AI Strategy Sways Underwriter Choices of Employers
In the not-too-distant past, property/casualty insurance underwriters worried about AI tools taking over their jobs. Now, according to a recent survey, nearly three-quarters say they're opting for ...
AI Pushes Underwriting Beyond Risk Selection to Prevention
Artificial intelligence may touch nearly every function of property and casualty insurance, but insurance executives say the technology's greatest value so far is in changing how underwriters ...