Underwriting
U.S. E&S Sector Is Booming…But Is it Too Much Business to Handle?
The excess and surplus lines and specialty insurance market is booming and looks set to continue its upward trajectory. The question is whether the sector currently has the resources to take ...
Weathering the Reinsurance Reset in the Midwest
In his more than quarter-century career as a reinsurance broker representing the mutual insurance market, the January 1, 2023, property reinsurance renewals stand out in Josh Knapp's memory as a day ...
Industry Veterans Launch New E&S Biz
Insurance industry executives Michael Price and Kean Driscoll announced the formation of Dellwood Insurance Group, a new nationwide excess and surplus lines insurance holding company. The new company ...
U.S. P/C Industry Underwriting Loss Reaches 10-Year High: AM Best
AM Best published its annual estimate of the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry's financial results yesterday, reporting that $38 billion of underwriting losses for 2023 was a 10-year high for ...
SMB vs. Mid-Market: Commercial Property Underwriting Automation Defies One-Size-Fits-All Approach
Leading insurers have automated underwriting for small commercial lines by applying new data sources and advanced analytics, following the successful automation of personal lines. While few disclose ...
Ground Up or Top Down? Tips on Building a Data-Driven Insurer
When Matt O'Malley and Steve Stabilito, underwriting leaders from AXA XL, described a ground-up process for transforming their teams into data-driven businesses recently, Carrier Management had ...
Unappreciated Gen AI Risks: Carbon Emissions and D&O Litigation
Hallucinations, bias, privacy infringements and intellectual property violations are some of the risks of generative AI that technology and insurance professionals have surfaced over the last year. ...
Geopolitical Risks: Why Underwriters Are Watching Aggregations
Senior insurance and reinsurance leaders are increasingly concerned about the aggregation risks associated with strikes, riots and civil commotion (SRCC)—a growing threat in countries across the ...