Underwriting
Have Insurers Paid Too Much for Asbestos and Other Toxic Torts?
Have insurers and defendants been overpaying for asbestos liability claims? Are there other ongoing toxic torts where that might be true today? The questions arise as a result of a revolution that's ...
Dissatisfied Claimants Put Carriers at Risk of Losing $170B in Premiums: Accenture
A research report published last week found that one-third of claimants were not fully satisfied with their most recent insurance claims experience, adding that speed of settlement is a clear pain ...
Travelers CEO on Signs of Recession: ‘Not Yet’
With inflationary effects still hitting the books of property/casualty insurers, including Travelers, analysts are worrying about the next macroeconomic shoe to drop—a recession. But the leader of ...
Travelers Seeks to Rescind Cyber Policy; Insured Lied About MFA Use
In what may be one of the first court filings of its kind, insurer Travelers is asking a district court for a ruling to rescind a policy because the insured allegedly misrepresented its use of ...
The Global Urgency of Building the Carbon Removal Industry
"If you build it, they will come." This famous, but paraphrased, quote from the film "Field of Dreams" is apropos of the fledgling carbon removal industry. The demand is there, but supply needs to be ...
Midyear Update 2022: Transitions
The theme of transitions is a fitting one, which ties together many of the articles in Carrier Management's midyear digital magazine. We're publishing soon after the start of summer, and the weather ...
25 Years: The Journey of Cyber Insurance
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the cyber insurance market. While many industry observers view cyber coverage as a surging phenomenon in response to escalating incidence of random attacks, ...
Tech Arms Race Favors Giant Commercial Carriers
Midway through a recent interview, the leader of a key business at The Hartford paused to ask a question relevant to executives at carriers that don't have 11-digit premium volumes or capital levels ...