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Ignore the Naysayers: Blockchain’s Potential Touches Every Aspect of Insurance
Every emerging technology has its naysayers, who can be very accomplished in their field and still end up being wrong. For example, columnist and economist Paul Krugman once opined on the Internet's ...
Casualty: The Next ILS Frontier?
For the last several years, participants in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market have frequently discussed the question of market expansion. In a market with consistently declining property ...
How to Attract Millennials and Overcome the Looming Talent Shortage
What do millennials want? This question is critical for the specialty insurance and reinsurance industry. We face a looming talent shortage. Retirement will soon skim off the cream of our industry's ...
Flood Model Development Helps Hiscox Re & ILS Enter U.S. Flood Protection Market
Less than 12 percent of U.S. homeowners have a flood insurance policy, despite the fact that flooding is the country's most common natural disaster, said Katy Sivyer, underwriter for North America ...
Broker Perspective: Get Back to Basics
Having recently attended a number of carrier events during which the structure of market contacts, departments and the underwriting process were once again reimagined as new and novel in a "back to ...
U.S. Flood Models Are Still in Their Infancy, So Underwriters Must Be ‘Cautious Consumers’
The market for privately written inland flood insurance in the United States is growing rapidly, but flood modeling is still in its infancy. As a result, underwriters need to be aware of the ...
Blockchain Is Technological Evolution That Will Create Insurance, Reinsurance Revolution: B3i’s Marke
Blockchain technology is moving out of the lab and into the insurance business. It's moving past the hype phase and is edging closer to providing real-life efficiency improvements for the industry. ...
Diversity and Inclusion Help Drive Business Success
There has never been a better time for the insurance profession to begin deepening the conversation around diversity and inclusion (D&I). In fact, there has never been a better time to capitalize ...