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Innovation Lessons From the Flock
There's fowl knocking at my kitchen door; an impatient staccato, it pauses, expectant like a breath held, then resumes. They know I am in here. I know what they want. The tapping pecks away at my ...
How to Keep Top Talent After an Acquisition
Merger and acquisition activity in the P/C industry is growing—driven by declining fundamentals and an excess of cash. And negative industry factors, including increased pricing softness, modest ...
The Next Frontier: Praedicat Soaring Into Liability Cat-Modeling Space
For insurers today, emerging risks are like comets were to the ancients: harbingers of doom of mysterious origin. The Romans thought the gods sent a comet to mark the passing of Julius Caesar. Today, ...
Strengthen Your Team by Building a Training-Centered Corporate Culture
As business conditions grow more challenging, many of us are tempted to set aside activities that don't overtly contribute to the bottom line. Training and development (T&D) might look like one ...
Compromise Should Ease Enactment of Much-Needed Laws Clarifying TNC Coverage Issues
Heading into the 2015 state legislative sessions there was no doubt what issue would be the most closely tracked and worked on by the property/casualty insurance industry: insurance coverage ...
London Market: Center of Innovation or Stagnation?
When you think about the insurance market in London, one name tends to come to mind—Lloyd's of London. How something that started off as a coffee shop became such a global institution is a tale ...
Full Power of Data-Driven Analytics Still Largely Untapped by Insurers
The depth and breadth of predictive modeling applications are growing as insurance companies become more comfortable with this core function in modern property/casualty business. However, few ...
Can Karen Clark Move Forward the Cat Modeling Industry She Helped Create?
Karen Clark scored a bonafide first when she launched catastrophe modeling company Applied Insurance Research (AIR) in 1987. With a focus on computer simulations, it was the only operation of its ...