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Insuring the Internet of Everything
The Internet of Things is quickly becoming the Internet of Everything. Whether it's a sensor in a baby's diaper to alert parents that the babysitter got lazy, a hotel key that activates the room air ...
10 Challenges Ahead for Workers Compensation
Today's challenges are also tomorrow's opportunities, depending on the viewpoint. But those same opportunities could remain tomorrow's challenges. This special report highlights 10 current workers ...
Property Events Create Emerging Risks for Casualty Insurers
When we think of large insured losses arising from natural or manmade disasters, we see images from hurricane or earthquake devastation. First-party property damage and business interruption losses ...
What Causes Wildfires? People, Brush and More
Spring's not even over and already wildfires have raged in California, New Mexico and Oregon this year. A bulletin issued by the National Interagency Fire Center forecasts above normal fire potential ...
Where Should Insurers Look for New Markets?
With the insurance markets in Europe and North America already mature, insurers are looking for new regions and markets in which to expand. Only a decade ago, it was the BRICS that were hot—Brazil, ...
What’s Next for Cyber Insurance?
There's a saying in the cybersecurity industry that there are two types of businesses today: those that have been breached and know it, and those that have been breached and just don't know it. ...
Reputational Risk Isn’t Just for Insurance Carrier Clients Anymore
Social media moves at the speed of a whisper these days, which is why hushed information—personal prejudices, corporate moves—can be a secret one minute and twirling across the Twittersphere the ...
Risk of Landfalling Hurricanes Reduced as Upcoming El Niño Event Plays Out
The big news heading into the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season is the imminent arrival of what we think will be a significant El Niño event, the first such event since 2009. An El Niño event is a ...