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NFTs: A Momentary Trend or More Below the Surface?
NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have gained popularity primarily within the art world so far, but experts say it's just the beginning in terms of where the space could be headed. "The art world has ...
What Is the Key to Underwriting in an Everchanging Cyber Risk Landscape? Change With It
There is plenty of talk about the everchanging cyber risk environment, but what about the insurance industry that underwrites these risks? As some contemplate a need for more stability in cyber ...
The Facts About 2021 Wildfires; The Outlook for 2022
The 2021 wildfire season in the Western United States was another one for the books, breaking records for size and destruction right up to the last day of the year. The last wildfires of 2021 were ...
Small Businesses and Cyber Attacks: It’s Not a Matter of If, But When
According to the 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report from Verizon, 61 percent of all small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have reported at least one cyber attack during the previous year. ...
How Downtime Insurance Became a Thing
A single hour of downtime from mission-critical, third-party IT service providers can cost small and medium-sized enterprises tens of thousands of dollars, but traditional insurance often does not ...
How Wearable Tech Can Drive Down Workers Comp Claims
As we begin a new year, there's a new way to think about workers comp insurance—a way that goes beyond providing a transfer of risk to utilizing connected technology that helps to prevent risk. ...
Why Direct Carriers Do Better During Inflationary Periods
We've entered an inflationary environment, and a significant one at that. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which has been slowly inching upward since May 2020, increased 0.9 percent from September to ...
Startup MGA Rising Edge Targets Low Layer D&O Business
The co-founders of London-based Rising Edge aimed to create something different when they decided to launch a managing general agent in 2021, which focuses solely on directors and officers liability ...