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2021: A Year of Digital Convergence for Large Commercial Risks
Over 25 years leading RMS, and now even more so with my new colleagues at Archipelago, I've developed an affinity for the built environment: the hazards and risks of these assets, the imperatives for ...
Ranking U.S. Insurers: How They Score on ESG Performance
For the past several years, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have figured prominently in the investment decisions of institutional investors, pension funds and shareholders. The ...
How Insurers Can Move Past ‘Unprecedented’: 3 Lessons Learned in 2020
"Unprecedented" is hands-down the word of 2020. It has been used to describe everything that's occurred during the pandemic from Supreme Court nominees to infection rates, lock downs, social ...
Allyship: How to Keep the Momentum Going Beyond the Headlines
We all need allies—and nowhere is that more true than in the cut and thrust of the workplace. A workplace ally is an individual who is not a member of an underrepresented group but who takes action ...
A Crisis Within a Crisis: How COVID-19 Is Driving the Opioid Epidemic
While the current national health conversation has largely centered on the COVID-19 pandemic, another ongoing and deadly battle has been looming in the background: the opioid crisis. The misuse of ...
Rise and (Help Others) Shine
What wakes you up every morning? Your alarm clock? The neighbor's (or your) barking dog? Sunrise through your window? A gentle nudge from your significant other? For most of the world, the year 2020 ...
The Climate Factor: Why 100 Years of Data Is Not Enough for Cat Models
Catastrophe models are designed to help risk managers in different industries understand the probability of occurrence of extreme events, typically for the next several years. But the time horizon ...
COVIDigation Part 3: What’s the Deal With Business Interruption Claims?
Well, 2020 is almost over. Am I right? Following up on previous work exploring the relationships between COVID-19 and business interruption insurance litigation, in this article we evaluate trends ...