Content from Susanne Sclafane
When Will the ‘Climate’ Change?
During the recent InsureTech Connect conference, Pranav Pasricha, global head of P&C Solutions for Swiss Re, made this observation while talking about property insurance innovations: ...
Beyond the Hype: How to Value InsurTechs
Why is it so hard for property/casualty insurance carrier professionals to accept the idea that InsurTechs are bringing value to the insurance industry—and changing it for the better? I have found ...
InsurTech Lessons From ITC: Take the Stock App Off Your Phone
Alex Timm, the chief executive officer of Root, has some advice for InsurTechs that go to the public markets: "You cannot let the stock price or Wall Street tell you what your value is." When ...
ITC Reporter’s Notebook: How Next, Root and Swiss Re Are ‘Adapting’ and Innovating
Over the course of the last six years, Next Insurance has adapted its business model, its distribution method, and its product offerings. Coming up next, the InsurTech aims to offer "adaptive ...
Buckle Up for Interesting Times: Not a ‘Standard’ Hard Market
Interesting. Fluctuating. Moderating. Fun. Those are the words that Patrick M. Gallagher, the chief executive officer of Gallagher Global Brokerage for the Americas, used to respond to a question ...
Employees Saying Adios to Carriers, Brokers Requiring Work in Office
During a session of an insurance industry webinar titled "State of the Insurance Marketplace," the war for talent was discussed just as much as the hard or moderating property/casualty insurance ...
‘Attribution Science’ May Help Plaintiffs Push Climate Suits Ahead
Although a U.S. Supreme Court decision put an end to climate lawsuits alleging violations of the federal common law of public nuisance, a second round of state actions may get further, researchers ...
Social Inflation or Science: What Is Fueling Climate Litigation?
A rising amount of litigation tied to the environmental and health impacts of greenhouse gas emissions prompted a question from the leader of a liability risk analytics company recently: "Is it about ...