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Emerging Damage: The Case of Melamine
Emerging risks evolve through three phases: emerging interest, emerging damage and emerging litigation. During the "emerging interest" phase, scientists, regulators or legal scholars first flag the ...
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 ...
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 ...
How to Avoid Bad Faith Damages in COVID First-Party Property Lawsuits
As observed from the numerous COVID-19 first-party property cases that have already been filed, insureds are claiming insurers have denied their business interruption claims in bad faith. Whether the ...
More Emerging Risks for 2020: Insurance Costs for Violence Unclear
When I wrote about emerging issues facing the property/casualty insurance industry for Carrier Management early in 2020 I stated, "Insurers and reinsurers face numerous emerging issues arising from: ...
Are Forever Chemicals a Forever Problem for Insurers?
Much discussion of casualty catastrophe is consumed with talk of the "next asbestos," the $100 billion insurance loss caused by a ubiquitous mineral used for insulation and other products that is now ...
Swiss Re’s Risk Radar
Swiss Re's annual SONAR report, published in early June, highlights 14 emerging risks that will impact different sectors of the insurance industry in different time frames. The accompanying chart ...