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Social Inflation and the Risk of D&O-GL Clash

Social inflation is the primary explanation offered for the need to increase general liability and excess casualty premiums in the last two years. With social inflation, injured parties are more ...

COVIDigation Nation: Why So Many Cases? Are More Coming?

Let's get a few things out of the way. First, I am not a data scientist or an actuary. I am an attorney interested in data. More specifically, I am interested in using data from disparate sources to ...

What Reinsurance Execs Say About Social Inflation

While some observers reported a letup in social inflation during COVID-19 lockdown periods, reinsurance executives speaking at a recent conference said they fear U.S. jury verdicts and settlements ...

Insurers Need Playbook to Slow Social Inflation; COVID Didn’t Do It

If liability insurers and defendants want to turn the tide of social inflation, they need to come together as teammates with a solid game plan, a reinsurance claims executive said recently. Agreeing ...