The Future of Reserving Is…Complicated
Reserving is, on the face of it, one of the simpler elements of actuarial science (once companies get past the nuances of triangular data tables). They look at the way ...
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AI and APIs: Essential Tools for Zurich Insurance Group’s Digital Leap
Early adopters of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) tools are working hard to employ the technology, which can help insurers innovate, enhance customer ...
Fortifying the Future: Mastering Offense and Defense to Combat the Risks of AI
In today's rapidly evolving landscape, property and casualty insurers find themselves at a pivotal juncture, akin to a digital battlefield. Echoing George Washington's wisdom from 1799 that ...
Grid-by-Grid: How One Tech Firm Dissects California Wildfire Risk to Sell Insurance and Reinsurance
There is general consensus among insurance and reinsurance underwriters about the safest property risks to accept in the California market, according to the co-founder of ...
Evacuation Policies and Cat Strips: Wildfire Insurance and Reinsurance Ideas That Failed
Sometimes, it takes a few tries to develop the right insurance or reinsurance product—one that will align well with the needs and wants of customers.
A wise statistician once said: "All models are wrong, but some are useful." The key to getting useful (accurate) model results is working with models that fit specific ... Loss trends for severe convective storms (SCS) have increased over the past 15 years and even more during the past five years, according to Dan Dick, global head of ... A troubling phone exchange reveals a problem for insurance carriers that started in Florida and is expanding beyond the state's borders, according to an actuary who ...
The Care and Feeding of Property-Catastrophe Models
Loss Trends for Severe Convective Storms
‘Synthetic’ Agents? Lemonade Says Finance Deal Limits Cash Burn
Late last week, Lemonade announced a financial agreement to borrow 80 percent of the costs it incurs to acquire insurance customers from a venture firm. The InsurTech carrier revealed the deal in a ...
How Lawyers Sank Florida Carriers — and Target ‘Travellers’ With SEO
ChatGPT and Beyond: How Insurers Are Using AI
If you ask Rachel Alt-Simmons, head of global claims innovation and optimization at AXA XL, what she is most enthusiastic about when she contemplates the world of AI, she'll happily describe the ...