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Good Leaders Challenge the Status Quo—and Themselves
Jean-Paul Conoscente became the CEO of SCOR Global P&C in April 2019 when his predecessor, Victor Peignet, retired after 35 years with the company. Before Peignet left the company, he offered ...
U.S. Private Flood Insurance: The Journey to Build a New Market
Not long ago, private flood insurance was thought to be an impossible dream in the property/casualty sector. There were numerous arguments supporting the common wisdom that a meaningful market for ...
Mastering the Peculiarities of Growing Specialty Lines Takes Time, Talent and Discipline
Things are looking good for property/casualty insurers writing specialty business. Specialty lines premium has about doubled as a share of overall commercial premium in the 21st century, judging by ...Specialty Lines Gets Personal
While most of the growth in specialty lines is in commercial lines, recent years have seen the emergence of specialty products in personal lines, long a bastion of standardized, admitted insurance ...
Innovating at the Edges of Society and the Economy
Emerging risks with little or no claims history can be notoriously difficult to underwrite—but many specialty lines companies are finding ways to put their toes in the water to insure these new ...
Risk Alert: Is Water Making Us Fat?
Drinking water: a commodity so abundant in modern society that we rarely give it much thought. At least until recently with two dramatic discoveries. First, the discovery of lead-contaminated water ...
As Legacy Acquisitions Boom, What Will Happen to Deal Pricing?
Activity in the legacy insurance market has boomed. However, as capital pours in, perhaps it is best to understand how pricing will develop in the space and whether increased capital will drive price ...
Reinsurance Industry Continues Dabbling With Technology, But It’s Time to Dive In
If you look at the history of technology, a huge new trend has completely transformed a business sector every 10-15 years. However, usually the introduction of a new digital development is ...