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Underwriting’s Quiet Revolution: Moving From Reaction to Precision
For years, insurers poured resources into modernizing consumer interfaces and touting their improvements. Meanwhile, underwriting remained largely untouched. It was slow, stable and resistant to ...
Mission, Purpose Not High on Wish Lists of Industry Newbies: Informal Talent Poll
A poll of workers recently hired into the property/casualty insurance industry conducted during a Travelers Institute webinar last month produced some unusual results, surprising one webinar panelist ...
5-Year Cost of Litigation Funding to Commercial Insurers Could Top $25B
"Are you being serious?" Christopher Swift, chair and chief executive officer of The Hartford, was taken aback by a question from an analyst during the company's second-quarter earnings call about ...
War of Words
It's not every day that the chairman and CEO of one of the world's largest insurance companies issues open warfare against an entire industry. While no one was surprised that Chubb's Evan Greenberg ...
Human Responses: Did Jurors React to Musk in Damage Award Against Tesla?
During a webinar this week devoted to analyzing possible factors that fueled a $243 million jury verdict against Tesla, a lawyer not involved in the case fielded a question about Elon Musk's impact. ...
Digging Into Tesla’s Liability in Crash Case: Where’s the Data?
Two experts on autonomous vehicle safety recently dove into legal arguments and engineering factors that shaped last week's landmark jury decision against Tesla, at one point surfacing an important ...
Viewpoint: Green Technologies Bring New Property Risks – and Opportunities
From roof-mounted solar panels and automated warehouses to electric vehicle depots, green technologies are transforming commercial property risk profiles. While these innovations improve energy ...
Cyber Insurance Can Incentivize Resilience—If Regulators Let It
The cyber risk landscape has transformed dramatically over the past decade. Among other things, email phishing attacks have become more pervasive and sophisticated, with threat actors leveraging ...