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Analysts’ Viewpoints: Conditions Are Difficult for Reinsurers—But It’s Not All Gloom and Doom
While the reinsurance industry continues to operate in an extremely challenging environment, rating agencies affirm that many companies have responded well over the past year by making defensive ...
New Risk Model Developments Assist Decision-Makers Adapting to Climate Change Impacts
New developments in science and technology are making the potential economic impacts of natural catastrophes, both in the medium and long term, more understandable and accessible to local government, ...
Emerging Risks: The High-Speed Data Highway
Data seemingly drives everything these days. So there's little wonder it lies at the heart of the insurance industry's emerging risks. Big Data no longer intersects our daily lives; it is prevalent ...
What Black Swan Author Nassim Taleb Has to Say About Insurance
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A VINTAGE CARRIER MANAGEMENT ARTICLE FROM 2015. When Nassim Nicholas Taleb addressed a group of insurance executives recently, the author of the book "The Black Swan" was pretty ...
How to Embed a Culture of Innovation
It may have a reputation for conservatism, but the insurance industry is no stranger to innovation. If we look back through history, we see that insurance has driven innovation in crime prevention, ...
A New Era for Marine Catastrophe Management
While marine insurers remain well-capitalized, the line faces many risks. A protracted soft market has eroded margins, large losses have put pressure on rate adequacy, and marine cat experience has ...
How Great Leaders Build Community
Building community within an organization encompasses many activities, but here are three basic practices of great leaders. They develop strong personal relationships. This means spending time with ...
Will ILS Investors Run for Cover After the Storm?
Most industry pundits agree that alternative capital is now a permanent fixture in the reinsurance marketplace. Where there is less agreement, however, is whether more opportunistic alternative ...