Is Insurance Recruiting Being Impacted by Artificial Intelligence?
The movie "Terminator 2" is the first thing that comes to mind when I hear about artificial intelligence. A universe where machines take over our daily lives seems so ...
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Navigating the Challenges of Wildfire Risk Modeling
As wildfires raged across Northeastern Canada in June, spreading toxic smoke across a large swath of Eastern and Central U.S., risk and insurance executives were reminded ...
Technology Is Moving Fast; Can Insurers Keep Up?
As evidenced by the recent popularity of generative AI tools, the tech landscape in insurance seems to be moving at an increasingly fast pace.
Why Did It Take a Pandemic to Drive Electronic Placement in the London Market?
Electronic placing in the London market was a long time coming, with many obstacles to overcome. It took the pandemic to prove electronic placement is a benefit and not a ...
CEO Viewpoints: How Carriers, Reinsurers Are Reacting to Inflation
During an industry conference last week, leaders of three property/casualty insurance organizations addressed a question about opportunities in the personal, commercial and reinsurance markets by ...
Why the Investor-Driven Hard Reinsurance Market Will Persist in ’24
Reinsurers will continue to command adequate rates for property-catastrophe in 2024, even if the market comes through hurricane season unscathed, reinsurance company executives said last week. Kevin ...
Regulatory Weaknesses, Politics Driving California Exits, Industry CEOs Say
A trio of property/casualty carrier executives voluntarily offered their views on a growing insurance availability crisis in the state of California at an industry conference in late June, pointing ...
2nd Act: From Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy to Director of Insurance Operations
What does a rear admiral do after 31 years in the Navy?
Instead of retiring, Rear Admiral John Spencer decided to pursue a second career ...
2nd Act: From Commercial Airline Pilot to AXA XL’s Head of Aerospace Claims
Like most of us in the insurance business, Tom Vargo, AXA XL's claims manager-Aerospace, did not grow up wanting to be an insurance executive. He was fascinated with ...
How to Characterize Emerging Risks for Liability Modeling
This is the second part of a two-part article. In the first part, we defined a framework that can be used to classify both systemic and emerging risks.