Leadership & Strategy
Bringing Positive Vibes Back to Personal Lines Insurance
Nationwide's Casey Kempton has a vision to bring positive vibes back to engagements between personal lines insurers and their customers—and it starts with understanding the "mental models" that ...
Markel’s Board Commencing Review of Go-Forward Business Structure
In spite of reporting operating earnings of $3.7 billion for 2024, Markel Group announced that the holding company for insurance and other businesses has decided to conduct a review of its business, ...
‘So Much More’: Nationwide Spends $1.25B For Allstate Employer Stop Loss Biz
Nationwide announced on Thursday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase The Allstate Corporation's employer stop loss segment for $1.25 billion. Stop loss insurance protects ...
‘Underwriting Choices’ Added to Everest’s Social Inflation Woes: CEO
Social inflation wasn't the only factor that pushed the loss severity on the U.S. casualty book of Everest Group Ltd. up high enough to prompt a $1.7 billion loss reserve charge, the CEO said earlier ...
InsurTechs Highlight New Approaches to Wildfire Insurance
Years before the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires sparked in high-wind conditions in Southern California, growing to rank among the top three most destructive in U.S. history, InsurTechs ...
Delos Insurance Solutions Tackles a Nonstandard Peril: Wildfire
Kevin Stein believes that wildfires no longer fit into the standard insurance market. Stein is the CEO of Delos Insurance Solutions, an MGA that focuses on homeowners insurance in California. When he ...
Parametric Insurance Meets the Wildfire Peril: InsurTech Kettle Responds
Could parametric insurance become a bigger piece of the wildfire insurance market? Kettle is an insurance and reinsurance MGA built around a proprietary wildfire model that was developed using AI and ...
Structure Data Boosts Understanding of Wildfire Risk: Faura CEO
Valkyrie Holmes, CEO of Faura, believes that a deep understanding of the structural qualities of buildings is crucial to insuring properties in areas at high risk for wildfires. Her company ...