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Compassion and Insurance
A recent visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum brought home forcefully that we live in dangerous times—times that demand new ways of being and doing. Sober, quiet, discomforted by more than ...
Using Technology to Reduce Discovery Costs
Civil litigation is expensive in the United States. A plaintiff can file a suit based on evidence it knows or assumes will be in the defendant's files. To access that evidence, parties must ...
Emerging Risks: What’s the Next Asbestos?
Asbestos to date has triggered losses of $100 billion for the insurance industry—and the losses are expected to mount. In short, it is the most expensive lesson learned for the industry in decades. ...
Unblocked by the Chain, Smart Ledger Systems Are ‘The Thing’ to Insure
The swollen tide of cryptocurrency mania appears to be receding, leaving perhaps the firmer ground of blockchain behind. But blockchain tides are also turning. Blockchains are slow, expensive and ...
Note to Insurers: Put Down Your Spreadsheets
This is the fourth in a series of articles by Valen Analytics looking at the hurdles that insurers must overcome to effectively implement and gain value from data analytics programs. Every tool has ...
Insurers Tap Satellite to Monitor Property Changes, Fraud
After last year's three-hurricane punch, several U.S. agencies issued disaster fraud alerts. But the government isn't the only target of scammers after weather-related catastrophes. Property/casualty ...
Prejudice and Pride on the Road to the C-Suite: The Story of XL Catlin’s CDO
Math has been the one constant in Henna Karna's life. The chief data officer of XL Catlin today heads up the data and digital transformation team at the global property/casualty insurer and ...
PartnerRe Celebrates Its First 25 Years—When Everything and Nothing Has Changed
During PartnerRe's first 25 years as a reinsurer, everything has changed and nothing has changed. From its roots as a pure catastrophe player, PartnerRe has dramatically evolved—or ...