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The Good Neighbor
Life could not have been better for Merritt Farren. After a high-level career as Amazon's Associate General Counsel and then Disneyland's General Counsel, he formed Farren Law LLP to provide legal ...
Getting the Embedded Ecosystem Right
Consumer expectations are fundamentally reshaping how insurance is delivered and experienced. Rather than purchasing insurance as a separate transaction, today's customers expect protection to be ...
Artificial Intelligence on Trial: What Recent Lawsuits Reveal About Casualty Exposure
In recent years, the debate around artificial intelligence has shifted from speculation about future capabilities to urgent conversations about real-world impact. On one end of the spectrum, ...
The Power of the First Offer: Anchoring, Evidence and the Battle for Perception
If negotiation is the job, as Ronald Morrison wrote in the first article of this series, then the first offer is often the moment that defines success. Behavioral economists Daniel Kahneman and Amos ...
Rebuilding Commercial Lines Underwriting: Smarter, Simpler and More Strategic
Commercial lines underwriting is at a critical turning point. Traditional models built on manual reviews and static decision-making are struggling in today's fast-paced, data-driven insurance ...
Should Company Size Determine a Carrier’s ERM Practices?
Gather a group of 20, 30 or even 50 P/C insurance executives in a room and ask, "Who here wants their company to miss achieving its strategic goals?" or "Who wants to always have to put out fires ...
Anchored in Maritime Roots, the Cayman Islands Set Sail for Reinsurance Opportunities
The Cayman Islands have a story familiar to many in insurance—entering the industry unexpectedly from somewhere else. In fact, the islands went from sustaining the economy as an exporter of thatch ...
Is This Claim Covered? Lawyer-Built AI Drafts Coverage Letters in Minutes
Dan Schuleman, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Qumis, unhappily remembers a time when he worked as outside coverage counsel for an insurance company litigating a commercial property ...

