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Underwriting Games: To Manage the Cycle Effectively, Focus on Behavior
Prices are under pressure in many insurance markets. After an extended period where pricing levels have risen and held at profitable levels, the balance of power appears to be shifting to buyers. In ...
Soft Commercial Market Ahead: Prepare for Underwriter ‘Herd Behavior’
Commercial insurance pricing is cyclical, and the top of the hard market cycle appears to be at hand. While traditional cycle models point the finger at the availability ...
Avoid Digital Transformation Remorse by Applying These Three Principles
Generative AI messaging is everywhere. New products continuously enter the market touting Gen AI capabilities. Established solutions regularly release new features ...
Reinsurers Reach Peak Performance as Market Stabilizes; M&A on Hold
The reinsurance market has reached an equilibrium, with increased capital supply from accumulated earnings meeting higher demand for reinsurance protection from cedents. ...
Having It Both Ways
Over the past four decades, Robert "Bob" Hartwig has championed the critical role the insurance industry plays in the nation's economy. So, when the former Chief Economist and President of the ...
The High Cost of Negative Consumer Perception
Let's talk some truth. Of all the challenges the insurance industry is facing today, chief among them is the reality that insurance is becoming very hard for people to ...
GenAI: Why Many Insurance Companies Are Getting It Wrong
Since November 2022 when OpenAI brought LLMs and GenAI to the broad public, I have discussed AI with more than 100 insurance companies, both big and small. Nearly every one of them has conducted at ...
They Should Take the Picture: How P/C Insurers Should Respond to Photo Flak
My interest in all things property/casualty insurance prompts my smartphone to serve up lots of news from across the nation about carrier activities—local news clips and mainstream media articles ...
The Merger of Strategy and Risk: Understanding the Why
Over the last few years, research has shown that an increasing number of employees want to understand the "why"—or otherwise have purpose—behind what they do to be ...