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Fifth-Generation Wireless Technologies: Suspicion vs. Evidence
One of the more surprising recent conspiracy theories to make the rounds of the Internet and social media is that the COVID-19 pandemic is actually a hoax perpetrated by corporations to cover up the ...
Pandemic Crisis Story: Moving 1,000-Plus Employees in 7 Countries in Just 2 Weeks
The rapid spread of COVID-19 took the business world by surprise. Like most companies, the Xceedance business continuity plan did not envision all personnel working from home for an extended period ...
Improving the Quality of Life for Humanity
The definition of insurance risk will always evolve as long as this industry exists. Perhaps the earliest date associated with insurance risk on a person and not an asset (which dates back even ...
Creating New York’s X-Factor: Building an InsurTech Community
In less than one year, InsurTech NY has grown from an idea shared by founders David Gritz and Tony Lew into a vibrant hub for East Coast insurance entrepreneurs, insurers and investors. Q: Let's talk ...
Creating a Tradeable Market for Cyber Risk—and More: Q&A With AkinovA’s Founder Winand
London-based AkinovA represents itself as "the electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of risk." Founded in 2017 by Henri Winand and Jean-Michel Paul, the first trade on the platform—a ...
Navigating a Risk Management Maelstrom: An Interview With JUUL Labs’ Head of Risk and Insurance
JUUL Labs, Inc. (JLI), an alternative cigarette company, went from startup to a $4 billion revenue company in just four years. As of September 2018, the company had more than 70 percent of the ...
Dealing With Rapid Change: Bradford Examines Risk Management in 2020
Insurance and risk professionals know there are new risks emerging they need to address, but a related development isn't always appreciated, an industry veteran suggests. "The fact that things are ...
Editor’s Letter: Leading When the World Restarts
There's a section of Carrier Management's May/June 2020 edition focused on new ways to manage risk at a time of accelerating change. The topic was appropriately conceived by our guest editor, David ...