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The Fracking Question: To Insure or Not to Insure?
When it comes to the use of evolving technologies in oil and gas production—such as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking—insurance companies are faced with one big question: to insure or not to ...
Executive Insight: How to Elevate a P/C Carrier From ‘Good to Great’
Scottsdale Insurance Company began to look at its operation late in 2002 with an eye on the future and what it would take to continue its leadership position in the excess and surplus lines market. ...
Emerging Global D&O Claims Trends
Directors and officers claims are increasing here and in other parts of the globe, according to insurance industry experts. Claims centered on merger acquisition, healthcare service vendor operations ...
Commercial Auto, Workers Comp: Loss Leaders in the Oil Patch
There's no doubt that new advancements in the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are driving the current production boom in the oil patch. The technique, which is used to retrieve oil and ...
When Risks Start Adding Up: Spotting Potential Accumulations in Risks Yet to Emerge
When executives of property/casualty insurance carriers assess emerging risks—those already visible as well as those sitting just beneath the surface—the ones that are most worrisome have the ...
The IT Talent Question: Build or Buy?
Most insurance CIOs and IT leaders have grappled with the build-or-buy question as it relates to software. But the thornier and possibly more important context for the question is how it applies to ...
Duperreault and Two Sigma: Marrying Tech, Analytics and Underwriting in Bermuda
It is hardly unusual to read about hedge funds partnering with insurance and reinsurance companies in Bermuda these days. On that score, the launch of Hamilton Insurance Group might seem like more of ...
Brian Duperreault: Career Highlights
"He started life as an actuary and went beyond being an actuary to [become] a very senior executive." That's the simple sentence that Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, former chairman and CEO of American ...