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Social Inflation or Science: What Is Fueling Climate Litigation?
A rising amount of litigation tied to the environmental and health impacts of greenhouse gas emissions prompted a question from the leader of a liability risk analytics company recently: "Is it about ...
Staffing Crunch Makes Risk Assessment a Challenge for Commercial Insurers
Over the past two years, the challenges prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic have forced businesses to scramble as new issues arise almost every day. The one challenge that has remained stagnant is the ...
Smaller Insurers Need to Take a Data Leap of Faith in 2022
The pandemic isn't hampering the insurance industry from effectively moving forward. But for some carriers, historic anxiety that prevents experimentation with new technologies is an obstacle to ...
The Growing Wave of Cloud in Insurance
A couple of years ago, insurers were skeptical of cloud computing. Now? Not only are they leaning into cloud-first strategies, but cloud has become the default hosting option for more insurance ...
The ABCs of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the insurance sector is gaining pace—not just linearly but exponentially. More and more people have become part of the conversation, yet many ...
A 9/11 Remembrance From Former Carpenter Chairman Newhouse
In remembrance of the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, we are republishing an August 2018 article, which contains the recollections of Britt Newhouse, former chairman of ...
Making Connections
"All Black folks have a drawer." The comment may have gone unnoticed at an insurance gathering last year, when Sylvia Alston, managing partner of Momentum Risk Partners, tossed it out quietly as she ...
Why M&A Is Booming in the P/C Insurance Space
Now that the dust is settling after an unpredictable and historically challenging period, insurers are going on the offensive by pursuing innovation, building out core capabilities and aggressively ...