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Reinstated: Actuarial Ratemaking Principles Are Back!
Less than a month ago, the prospect that long-held principles of actuarial ratemaking would survive an action by the Casualty Actuarial Society board of directors to rescind them late last year ...
Retiring Triple-I Actuary Lynch Reflects On Profession’s Changes, Future
"He's a writer AND an actuary." The short description heading his LinkedIn profile remains true, but James Lynch will be stepping down from actively writing or providing actuarial services on behalf ...
Status of Certain Casualty Actuarial Ratemaking, Reserve Principles in Flux
A task force of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is asking the board of directors of the Casualty Actuarial Society to reverse a decision to rescind a "statement of principles" of ...
Managing Social Inflation: What Should Be in the Defense Playbook
Plaintiffs attorneys have honed skills for identifying cases destined to result in nuclear verdicts, a former defense attorney working for a reinsurance company said recently, describing their ...
Insurers Need Playbook to Slow Social Inflation; COVID Didn’t Do It
If liability insurers and defendants want to turn the tide of social inflation, they need to come together as teammates with a solid game plan, a reinsurance claims executive said recently. Agreeing ...
What ‘Follow the Fortunes’ Means for COVID-19 Reinsurance Claims
How reinsurers will respond when cedents pay their insureds for COVID-related business interruptions remains an open question, legal and insurance professionals suggested recently, adding more ...
How Root Insurance Did What Other Insurers Only Imagined
Having achieved unicorn status with a $1 billion valuation less than two years after its official October 2016 debut, InsurTech carrier Root Insurance Company may seem like an overnight success. The ...
Did You Know? Auto and Renters Risks Correlated
To Alex Timm, CEO of Root Insurance Company, the auto insurance carrier's recent move into the renters insurance market seemed like a natural extension for its customer base given that 70 percent of ...