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Emerging Risks: What’s the Next Asbestos?
Asbestos to date has triggered losses of $100 billion for the insurance industry—and the losses are expected to mount. In short, it is the most expensive lesson learned for the industry in decades. ...
Catastrophe Modeler Praedicat Raises $6M With Plan to Reach Beyond Insurance Clients
Praedicat said it has completed a $6 million, early stage financing. The Los Angeles-based casualty catastrophe modeling company plans to use the money to accelerate development of products that ...
Carrier Innovation Broadening Commercial Insurance Reach in Changing Economy: Swiss Re
Carrier innovation is giving commercial insurance a broader reach as the economy continues to deal with major structural changes, according to a new Swiss Re sigma report. The reinsurer noted that ...
Opinion: Traditional Insurers Must Embrace Cyber Physical Risk
The burgeoning cyber insurance market is at a critical point of inflection. After 20 years of product evolution, with most mainstream carriers finally settling on a common core set of coverages, the ...
Drought, Cloud Computing Top Swiss Re’s P/C Emerging Risks
Drought and cloud computing would not necessarily go together, but they do in the world of insurance risk. Swiss Re sees both as the greatest risks property/casualty insurers will face in the coming ...
Communications, Media, Tech Firms’ Risk Awareness Higher Than Actual Preparedness: Marsh
A large number of communications, media and technology companies see their risks becoming more complex or larger in the years ahead. While that awareness is high, however, protection and preparedness ...
Cyber Crime Worries Rise Among Small, Medium-Sized Businesses: Zurich
While the number remains low, there's been a robust rate of increase in the number of small and medium-sized businesses tuned in to the cyber attack risks they face, Zurich Insurance Group said in a ...
Workplace Violence, Aging Staff Among Health Care Systems’ Emerging Risks to Watch: Aon
For the 2017 accident year, health care systems will face a complex environment of emerging risks that will have a direct impact on workers compensation, according to analysts at Aon Global Risk ...