Praedicat News
Casualty Underwriting: The Original ESG
Promoting Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance has become a top priority of corporate executives and boards everywhere, including in property and casualty insurance. However, ...
Sompo International, Willis Towers Watson Forge New Product Partnerships
Sompo International Holdings is partnering with a company that will help increase proactive management of its global casualty portfolio. Willis Towers Watson and a software partner will launch a new ...
What Do You Do With Emerging Interest Risks?
Every emerging risk strategy must begin with a horizon scan. At Praedicat, our strategy is to scan the scientific literature for indications that scientists are investigating a new hypothesis that ...
Who Will Be Sued? Praedicat Scores Ease Underwriting for Emerging Risks
Last week, Praedicat, a liability risk analytics company, announced that it launched a new Company Risk Score designed to simplify the underwriting of complex emerging risks for liability insurance. ...
‘Attribution Science’ May Help Plaintiffs Push Climate Suits Ahead
Although a U.S. Supreme Court decision put an end to climate lawsuits alleging violations of the federal common law of public nuisance, a second round of state actions may get further, researchers ...
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 ...
PFAS Litigation Levels Already at Epic Proportions
Mass litigation is every casualty insurer's worst nightmare, conjuring up memories of the unending flow of asbestos litigation and the devastating effect it had on the industry. Today, though, we're ...
Opioids Are the Next Tobacco. Are Antibiotics the Next Opioids?
The fact pattern is familiar. Drug companies market a legal and regulated drug, resulting in significant overprescription of that drug. Over time, a public health crisis emerges and annual deaths ...