Claims & Reserving
U.S. Auto Combined Ratios Will See Sharp Improvement in 2020: Report
In a report, S&P Global Market Intelligence is projecting that U.S. personal and commercial auto insurers will see a sharp improvement in their full-year combined ratios for 2020, followed by ...
Insurance Plays Key Role in Civil Rights Settlements Against Law Enforcement
Municipalities, their insurers and risk pools should be heeding the current public re-examination of police and prosecutorial actions taking place across the country, according to an insurance ...
Tesla Factory Struck by ‘Serious’ Cyber Attack
Elon Musk said on Thursday that Tesla Inc's factory in Nevada was a target of a "serious" cybersecurity attack, confirming a media report that claimed an employee of the company helped the Federal ...
Stop Nuclear Verdicts: Hire Plaintiff Lawyers
Why have nuclear verdicts skyrocketed in the last 10 years? Did the law change? Did Congress pass a sweeping bill in favor of plaintiffs that mandates they must recover tens of millions of dollars in ...
Constructing a Post-Pandemic Construction Market
The construction industry may emerge from the pandemic strong or relatively unscathed compared to other segments of the economy. But it also faces its share of challenges in managing exposures, ...
Researchers Worry That ‘Whiteness’ of AI Erases People of Color: Risk Alerts
Researchers from the University of Cambridge are worried that the "overwhelming whiteness" of artificial intelligence may remove people of color from humanity's vision of the future. Teens and young ...
How Parametric Triggers Can Allow Insurers to Cover Pandemic Business Interruptions
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe levels of disruption to economies around the world and has affected businesses of all sizes—and the insurance industry has been caught in the middle of the ...
Swiss Re $973M COVID Business Interruption Estimate Won’t Remain Outlier, CEO Says
While Swiss Re's $2.5 billion estimate of COVID-related insurance and reinsurance losses stands above most others around the industry, the situation is destined to change, according to the group CEO. ...