Claims & Reserving
Scientists Detect 55 New Environmental Chemicals in Humans: Risk Alerts
Scientists have detected 55 new environmental chemicals in humans—including some with unknown sources and uses. By 2030, more than 60 countries could see their credit ratings cut due to climate ...
How Geospatial Analytics Are Helping Workers Comp Insurers During COVID-19
Even the most experienced insurance companies could not have prepared for COVID-19, leaving portfolios riddled with uncertainty for an indeterminate time. Perhaps no line of business has felt the ...
Risk Alerts: Toxic Baby Food and Endless Summers
Several popular baby food manufacturers are under fire for selling products containing toxic heavy metals. Climate change could be impacting seasonal lengths—leading to crop loss and environmental ...
Intelligent Automation in Loss Reserving: Why Actuaries Need Help From Robot Analysts
Among the many things that have changed how the actuarial field functions is an underlying movement to automate. By integrating cognitive computing capabilities into their actuarial processes, ...
Industry Loss Reserves Redundant by $28B: Assured Research
Analysts at Assured Research delivered some surprises in a report on property/casualty insurance industry loss reserves Monday, finding that reserves are $28 billion redundant and predicting that ...
Demand for Travel Insurance at Highest Level Since March 2020
Travel is making a comeback—and so is the travel insurance industry. In fact, the number of travel insurance policies sold for future trips has hit its highest level since March 2020, according to ...
Emerging Damage: The Case of Melamine
Emerging risks evolve through three phases: emerging interest, emerging damage and emerging litigation. During the "emerging interest" phase, scientists, regulators or legal scholars first flag the ...
How to Avoid Litigation With Pre-Suit Claims Analytics
Litigated claims are a key driver of increasing loss and expense ratios for property/casualty insurance carriers. Data-driven approaches—in particular, suit avoidance techniques and proactive ...