Underwriting & Pricing
Berkshire Hathaway Direct: ‘Challenging the Normal’ With Three Pages
For most property/casualty actuaries, routine parts of the job involve finding comfort with insurance pricing levels and claims trends, grounded in a thorough understanding of the parameters of ...
Marijuana Is Legal; Now What? Workers Comp Carriers Prepare for Claims Ahead
There's no doubt marijuana is having a moment, with several states having passed legislation legalizing it for both medical and recreational use. Media focus has centered on the drug's benefits, but ...
Risks and Non-Risks in the Obesity Epidemic: Praedicat Analysis
Are the products used to build our buildings also making us fat? Are our diet sodas giving us cancer? As though it isn't hard enough to watch our diets, as insurers we have to worry about what it all ...
Fitch Notes Realized Benefits of Kemper’s $1.3B Infinity Acquisition
Kemper Corp. earned some kudos from Fitch Ratings over its improved financial strength, and a subsidiary gained an outlook upgrade. Specifically, Fitch affirmed Kemper's "A-" (Strong) financial ...
Visions of Commercial Transportation: The Future of Commercial Auto Insurance Is Here
For several years now, the commercial auto segment has been among the property/casualty insurance industry's worst performing lines. Wounded by a sharp uptick in claims frequency and severity and ...
Risks Hiding in Plain Sight
When an Italian man attended an art exhibit in the Serralves Museum in Portugal last year, he didn't expect to be hospitalized just for trying to view one of the works on display. But that's exactly ...
Carriers Will Increasingly Target InsurTechs for Investment, Acquisition in 2019: Deloitte
Carriers will increasingly seek InsurTech startups as investment and eventual M&A targets in 2019, according to Deloitte's predictions outlined in a new report. "Insurance companies' appetite for ...
How Migration Patterns and Millennials Will Impact Carriers in 2019
Looking back, 2018 will be seen as a turning point for the housing industry. Last year, we saw continued growth in remodeling and maintenance activity amid growing affordability challenges. ...