Viewpoints
Measuring Casualty Cat Risk: What Underwriters and Actuaries Miss and Why
Last month, I was invited to speak at the Casualty Actuarial Society Loss Reserving Seminar in Chicago, where I had the opportunity to challenge the existing techniques designed to measure ...
Could More State Commissioners Require Climate Disclosure?
Max Messervy took a decidedly positive tack when pried again and again to reveal any negative reaction to a report he puts together every so often. Messervy, the insurance program manager at ...
CEO Viewpoint: Challenge of Disruption Awakens a Sleeping Giant
This is a fascinating time to be working in the insurance industry. The technological and social changes that are taking place are transforming the world around us and changing how we do business. ...
Finance CEOs Should Take Pay Cuts to Win Back Trust: Lloyd’s CEO Beale
Finance executives should consider slashing their own paychecks as the U.K. works to exit the European Union in order to win back the trust of people who have lost faith in large businesses, ...
How Risk Management Can Fuel Innovation
We generally do not tend to think of innovation and risk management as compatible themes. Innovation conjures up images of bold new ideas, thinking outside the box, disrupting established ways of ...
An E-Infusion: Infusing Ethics Into Your Organization
Much has been written about the need for ethics and ethical behavior in organizations, and most people, when approached with the subject, show body language that says "I know it. I do it. Don't talk ...
JLT Re: Buyers Should Put Resilient Reinsurance Cycle to Good Use
Despite proclamations by some observers that the reinsurance cycle is dead, JLT Re says, reports of its demise are greatly exaggerated – and now is the time for buyers to use the cycle, and ...
APIW’s Woman of the Year: Career Reflections and a Challenge for Insurance Leaders
(This article is based on a speech delivered by Erin Hamrick on June 20, 2016, as she accepted the APIW Insurance Woman of the Year award in New York City.) In reflecting on this honor and writing ...