How Parametric Insurance Fills in Gaps By Gethin Jones With many carriers excluding certain natural catastrophe perils, brokers can fill coverage gaps for clients with parametric policies.
Changing the Nature of 'Natural' By Edward Haas Liability for floods, wildfires, earthquakes and other "natural" disasters may start to be assigned to corporations -- and their insurers.
5 Coverage Tips for Weight Loss Drugs By Al Lewis Never before in the history of healthcare has any drug, procedure or test combined this much effectiveness, popularity… and cost.
20 Issues to Watch in 2024 By Kimberly George Mark Walls Electoral politics, especially at the state level; the economic outlook; geopolitical risks; and evolving employee benefits top the list.
'Adaptive' Insurance Is Now Possible By Chris Bassett The right design for embedded insurance can let insurers learn from claims and continually make assets less vulnerable in the future.
How to Reduce Benefits Fraud By Michael de Waal While today's digital environment allows new fraudulent behaviors, it's making identifying and stopping fraudulent activity easier than ever before.
How Cameras Transform Workers’ Comp By Jacob Geyer Cameras and AI outperform human observation, which has limitations due to lack of time and inability to objectively measure improvement.
Image Good Riddance to 2023 Natural catastrophes and hefty inflation in repair costs made 2023 a year to forget for P&C insurers. On to 2024!
Auto Insurance in an Existential Crisis By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers The 125-year-old, $300 billion U.S. auto insurance industry is caught between runaway inflation and strained consumer wallets.
The Promise of Continuous Underwriting By Bill Deemer Bobby Touran Typically, a risk is underwritten, bound... and forgotten. But new streams of data and automation allow for continuous underwriting.
Convergence and the Insurance Ecosystem By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers Companies must anticipate the future, innovate beyond their core and transform their capabilities as rapidly as technology allows.
Lemonade's 'Synthetic Agent' Nonsense By Matteo Carbone Desperate for growth, Lemonade produces another howler: A lender receiving a 16% interest rate is presented as a (synthetic) agent.