Image A Wake-Up Call on Geopolitical Risk An experience in Mexico last week underscores the need to get very specific and hard-nosed about how severe the risks can be.
Broker View From the Trading Floor By Neville Ching As a consequence of the hard market, the 2023 full-year results from the reinsurance sector are expected to be record-breaking.
Top Global Business Risks in 2024 By Thomas Varney Cyber and business interruption top Allianz's annual survey, while nat cats, fire, explosion and political risks are the biggest risers.
A Rush of Cyber Attacks in Australia By Delilah Schwartz The attacks show how the nation is broadly unprepared -- but also how a series of tools could have prevented or at least mitigated the attacks.
Bringing Innovation From Australia to U.S. By Greg Oslan Severe environmental threats, together with Australia’s regulatory landscape, have catalyzed insurers to adopt new technology quickly.
Image Can P&C Grow Despite Mounting Global Risks? In this webinar with ITL Editor-in-Chief Paul Carroll, Michel Leonard, head of the Insurance Information Institute's Economics and Analytics Department, discusses the prospects for P&C growth in the face of fiscal and geopolitical risks.
Image The Impact of Rising Inflation and Interest Rates on Insurance Profitability Insurance performance through inflation cycles.
Asia: Latest Source of Opportunities By Roger Peverelli Reggy De Feniks Think of giants like Ping An; innovations such as TenCent's Waterdrop; and ecosystem plays such as Rakuten.
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.