COVID-19 and Legal Gamesmanship By Bill Wilson Civil authorities' closure orders may include language designed to trigger insurance coverage, but it's legal gamesmanship. Read the policies closely.
Keeping an Eye on Consumer Privacy By Jaimie Pickles The consequences of not paying attention and not doing the right thing by consumers with regard to their privacy can be devastating,
Cannabis Services Reform Stalls By Andrew Lipkowitz Jonathan Isaacson Efforts to revisit the status of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act have not made significant progress.
What CCPA Press Release SHOULD Say By Mark Webb PARODY ALERT: The author enumerates Santa Claus's potential violations of CCPA, which could warrant $100 billion in fines.
Vast Implications of the CCPA By Mark Webb For those who can afford compliance, it will be business as usual. For those who cannot, compliance is a death knell to innovation.
When Regulation Offers Opportunity By Denise Garth Regulation and innovation are not incompatible. When combined effectively, they will please customers and open new markets and opportunities.
Implications of Ruling on Gig Workers By Mark Webb The ruling in California and a related bill in the assembly fit into a long-standing debate on who is a contractor and who an employee.
Keys to California's Consumer Privacy Act By Mark Webb Insurance companies are anxiously anticipating the outcome of several assembly bills amending the CCPA that await action by the Senate.
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.
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.