Wildfire Season Off to Perilous Start By Scott Steinmetz Fires can create their own weather: Smoke-infused thunderstorms produce lightning that starts new fires and can lead to fire tornadoes.
Helping Insurers Get a Handle on Wildfire By Louise Braybrooke Simply put, the old way of doing things on wildfires has been proven not to work—and insurers are demanding better.
BCPP Proposal: Summary, Key Risks By Jason Schupp The industry's proposal for a Business Continuity Protection Program raises risks related to compensating businesses during pandemic lockdowns.
Now Comes the Flood Season By Cynthia DiVincenti We can’t expect collective, nationwide resilience to flood events without innovation from FEMA and decisive action from Congress.
PRIA: A Tale of 2 Policyholders By Jason Schupp An uncomfortable reality is that a TRIA-style “make available” requirement would separate policyholders into the haves and the have-nots.
Micro-Censusing: Future of Flood By Ralph Blust 85% of homeowners have fire insurance and just 15% have flood insurance, even though a flood claim is three times as likely.
Hurricane Season: More Trouble Ahead? By Andrew Siffert As if COVID-19 isn't tough enough, the Atlantic hurricane season looks to be active, with a higher probability of named storms making landfall.
Would Form of TRIA Work for Pandemics? By Bill Wilson A simplified product covering only continuing expenses for a limited period, such as four months, MIGHT be workable.
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.
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.