The Human Risks in Insurer/Broker M&A By Donna Galer With an uptick in M&A in the insurance industry, it is timely to consider some of the most common of these risks.
The Perils of the Purchasing Process By Kimberly George Mark Walls Risk managers and service providers are often challenged to demonstrate the value of centralized purchasing.
Vaping, Compliance and Rewarding Safety By Michael Shaw If insurers care about improving the safety of vaping, they should insist on the wholesale adoption of existing rules by the vaping industry.
Top Risk Concerns for 2021 By Paul Schiavone Financial institutions face emerging risks driven by cyber exposures, a growing burden of compliance and the turbulence of COVID-19.
Managing Risks for Hydrogen Industry By Chris Van Gend There is, rightly, enthusiasm around hydrogen solutions for a low-carbon economy, but projects involve complex industrial and energy risks.
Transformation of the Risk Landscape By Donna Galer Insurers of all sizes need to take note of changes in the risk landscape and continuously improve their ERM practices.
Building an Effective Risk Culture By Horst Simon Risk practitioners are finally catching on about building risk culture, but a whole bunch of self-proclaimed experts are talking absolute garbage.
CISOs, Risk Managers: Better Together By Charles Pruzinsky In most large firms, risk managers buy cyber insurance--but are rarely expert in network security and may not fully understand the risk profile.
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.