Q4 Economic and Investment Outlook By Brian Pretti The investment and economic outlook is murky because the long period of low interest rates is painting the Fed into a corner.
Thought Leader in Action: At Walmart By Jeff Pettegrew At Walmart, Max Koonce slashed the number of litigation firms he used, carefully picked workers' comp doctors and even set up his own TPA.
A Better Approach to Safety, Risk By Chuck Coker A key is to understand how workers truly think and act, rather than take the traditional, rules-based approach to safety.
How to Measure the Value of ERM By Donna Galer Firms that invest in enterprise risk management (ERM) must quantify the value, even though it can be ephemeral. Here are four methods.
Fraud: the Cost You Will Never See By Nick Gerhart Fraud costs the average U.S. consumer $400 to $700 in increased premiums each year, but new tools and better data can make inroads.
Who Pays When a Show Is Canceled? By John Silcock A claim for the cancellation of a single show can run into the tens of millions of dollars, depending on the artist and the logistics.
The Defining Issue for Financial Markets By Brian Pretti While worries about interest rates and Fed decisions have made financial markets volatile, the real issue is global currency values.
Are We Entering a Bear Market? By Brian Pretti The recent free fall makes it feel as if we're entering a bear market, but stocks have actually been experiencing a correction for some time.
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.