The Many Paths to a Career in Risk By Christopher Mandel Experiences across an array of business functions can help prepare for a career handling the variety of risk exposures that must be managed.
The Right Way to Test for Solvency By Dave Ingram The solvency of insurers is typically evaluated by looking backwards, at last year. The Full Limits Stress Test is a way to look forward.
Giving the Gift of Books on Risk Management By Norman Marks As we enter the gift-giving season, here are five books to consider as gifts for yourself, your team or a friend with a passion for risk management.
Yes, OSHA Is Now a Friend to Insurers By Daniel Miller A clarification from the agency makes certain that employers can have an injured worker examined by a doctor of its choice.
The Evolving Metric: Cost of Risk By Christopher Mandel The C-suite rarely has a good view into all its workers' comp risk -- which can be as high as 45% of revenue.
Thinking Differently: Building a Risk Culture By Horst Simon Business is no longer life in the fast lane; it is life in the on-coming traffic, yet organizations still drive while looking in the rear-view mirror.
11 Things That Matter Most in Managing Risk By Christopher Mandel Few organizations even think about the fact that they have a risk culture, and building the right one is crucial.
How to Understand Your Risk Landscape By Peadar Duffy Boards have a new fiduciary duty: to manage information about risks with the same controls they apply to accounting.
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.