Content from Joseph S. Harrington
Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU, ARP, is a Chicago-area business writer and communications specialist. From 1994 to 2016, he served as director of corporate communications for the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS).
UPDATED: Genetic Testing and Insurance Are Increasingly Intertwined
Can consumers and insurers come to a consensus about the appropriate role of genetic testing in insurance underwriting? That was the central question addressed by Anya Prince, associate professor at ...
MGAs Are Increasingly Taking on Carrier Business Practices
Among the most profound changes in commercial insurance over the past decade has been the growing role of managing general agencies (MGAs) as measured by premium volume and by the growing scope of ...
Why Improved Auto Technology Is Creating Underwriting Challenges
Automobiles are so solidly made now that they're safer and lasting far longer than their predecessors. Their durability is delaying wider use of even better technology, however, a trend that will ...
Price Optimization Continues as an Unresolved Issue
Price optimization and the controversy over whether or not to use it in insurance continues even though many states have banned the practice, panelists said during the Casualty Actuarial Society's ...
Blockchain Gives Life to a 300-Year-Old Idea
Blockchain technology is actually a new way to pursue an insurance distribution system that existed 300 years ago, an expert at Willis Towers Watson said. "This works like the way we used to do ...
Single Number Cyber Risk Score Could Help Carriers Craft More Precise Cover
The rapidly emerging and evolving world of cyber risk poses a paradox for property/casualty insurers, according to two panelists addressing "Risk Selection in Cyber Insurance" at the Casualty ...
2018 Reinsurance Pricing: Rate Hikes Likely After 2017 Storms and Catastrophes
When the dust settles—and water recedes—following 2017's hurricanes, wildfires, and other catastrophes, domestic primary insurers will learn if, and how much, their own underwriting discipline ...
International Capital Standards Remain a Work in Progress: Ex-Fed Reserve Governor
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) is no closer to enacting international capital standards for insurers than it was when it took up the task five years ago, attendees at ...