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Understanding A.M. Best’s New Capital Model: Matthew Mosher Q&A (Part 2)
A.M. Best is overhauling the calculation of the Best's Capital Adequacy Ratio used in its assessments of insurer capital strength. In part 1 of an interview with Carrier Management, Matthew Mosher, ...
Q&A: Don’t React to Rumors on A.M. Best’s New Model, COO Mosher Says
A.M. Best is overhauling the calculation of the Best's Capital Adequacy Ratio used in its assessments of insurer capital strength, but higher resulting risk charges and correspondingly lower BCAR ...
BCAR Revisited: Understanding A.M. Best’s New Model
Carriers can toss out old playbooks that helped them map financial metrics into A.M. Best ratings, according to rating agency analysts, who are putting finishing touches on a new capital adequacy ...
Small Cyber Insurers Worry Regulators; Model Law Coming
While insurance regulators are tackling cyber-related issues at a record pace, they're focused on questions beyond whether insurers are adequately securing the personally identifiable information of ...
Reporter’s Notebook: Could Insurance Be the Economic Engine for the Internet of Things?
Fill in the blank: Advertising is to the Internet as <Blank> is to the Internet of Things. Until I attended the Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum earlier this month, the ...
Google Compare Versus Agents: Who is Winning?
Insurance agents aren't dead yet, but even underwriters participating in the personal automobile insurance market may be looking for another line of work within the next two decades, industry ...
Tasks Done by Agents, Underwriters, CEOs Can Be Automated: McKinsey
Machines can take over a chunk of the activities of nearly every one of 750 occupations studied by researchers from McKinsey Global Institute recently—including chief executive officers and several ...
PwC Board Survey: Majority of Large Insurers Have Risk Committees, CROs
Property/casualty insurance company senior executives aren't the only carrier leaders overwhelmed by multiple demands on their time. Members of P/C insurer boards of directors are similarly ...