The Bottom Line: Why Property Insurers Need to Move Past IoT Exploration to Strategy Integration
Bottom-line impact from technology investments starts at the top for property insurers.
At HSB and the IoT Observatory, we believe that ...
Executive Viewpoint
2024 Outlook on the MGA Market: Time to Normalize Difficult Conversations?
The insurance industry experienced widespread and significant tightening in the reinsurance markets in 2022. "Volatility" was the watchword as the year 2022 wound down. Reinsurers raised prices, ...
Executive View: Why Automation is the Key to Cyber Insurance Market Growth
Cyber threats pose a more direct risk to businesses than ever before. Globally, cyber attacks rose 7 percent in the first quarter of 2023, and Cybersecurity Ventures predicts ransomware will cost ...
Executive Viewpoint: Advice to Retiring CEOs
Being a CEO can be an all-consuming job. No matter how well the organization is performing, there is always the sense of responsibility to stakeholders. CEOs are also granted a sort of "rock star" ...
CEO Viewpoints: How Carriers, Reinsurers Are Reacting to Inflation
During an industry conference last week, leaders of three property/casualty insurance organizations addressed a question about opportunities in the personal, commercial and reinsurance markets by ...
Viewpoint: Closing the Gap on Insurance to Value in Property Policies
Inadequate valuation of physical assets in property policies results in a shortfall in premium collected, which in turn hinders the ability to rebuild fully after a ...
Viewpoint: Why Embedded Insurance Is Bad for Consumers and Insurers
In my view, embedded insurance is everything that is wrong with the startup approach to insurance.
Rather than look at things from the ...
Louisiana Blueprint: How to Repair Florida’s Home Insurance Market
Florida's home insurance market has been in crisis for years, and recent tort reform aims to reduce claims costs by putting an end to frivolous lawsuits, a welcome development in a state where ...
Executive Viewpoint: Realizing the Benefits of Predictive Models, AI for Cat Claims
Being a claims professional in today's world is much more complex compared to the past 10 years — or even just five.
The insurance ...
Executive Viewpoint: Taking the Next Step on Cyber War Exclusions
Cyber insurance has been a success story since the late 1990s, offering companies protection for one of their leading emerging risks. In my opinion, the most important ...