Insurance

The data and information available in a workers’ comp claim are vast and, at times, complicated. In the workers’ comp space, inconsistency within the claim is a common issue. Now, we have the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning to not only solve these complications of inconsistency, but to improve the current operations…

Always known as the market of innovation, E&S insurers are leveraging flexibility and creativity to help customers solve problems. The excess and surplus market continues to enjoy steady growth while conditions in the standard market remain challenging for insureds. With standard lines carriers raising rates, tightening terms and conditions and pulling back capacity, risk managers…

Always known as the market of innovation, E&S insurers are leveraging flexibility and creativity to help customers solve problems. The excess and surplus market continues to enjoy steady growth while conditions in the standard market remain challenging for insureds. With standard lines carriers raising rates, tightening terms and conditions and pulling back capacity, risk managers…

The topic of litigation exposure that educational institutions may face over their handling of IEPs as the pandemic pushed so many into remote learning is building. Over the last 18 months, school districts across the U.S. have turned to online learning as a means to educate students. For some schools, remote learning has proven successful….

Always known as the market of innovation, E&S insurers are leveraging flexibility and creativity to help customers solve problems. The excess and surplus market continues to enjoy steady growth while conditions in the standard market remain challenging for insureds. With standard lines carriers raising rates, tightening terms and conditions and pulling back capacity, risk managers…

Language, William Burroughs wrote, is a virus from outer space. Like many a virus, language evolves, sometimes in odd directions. Advertisement Some British universities, keen to attract a more diverse student body, have decided that command of language and grammar are no longer necessary. Students may write in any approximation of English, without being penalized…

A substance found in everything from firefighting foam to nonstick cookware represents a growing liability threat. From Washington down to state governments, contamination standards are being tightened. Early in June, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Representative Antonio Delgado (both D-NY) reintroduced legislation that would regulate per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the Clean Water Act. Separately,…

Many insurance and risk management professionals can attest that their introduction to the industry was either by happy accident or a wonderful stroke of luck. Lisa Duncan experienced the latter. Advertisement Duncan was working at Nordstrom part-time while pursuing her undergraduate degree when a customer’s husband offered her a job to work for him as…

When is the last time you read through an actuarial report and felt confident in your understanding of the numbers? For most program managers, actuarial analysis is a bit of a mystery … the calculations and estimates provided are central to the success of their business, yet their justifications remain unclear. And many managers may…