Erik Bahnsen

Erik Bahnsen is a senior manager, industry analyst for CCC Intelligent Solutions.

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Severe Weather's Effects on Auto Claims

Here are six strategic steps carriers can take to better prepare for handling auto claims following severe weather, such as the recent Hurricane Helene.

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Healthcare Inflation's Impact on Auto Insurers

Erik Bahnsen

Medical care inflation reacts slowly compared with food and energy, but it’s catching up and will land heavily on auto casualty billing--especially for the unprepared.

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What If Manufacturers Provide Insurance for Free?

By Paul Carroll

As embedded insurance takes hold, what if manufacturers heavily discount coverage or give it away so they can sell more product? How do insurers compete?

What Would You Do With $1 Trillion?

Record $14.6 billion fraud highlights an urgent need for entity resolution technology in P&C operations.

Tech Giants Aim to Eliminate Insurance Costs

Technology companies view insurance as a cost to eliminate, not a business opportunity to pursue.

What’s Holding AI Back in Insurance

Insurers adopt AI at breakneck speed, yet legacy technology barriers prevent most from achieving meaningful ROI. A platform-based approach is needed.

Time to Rethink Cyber Underwriting

Exploding class action lawsuits and third-party breach complexity are forcing cyber insurers to rethink underwriting strategies.

Insurance's Silver Tsunami Knowledge Crisis

P&C carriers face knowledge drain from retiring boomers. AI, used well, can provide systematic processes to capture expertise.

Was the Fed Rate Cut a Mistake?

Michel Léonard, chief economist for the Triple-I, says the Fed's statement downplaying the possibility of future rate cuts will keep key interest rates high.

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