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Electric Vehicles: A Use Case for UBI

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Adam Kostecki

EVs bring to light some potentially interesting implications on auto insurance. They could represent a prime use case for a new type of embedded usage-based insurance policy.
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Underwriting Enters a New Age of Data

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Deb Smallwood

96% of insurer executives see personal lines underwriting undergoing significant changes within five years – remarkable given the shifts that have already occurred.
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How Will Electric Cars Affect Insurance?

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Gregg Barrett

Electric vehicles are more difficult and costly to repair or replace compared with gasoline vehicles, but the issues will fade over time.
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Will Medical Inflation Hit Workers' Comp?

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Raji Chadarevian

David Colon

Amelia Carroll

While medical inflation in workers' comp has remained moderate for the past decade, the recent spike in consumer prices has elevated concerns.

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We Must Prescribe Drugs More Accurately

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Major advances have the potential to improve health outcomes dramatically, while eliminating a hugely wasteful percentage of current drug spending.

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What the Mid-Term Elections Mean

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Here are the key issues that Conning believes will affect the insurance industry resulting from the election out-comes.

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Where Healthcare Value Can Lead

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A robust ecosystem of risk-reduction mechanisms can result in far better health outcomes while conservatively reducing total health spending by 25% or more.

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Automakers Build New Insurance Future

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Renee Kiriluk-Hill

As data and technology pervade the car manufacturing industry, automakers have made fresh inroads into insurance.

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How Cedents Can Win Reinsurance Race

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Here are three lessons from the most recent renewal cycles that can guide cedents looking to get the best result from their reinsurance placements.

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Redefining Facultative Underwriting

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Dave Rengachary

Why have reinsurers' facultative underwriters wait until an insurer has finished its process? Why not consult as experts across an ecosystem?

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A New Paradigm for Sourcing Capacity

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Capacity-seekers and capacity-providers are starting to recognize the benefits of an organized digital marketplace with an efficient electronic infrastructure.

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Ready for New Accounting Standard?

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IFRS 17 might be a major factor in insurers’ decisions on buying reinsurance, so it's important to understand key issues and start preparing.

New Paradigm for Reinsurance

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Can the global reinsurance market morph into a new paradigm, allowing a more responsible and sustainable market to emerge?

The 'New Normal' for Reinsurers

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So-called convergence capital from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has become increasingly strategic for reinsurers.

The Reinsurers Are Coming!

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The message is not to lock the door and send everyone home, but the competitors of yesterday may not be the competitors of tomorrow.

Who Will Win: Startups or Carriers?

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That is looking like the wrong question. It's time to reframe the debate and consider the huge potential for gains by reinsurers.

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Why Are So Many Dying on U.S. Roads?

By Paul Carroll

Unlike other developed countries, the U.S. has historically focused too little on two key issues: road design and protecting those who aren't in cars.

Can Insurers Connect to the Connected Car?

Auto insurers have a strategic imperative to not be left behind in the race to monetize connected car data, and there are several ways insurers can do this.

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The Key to Cutting Workers' Comp Costs

Wearable devices paired with artificial intelligence can significantly reduce workers' comp costs for businesses and the insurance providers that protect them. 

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We're Flying Blind on Climate Risk

Because infrastructure often has a long lifetime, it's crucial to understand physical climate risks and embed resilience from the outset. 

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Most People Won’t Trade Away Privacy

More than six in 10 people don’t think that any discount is worth letting insurance companies collect more information about their driving habits and homes.

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Biggest Home Insurance Factors for 2023

Rising costs, general anxiety about the economy and a surge in relocation that began during the pandemic are driving insurance shoppers to seek more options.

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HRAs in 2020: What Can We Expect?

With the creation of an HRA in 2016 and two new HRAs on the horizon, it’s a good time to look forward to what’s in store next year.

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Electric Vehicles: A Use Case for UBI

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The (Re)rise of Insurtech

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How Will Electric Cars Affect Insurance?

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Underwriting Enters a New Age of Data

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