Catastrophe Models Allow Breakthroughs This article is the last in a series on how the evolution of catastrophe models provides a foundation for much-needed innovation in insurance.
How to Spot and Avoid Your Next Crisis By Jim Satterfield Monitoring certain behaviors, both individual and corporate, can let you know that a crisis may be looming -- in time to prevent it.
How to Vastly Improve Catastrophe Modeling By Pratap Tambay An open-source catastrophe modeling toolkit is developing that can aggregate all of humanity's scientific knowledge at all points in time.
Where Have the Hurricanes Gone? By Michael Palmer Richard Dixon It shouldn’t be so quiet: The warmer the Atlantic Ocean is, the more potential there is for hurricanes to develop.
Model Errors in Disaster Planning This article is the fourth in a series on how the evolution of catastrophe models provides a foundation for innovation.
How to Find Coverage for Terrorism Risks By Duncan Ellis With Congress not yet renewing TRIPRA, businesses should use risk models and contingency plans to gain access to alternative sources.
TRIA Non-Renewal: Your Next Steps By Duncan Ellis Solutions may include asking insurers if they will not invoke sunset clauses or conditional exclusions, and provide stop-gap coverage.
TRIA Non-Renewal: Effect on P&C? By Robert Hartwig There is general agreement that prices will be higher and more volatile, and coverage sometimes hard to find.
The Promise of Continuous Underwriting By Bill Deemer Bobby Touran Typically, a risk is underwritten, bound... and forgotten. But new streams of data and automation allow for continuous underwriting.
Convergence and the Insurance Ecosystem By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers Companies must anticipate the future, innovate beyond their core and transform their capabilities as rapidly as technology allows.
Lemonade's 'Synthetic Agent' Nonsense By Matteo Carbone Desperate for growth, Lemonade produces another howler: A lender receiving a 16% interest rate is presented as a (synthetic) agent.
Auto Insurance in an Existential Crisis By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers The 125-year-old, $300 billion U.S. auto insurance industry is caught between runaway inflation and strained consumer wallets.