Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchE&S Panel at WSIA: Climate Risks, Emerging Technologies Reshape E&S Landscape
A panel gathered by AM Best TV at the WSIA Annual Marketplace conference in San Diego said the excess and surplus sector has evolved from being perce…
2 years, 1 month ago
Munich Re’s Blanco: D&O Defense Costs Rising
Marcia Blanco, head of financial lines at Munich Re Specialty, said as a result of regulatory claims, defense costs for directors and officers have s…
2 years, 1 month ago
AM Best: US Property/Casualty Mutuals Resilient Despite Persistent Volatility
AM Best Financial Analyst Lauren Magro discusses a new Best's Market Segment Report finding that P/C mutuals report surplus growth, and pursue rate a…
2 years, 1 month ago
HSB’s Law: SMEs Lacking in Cyber Coverage
Dan Law, head of the cyber practice at HSB, said small and medium enterprise businesses have been slow to adopt cyber protection into their coverage,…
2 years, 1 month ago
NAMIC's Alldredge: P/C Mutual Sector Sees Consolidation Trend, Not Demutualization
Neil Alldredge, president & CEO, NAMIC, said that while new mutual formations are rare, existing companies are expanding into new lines of business a…
2 years, 1 month ago
Innovation Panel: The Future of E&S Risk Assessment Is AI, Predictive Analytics
The panel also addressed potential pitfalls of innovation, such as the challenges of pricing products before knowing their true cost and the need for…
2 years, 1 month ago
LIMRA’s Hodgens: US Annuity Sales Hit Record $215 Billion in First Half of 2024
Bryan Hodgens, senior vice president and head of research, LIMRA and LOMA, said annuity sales surged 19% to $215.2 billion, with fixed index and regi…
2 years, 1 month ago
Podcasters Inform Washington State Insurance Consumers
Aaron VanTuyl and Matt Baide, podcast hosts, Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner, discuss the "OIC Answers" podcast that seeks to i…
2 years, 1 month ago
Issues & Answers: A Matter of Fairness
Gary Wang, senior consulting actuary for Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, said that the issue of fairness is a very common social discussion that’s taki…
2 years, 1 month ago
AM Best: Changing Trends Continue to Push Demand for Health Reinsurance
AM Best Director Doniella Pliss highlights a new Best's Market Segment Report that finds growing health care utilization and medical inflation are ex…
2 years, 1 month ago