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Senior Associate Editor Renee Kiriluk-Hill discusses her BestWire story explaining Farmers’ plans to add new agency owners to its ranks, som...

Susan Ghalili, SVP and chief underwriting officer at Pacific Life, explains how insights from the 2026 Underwriting Outlook Survey show insu...

A new Best's Special Report discussed by AM Best Associate Director Jason Hopper finds the 2025 net income for U.S. life/annuity industry ro...

Lynn O’Leary, president of Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, explains that in 2026, business leaders should strengthen their short-term...

Sr. Associate Editor Steve Hallo reports the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is requiring insurers to submit detailed homeow...

AM Best Senior Director Wai Tang and Director Matthew Tuite discuss a new Best's Special Report that finds that the ILS market is expected t...

Michael Barrett, principal/agent, Trusted Choice board member, Vermont national director for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of A...

Helen Andersen, industry research analyst, discusses two new Best's Special Reports that find upgrades and downgrades both declined for the...

Joseph Roethel, director, AM Best, discusses two Best's Special Reports that found no catastrophe-driven P/C impairments following three yea...

Ben Diaz-Clegg, associate director, analytics, AM Best, discusses a Best's Special Report that finds the stability of macroeconomic conditio...

Jason Ragsdale, AVP risk management technical specialization at Nationwide, discusses a company survey revealing while more than 90% of comm...

David Blades, associate director, AM Best, discusses a new Best's Special Report that finds muted insured catastrophe losses during the seco...

Hollie Campe-Astridge, assistant vice president in the Sports & Recreation Department at Philadelphia Insurance Cos., said health and wellne...

David Bock, associate vice president, head of Midwest and West Public D&O for Nationwide’s commercial liability team, discusses how micro- a...

Brian Botkin, chief underwriting officer at MSIG USA, said that the company’s growth has come through a very disciplined underwriting approa...

Majesco Chief Strategy Officer Denise Garth, who is regarded as one of the most influential executives in insurance, has built expertise wit...

Jennifer Kostyrna, director of product management, identity solutions at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, explains how generative AI is rapidly tr...

Senior Associate Editor Steve Hallo discusses his BestWire story detailing how The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to sus...

AM Best Director David Blades and Senior Industry Research Analyst Chris Graham discuss a new Best's Commentary that finds by year-end 2025,...

Enforcing the use of secure photo technology and maintaining "a human in the loop" are among the strategies proving to be effective...

In his book “Guardians of Uncertainty: The Making of Influential Risk Managers in the Modern World,” Ernest Legrand, co-founder and chief pr...

BestWire Senior Associate Editor Terrence Dopp discusses his recent article explaining how life insurers are seeing paid family and medical...

Montclair State University Assistant Professor Abena Owusu discusses her co-authored study on how insurers can use machine learning to impro...

Christopher Westfall discusses how his podcast, Risky Science, brings together researchers, investors and insurers to unpack the science, da...

Senior Associate Editor Renee Kiriluk-Hill discusses her recent BestWire story highlighting how Florida’s largest personal auto insurers are...

AM Best News Editor David Pilla discusses reinsurers’ strong 2025 results, driven by underwriting gains and low catastrophe losses, even as...

AM Best Director Joseph Zazzera discusses a new Best's Market Segment Report that finds strong health segment financial flexibility and capi...

Wild Horse Fire Brigade Founder and Executive Director William Simpson, an ethologist, discusses how super-hot wildfires create novel toxins...

Kate Steffanelli, associate director, AM Best, discusses a new Best's Market Segment Report that finds the US annuity market delivered anoth...

AM Best Senior Associate Editor Steve Hallo discusses how ACA, Medicaid and Medicare changes are reshaping U.S. health insurers’ strategies...

This session, ideal for agents and brokers who need to efficiently track insurer financial strength, shows you how to set up custom notifica...

Nick Abraham, CEO, Amwins Global Risks, discusses how abundant capacity, social inflation concerns, and growing delegated authority opportun...

Michael Streit, president, Ivans, discusses how real-time insights and seamless workflows are helping carriers become the partners of choice...

Professors Albert Cohen of Michigan State University and Annette Hoffman of the University of Cincinnati, discuss their study, Regretful Ris...

Northeastern blizzard is expected to result in significant, but manageable losses for P/C insurers, according to a new Best's Commentary dis...

David Benyon, host of The Political Risk Podcast, explains how he connects geopolitical flashpoints from war, hybrid threats, trade policy a...

AM Best Senior Associate Editor Steve Hallo explains how state proposals to limit credit scores could impact insurance pricing and risk asse...

Keith Golembiewski, AVP, director, annuity research, LIMRA, discusses 2025’s record-breaking annuity market and the evolving role of indexed...

BestWire News Editor Dave Pilla reports how renewed investor interest and a push for capital efficiency are fueling rapid growth in reinsura...

A new Best's Market Segment Report finds improved P/C underwriting and pricing, combined with moderate catastrophe losses, anchor strong 202...

AM Best Senior Associate Editor Renee Kiriluk-Hill examines how Hawaii’s homeowners insurers are responding to catastrophic wildfire losses...

Melissa Mulhern, assistant vice president of environmental underwriting at Philadelphia Insurance Cos., said their underwriters work with ag...

The revision from negative to stable for the directors and officers liability insurance segment is owed to rate stabilization, low loss rati...

Brooke Shirazi, vice president of property and ocean marine programs at Nationwide E&S Specialty, said policyholders benefit from the progra...

AM Best Directors Bridget Maehr and Ann Modica discuss a new Best's Market Segment Report that finds Caribbean insurers are highly reliant o...

BestWire News Editor Dave Pilla reports that abundant global capacity and growing competition are driving lower rates and broader terms in t...

A new Best's Special Report finds that the U.S. economy enters 2026 from a position of resilience, despite headwinds, said Ann Modica, direc...

Rob Lewis, CEO, INTX Insurance Software, discusses how Chubb’s aggressive automation strategy reflects deeper structural shifts in insurance...

AM Best Associate Director David Blades discusses a new Best's Special Report that finds E&S premium market growth increased by 9.7% through...

AM Best Senior Associate Editor Terrence Dopp discusses the early signs of a softening MGA market, the renewed focus on underwriting discipl...