Issues & Answers: Underwriting the Future
Carrie Brodzinski, chief underwriting officer at MSIG USA, said as underwriting becomes more data- and AI-enabled, the role of the underwrit...
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20 of 1,137 episodesHinshaw & Culbertson’s Seaman: Insurance Has Been a Cornerstone of America’s Growth for More Than 250 Years
Attorney Scott Seaman, partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson, discusses his book, “America 250: The History of Insurance and Insurance Coverage Law...
LexisNexis' Batra: Auto Insurance Shopping Remains Near Record Highs
Reena Batra, vice president, data science, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, discusses elevated auto insurance shopping, changing consumer behavior...
Issues & Answers: Using AI To Speed Up Claims
Ingrid Flores, CEO, Elara Spatial, said AI and computer vision can help insurers resolve property claims faster while giving adjusters more...
Issues & Answers: Navigating E&S Complexity
David Nelson, executive vice president, Nationwide E&S Wholesale, said disciplined underwriting, smarter data and technology are key to navi...
US Life Insurers’ Investment Yields Edge Higher
AM Best Senior Associate Editor Terry Dopp discusses steady investment yield growth among U.S. life/health insurers, 2025 ranking shifts and...
Issues & Answers: PHLY Gets Religious Organizations
Nick Colletta is vice president of underwriting - human services, Philadelphia Insurance Cos. talks about how religious organizations need c...
Interview with Best’s Review: Tech Transformation Drives Insurance Innovation
Technology is reshaping the life and annuity insurance industry, from modernization and artificial intelligence to customer experience and b...
Issues & Answers: Ratemaking With Dynamic Data
Joe Griffin, senior consulting actuary with Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, said that dynamic data is changing the game for territorial ratema...
Xceedance: The AI-Powered Plaintiff Playbook
Xceedance has built its business around helping insurers harness technology, data and expertise to improve how they operate and grow. Arun B...
Issues & Answers: The Agency Ties That Bind
Bryan Salvatore, executive vice president, president, specialty at The Hanover Insurance Group, said agency consolidation requires carriers...
Issues & Answers: AI – From Assistant to Teammate
Aman Gour, co-founder and CEO of FurtherAI, said the insurance industry’s AI opportunity goes well beyond automating individual tasks, argui...
Oscar Health’s O’Donnell: Improved Tech Doesn’t Mean More Chatbots
Bridget O’Donnell, Oscar Health’s vice president of technology strategy and operations, discusses how technology is not “going to be about a...
State Farm’s Park: Tech Improvements Show Value, But Trust is Paramount
Joe Park, executive vice president and chief digital & information officer at State Farm, provides an outlook about how technology will resh...
Triple-I’s Ruiz and Nibbelin: US Wildfire Risk Expands; Insurers Must Rethink Risk and Resilience
Janet Ruiz, director of strategic communications, and Lewis Nibbelin, research writer, both with the Insurance Information Institute, discus...
Marsh Re’s Duffy: Reinsurance Buyers Explore Broader Coverage, Capital Solutions
David Duffy, global head of property, Marsh Re, discusses earnings protection, innovative structures and broader coverage options amid chang...
AM Best: Inland Marine Profitability Remains a Hallmark as Risk Landscape Evolves
A new Best's Market Segment Report discussed by Christopher Graham, senior industry research analyst, finds the line’s continued profitabili...
LIMRA and LOMA’s Nash: Retirement Planning Gap Creates Opportunities for Insurers to Strengthen Income Security
Bill Nash, vice president and head of member relations and sales, LIMRA and LOMA, discusses retirement readiness challenges, the growing dem...
American Enterprise Institute’s Warshawsky: Annuities Take Center Stage in Retirement Income Strategies
Mark Warshawsky, senior fellow and Wilson H. Taylor chair in healthcare and retirement policy, American Enterprise Institute, discusses his...
Marsh Re’s Enoizi and Dagneau: Europe’s Growing Wildfire Threat Raises Alarm for Insurers
Julian Enoizi, CEO of Europe, and Francois Dagneau, head of analytics for Continental Europe, both with Marsh Re (formerly Guy Carpenter), d...