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10:12

Mutual Panel at NAMIC: Regional Disparities Emerge in...

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2024/10/25

A panel gathered by AM Best TV at NAMIC's 129th Annual Convention said a new report identifies how legal system abuse and social inflation affect different regions. The report emphasizes the importance of integrated claims, underwriting, and actuarial functions in high-performing mutual insurers.

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9:44

J.D. Power’s Crewdson: Survey Spells Good News for...

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2024/10/24

Stephen Crewdson, senior director of insurance business intelligence at J.D. Power, details the findings of a new survey that shows “great trends” when it comes to the happiness of independent insurance agents.

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17:39

LIMRA’s Hodgens: US Annuity Sales Hit Record $215...

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2024/10/03

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 registered index-linked annuities setting new records, according to LIMRA’s U.S. annuity sales survey.

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8:55

NCCI’s Glenn: Workers' Comp Line Stable With Low...

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2024/09/26

NCCI chief actuary Donna Glenn reports strong profitability in workers' compensation as frequency of claims continues to decline, severity aligns with wage growth, and medical inflation remains moderate.

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6:34

Gallagher Re’s Johnson: Insurtech Spending Surging

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2024/09/19

Andrew Johnson, global head of insurtech for Gallagher Re, details the findings of a recently published report about levels of investment and funding for insurance-related technology including artificial intelligence.

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85:04

AM Best's 2024 Reinsurance Market Briefing -...

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2024/09/18

Firmly established for years as the leading open-invitation market presentation event at the Rendez-Vous in Monte Carlo, this briefing is a unique opportunity for reinsurance market insight and opinion ahead of busy bilateral meeting schedules. Key discussion points include: AM Best's trend analysis on the global reinsurance sector; if pricing discipline will be maintained; AM Best’s global reinsurance outlook and the drivers of future rating movements; the impact of alternative capital and ILS;

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31:45

Podcast: AM Best's Walker Explains Benefits of a...

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2024/09/17

Dawn Walker of AM Best was recently interviewed on the Insurance Nerds podcast, on which she detailed advantages of a Performance Assessment for delegated underwriting authority enterprises in providing transparency.

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16:40

New York Life's Ruggles: Retirement Planning...

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2024/09/16

Jessica Ruggles, corporate vice president, New York Life, said baby boomers are more likely to have savings than other generations, while younger workers, including Gen Z, are recognizing the importance of early planning.

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19:15

Author: Transforming Inner Dialogue Helps Unlock...

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2024/09/13

In his book, The Anxious Salesman, sales author J. Sheldon Snodgrass provides a roadmap for insurance professionals to replace their inner critic with empowering dialogue, fostering sales success and inner peace.

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15:09

Podcast: Filling a Technology Gap

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2024/09/12

Insurtech Building Blocs, a podcast hosted by AgencyBloc CEO Tim Robinson and CTO Cory Schmidt, takes a macro look at health benefits and senior market Insurtech industry happenings.

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13:22

Issues & Answers: ERM for Mutuals

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2024/09/11

Chris Myers, enterprise capital strategist at New England Asset Management, said risk-adjusted returns and benchmarks can be very effective.

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5:45

Issues & Answers: Future of PFAS Risk

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2024/09/10

Jamie Langes, vice president of environmental underwriting for Philadelphia Insurance, said that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known commonly as PFAS, represent an opportunity for significant losses for companies in a wide range of industries.

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6:56

Issues & Answers: Emerging Markets

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2024/09/09

Mike Marks, AVP, emerging markets, Nationwide Excess & Surplus and Specialty, says that his dedicated team brings the capability to Nationwide to explore and discover emerging and unmet customer needs to address these unique opportunities.

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9:04

Issues & Answers: Commitment to Resiliency

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2024/09/05

Neil Sprackling, CEO Life & Health Reinsurance US, Swiss Re, said that coming out of the worst stages of the pandemic, excess mortality stood at around 4%.

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8:30

J.D. Power: Consumers Shopping for Auto Insurance in...

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2024/08/29

Stephen Crewdson, senior director, insurance business development at J.D. Power discusses the latest report that shows the highest quarterly shopping/quote rate for private passenger auto insurance since the company’s loyalty indicator shopping trends (LIST) has been published.

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50:40

IMCA and AM Best Marketing Leader Lunch: How AI Is...

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2024/08/23

Industry experts discuss insurance marketers’ use of artificial intelligence in their jobs and organizations, where AI fits into marketing workflows and how the various platforms meet insurance marketers’ needs.

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7:10

Munich Re’s Blanco: Return to Office Policies Spell...

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2024/08/22

Marcia Blanco, head of financial lines, Munich Re Specialty North America, explains how after years of working from home due to a pandemic, employers are mandating that employees return to the office, leading to a host of workplace risks.

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4:35

AM Best: Asset Manager Relationships Lead Insurers'...

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2024/08/21

AM Best Associate Director Jason Hopper outlines a new Best's Special Report that finds holdings of private structured securities (non-MBS) have nearly quadrupled since 2013.

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9:58

Flow Specialty: Crowdstrike Incident Not Expected to...

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2024/08/20

Discussing the recent Crowdstrike cyber incident, David Derigiotis, president of brokerage and head of insurance at Flow Specialty, said “carriers are willing to stomach a true system failure and not an actual malicious attack … intended to cause harm.”

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37:35

Retirement Risk Experts: How Annuities Can Be Part of...

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2024/08/19

Jeff Dellinger, the author of The Handbook of Variable Income Annuities, and Bruno Caron, a financial and actuarial professional, discuss the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit and other life insurance options with a financially successful retirement in mind.

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