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13:40

PwC’s Friedman: US Insurance Sector Poised for Strong...

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2025/02/07

PwC U.S. Insurance Deals Leader Mark Friedman discusses expectations for strong deal activity this year, driven by investor interest, stabilized interest rates, potential regulatory easing post-elections and a private equity backlog of exits.

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11:10

Navigating Market Volatility: Insights from Conning’s...

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2025/02/06

Matt Reilly, head of insurance solutions for Conning, discusses key findings from the company’s annual Investment Risk Survey, revealing how P/C and life insurers are adapting their investment strategies amid evolving economic and market challenges.

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19:31

WOWS’ Feldman: LA Wildfires Expose Insurance...

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2025/02/05

Robert Feldman, cofounder, president, CEO, WOWS Insurance Services, discusses how the Los Angeles wildfires highlight the increasing challenges insurers face in high-risk areas and innovative strategies to mitigate risk and stabilize the market.

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8:56

J.D. Power Report: Auto Insurance Shopping Hits...

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2025/02/04

Stephen Crewdson, senior director at J.D. Power, discusses key findings from the latest Loyalty Indicator & Shopping Trends Report, including record-breaking shopping and switching rates and how insurers are responding to increased competition.

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6:36

Inland Marine Insurance: Insights on Pet and Travel...

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2025/02/03

David Blades and Christopher Graham, AM Best, discuss the latest inland marine Insurance trends, including pet insurance profitability and travel insurance recovery.

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11:34

UTC’s Allee: Survey Shows Life Insurers See Data as...

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2025/01/29

Mike Allee, president, Universal Conversion Technologies, discusses a recent joint report by LIMRA, Equisoft and UTC showing that 66% of U.S. life insurers and 46% globally are not prepared for AI implementation.

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19:02

Harnessing Data, Technology to Tackle California...

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2025/01/28

Shanna McIntyre, co-founder and chief data officer at Delos, discusses her company's innovative approach to wildfire risk modeling, leveraging advanced data and technology, and its commitment to providing stable homeowners insurance coverage in wildfire-prone areas.

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7:02

ValuePenguin: Auto Insurance Rate Increases Slowing

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2025/01/27

Divya Sangameshwar, an insurance expert and spokesperson for ValuePenguin, discusses a company report that shows while auto insurance premiums are rising for the seventh year in a row, this year rates are expected to increase only 7.5% compared with 16.5% in 2024.

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6:38

AM Best: China’s New Energy-Vehicle Boom Transforms...

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2025/01/22

AM Best's Aaron Li discusses a new special report that examines how the rapid adoption of new energy vehicles in China is affecting motor insurers and the motor insurance market.

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7:52

Xceedance’s Stokes: The Role of AI in Speeding...

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2025/01/21

Ryan Stokes, client partner at Xceedance, discusses how AI and virtual tools are revolutionizing the property claims process, enabling faster damage assessments, fraud prevention, and quicker payouts.

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6:37

Verisk’s Borman: Wildfire Modeling Advances Risk...

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2025/01/20

Julia Borman, a leading expert at Verisk, discusses the company’s innovative wildfire catastrophe model, its alignment with new California regulations, and its role in enhancing risk assessment, pricing, and resilience planning for insurers facing the escalating challenges of wildfire activity.

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18:40

New York Life’s Beligotti: Many Older Adults...

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2025/01/17

Jeff Beligotti, head of long-term care solutions at New York Life, discusses the growing need for long-term care insurance, the financial hurdles aging Americans encounter and the vital role advisers play in addressing these challenges.

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19:39

Allianz’s Schlesinger: A Global Perspective on...

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2025/01/16

Jarrod Schlesinger, global head of financial lines and cyber at Allianz, discusses the rising demand for directors & officers insurance amid escalating regulatory scrutiny, geopolitical instability and risks associated with AI and litigation funding.

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24:19

AM Best’s Briefing – The Rating of Insurance-Related...

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2025/01/15

AM Best senior analytical staff explore common types of insurance ABS transactions and the key assumptions behind their ratings. They will discuss the default rates applied to the transactions’ collateral, the asset-dependent recovery rates, the use of credit substitution and enhancement on collateral and rated securities and the determination of the implied rating of the securities by applying AM Best’s Idealized Issue Default Matrix.

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13:14

Navigating Risks and Opportunities in US Lithium...

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2025/01/14

Fred Smith, EVP of mining and metals at CAC Specialty, discusses the potential of Arkansas lithium discovery, the operational and environmental risks in lithium extraction, and how insurance markets can adapt to support the growing U.S. electric vehicle battery production industry.

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20:22

Cowbell’s Kudale: Cyber Threats Reveal Vulnerabilities

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2025/01/13

Cowbell Founder and CEO Jack Kudale discusses how recent cyber threats expose digital vulnerabilities and how predictive modeling and AI-driven, real-time risk assessment enable insurers to adapt strategies for managing non-malicious cyber events.

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21:01

LIMRA’s Hodgens: Life Insurance Industry Focuses on...

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2025/01/09

Bryan Hodgens, senior vice president and head of research at LIMRA, explores the sector’s increasing priority on growth, with a focus on closing the protection gap that affects more than 100 million Americans.

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9:27

AM Best: Favorable Signs for Nonstandard Auto

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2025/01/08

AM Best Associate Director David Blades and Associate Analyst Bryan Raber highlight a new Best's Market Segment Report that finds price adequacy and risk selection initiatives manifested in notably improved underwriting results during the first half of 2024.

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6:39

IIS' Landau: Insurance Mergers Expand Focus From...

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2024/12/25

Joshua Landau, president, International Insurance Society, said data is an increasingly valuable currency in the industry as companies seek to build larger datasets to support analytical capabilities. Landau spoke with AM Best TV at the Global Insurance Forum in Miami.

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7:28

AM Best's Carter: National Scale Ratings Expand...

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2024/12/24

Greg Carter, managing director, analytics, EMEA & Asia Pacific, said national scale ratings in markets including India, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam, aim to better differentiate between companies within specific territories. Carter spoke with AM Best TV at the 20th Singapore International Reinsurance Conference.

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