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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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23:34

Guy Carpenter’s Fung and At-Bay’s Ye: Small...

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2024/12/23

Jess Fung, managing director and North American cyber analytics lead at Guy Carpenter, and Emma Ye, At-Bay vice president of risk, discuss a joint research report that explores the limitations of cyber catastrophe modeling for small- and medium-size businesses.

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60:55

AM Best’s Briefing – 2025 Outlook: Old Challenges...

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2024/12/20

Senior AM Best analysts discuss 2025 outlooks and key factors that will impact the insurance industry in the coming year.

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9:11

NFP’s Sutton on Navigating Flood Risk, Insurance in a...

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2024/12/05

Dana Sutton, flood practice lead at NFP, discusses the evolving landscape of flood insurance, the misconceptions surrounding flood risk, and how both the private market and National Flood Insurance Program can work together.

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5:40

AM Best's Keenan: Innovation Is in Insurance's DNA

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2024/12/04

Andrea Keenan, EVP and chief strategy officer, AM Best, expressed confidence in the sector's adaptability, citing its evolution from horse-and-buggy to automobile coverage. Keenan spoke with AM Best TV at the Global Insurance Forum in Miami.

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6:00

F&G Survey Finds US Investors More Risk Adverse

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2024/12/03

Chris Blunt, CEO of F&G Annuities and Life, discusses the findings of the company's new 'Risk Tracker' that shows events of the past year have impacted views on retirement and risk for the year ahead. Notably, it found that 80% of U.S. investors continue to cite inflation as the top concern.

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10:33

Opportunity in Transactions

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2024/12/02

Michael Bacon, Head of US L&H Globals and US L&H Transaction Origination, Swiss Re, discussed tailored transactions.

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4:47

AM Best's Yeo and Mistry: Insurers Grapple With...

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2024/11/29

Angela Yeo and Mahesh Mistry, both of AM Best, outline the increasingly complex nature of global risk assessment in the insurance industry. Both spoke with AM Best TV at AM Best's Europe Insurance Market & Methodology Briefings – London.

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6:35

Allianz Report Shows Rising Cyber Claims Amid New...

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2024/11/28

Tresa Stevens, regional head of cyber at Allianz Commercial, discusses the surge in large cyber claims, attributing it to increased data breaches, evolving AI-powered threats, and the growing need for robust cyber hygiene practices.

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6:07

J.D. Power’s Crewdson: Auto Shopping Rates Soar in...

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2024/11/21

Stephen Crewdson, senior director at J.D. Power, details the firm’s latest Loyalty Indicator & Shopping Trends report, conducted in collaboration with TransUnion. The report provides an overview of insurance shopping and loyalty behavior. The third quarter started slowly before rebounding in August and September.

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16:07

IBM’s Mclaughlin: Exploring Impact of AI on...

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2024/11/14

IBM Global Insurance Director Mark McLaughlin discusses findings from a recent report on how generative AI is reshaping the insurance industry, highlighting both opportunities and challenges based on insights from 1,000 C-suite executives and 4,700 customers across 23 countries.

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8:21

AM Best's Holzberger and Diodato: Insurers Respond to...

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2024/11/13

Stefan Holzberger and Anthony Diodato, both of AM Best, said mutual insurers are de-risking portfolios, pursuing rate adequacy, adjusting terms and conditions, and implementing inflation-adjustable metrics in pricing algorithms. Both spoke with AM Best TV at NAMIC's 129th Annual Convention, held in Denver.

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19:42

Leveraging Medical and Behavioral Data to Enhance...

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2024/11/12

Matt Stull, director of data science for LexisNexis Risk Solutions, discusses insights from a 2024 Life Insurance Mortality Risk Management Study that examines how integrating medical and behavioral data can improve mortality assessments, expand accessibility, and reduce underwriting biases for underserved populations.

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12:30

Tech Panel: AI Will Displace Jobs but Also Create...

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2024/11/11

A panel of insurance technologists gathered by AM Best TV at the WSIA Annual Marketplace in San Diego said workers whose roles are being changed or eliminated by technology could be retrained and upskilled to fill other, particularly relationship-focused, positions in the industry.

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12:08

Cyber Panel Warns of Longer-Tail Cyber Claims as...

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2024/11/08

A panel gathered by AM Best TV at the WSIA Annual Marketplace in San Diego said a shift toward longer-tail claims represents a change in the cyber insurance landscape to which the industry is still adjusting.

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4:07

AM Best: Gradual Increase in Insurers' Private Equity...

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2024/11/06

AM Best Senior Industry Research Analyst David Lopes discusses a new Best's Special Report that finds, despite the rise in holdings, investment income declined for a second straight year.

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6:04

HSB’s Smidlein: New Solutions Needed for Green...

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2024/11/05

Scott Smidlein, head of the energy practice at HSB, said the sector has to be aware of policy lag and not rely on outdated forms to keep up with a quickly evolving risk landscape.

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