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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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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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