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9:14

Continuity and Consistency

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2024/06/05

Tim Senechalle, Chief Investment Officer for AAM, said the P/C industry has a healthy balance of equity exposure.

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8:58

Resilience is Key

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2024/06/04

Mark Berven, President and Chief Operating Officer of Nationwide Property & Casualty, said that as severe weather increases, we must shift to a “predict and prevent” mindset to protect customers.

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9:00

Portfolio Finance for Insurers

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2024/06/03

Dadong Yan, Head of Barings Portfolio Finance, said portfolio finance is the next extension in the evolution of private investment grade assets.

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12:18

KCC’s Ward: Hurricanes Increasing in Intensity

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2024/05/30

Dan Ward, atmospheric scientist and director of model development, Karen Clark and Co., discusses the outlook for the 2024 hurricane season. Ward expects a very active season this year, especially in places such as Florida and Louisiana, as well as wildfire as a secondary peril.

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10:48

AM Best: Social Inflation Remains A Thorn in the Side...

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2024/05/29

AM Best Associate Director David Blades and Associate Analyst Justin Aimone discuss a new Best's Special Report that finds the impact of social inflation on insurance claims costs is unpredictable and excessive.

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6:04

Munich Re’s Bove: Very Active Hurricane Season Is Likely

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2024/05/28

Mark Bove, meteorologist & SVP of natural catastrophe solutions, Munich Re America, discusses the findings of a new hurricane outlook report that indicate an active season could be on tap for Atlantic hurricanes.

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10:54

Modeling the Future Challenge Looks to Inspire...

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2024/05/27

Nichole Semprit, senior program specialist, The Actuarial Foundation, and Moriah Sanya, STEM programs coordinator, Institute of Competition Sciences, discuss the Modeling the Future Challenge, a competition for high school students who look to solve real world problems using their math skills.

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8:29

Industry Report Shows Auto Insurance Shopping Is...

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2024/04/25

Stephen Crewdson Sr., director, insurance business intelligence, J.D. Power, details a report with TransUnion that shows after months of decreasing auto insurance shopping, consumers are now returning to looking for better deals from carriers.

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13:12

Panel: Reducing Wildfire Risk Requires a Multilayered...

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2024/04/24

Insurance risk experts who spoke with AM Best TV at the Verisk Insurance Conference in Orlando, Florida, said governments are at the early stages of grappling with this issue, which intersects with science, business, public policy and land use.

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16:45

Allianz Report: 2024 Could Be Unprecedented Year for...

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2024/04/23

Srdjan Todorovic, head of political violence and hostile environment solutions at Allianz Commercial, details the findings of a new risk report that shows terrorism, civil unrest and environmental activism as intensifying risks in a volatile geopolitical environment.

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10:08

Munich Re: Need, Risk for Cyber Coverage Rising for...

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2024/04/22

Public entities such as municipal governments are increasingly the targets of cyberthreats, said Munich Re Specialty’s Lauren Tredinnick, president, public entity solutions, and AVP Maria Long, cyber underwriter & risk management portfolio leader.

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11:09

Women Insurance Executives on Workplace Diversity

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2024/04/18

Betsy Myatt, CEO of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation, Wendy Houser, chief wholesale officer at Markel and Jodie Kaufman Davis, executive vice president, H.W. Kaufman Group discuss the strides made in getting women into the C Suite and what needs to continue to make the insurance workspace a fully diverse and inclusive environment.

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13:30

Insurance Industry Looks to Quell Legal Abuse

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2024/04/15

Maura Freiwald, head of casualty for Munich Re US, and Jim Whittle, vice president and counsel to the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, explain how legal-system abuse and litigation funding are leading to nuclear verdicts against insurers and what the industry is doing to combat the practice.

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10:57

MarketWatch Report Names Best Auto Insurers

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2024/04/11

David Straughan, an automotive writer and researcher breaks down the companies considered to be the best auto insurers based on a number of criteria including AM Best ratings.

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11:44

AM Best's Blades: Pricing Competition, Lower Demand...

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2024/04/10

David Blades, associate director, credit rating criteria research & analytics, AM Best, said fewer IPOs and securities class action suits are reducing demand in the D&O insurance market. Blades spoke with AM Best TV at the 2024 PLUS D&O Symposium in New York City.

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12:15

Amwins' Bernacki: No Immediate Need for Government...

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2024/04/09

Mark Bernacki, chief underwriting officer, Amwins discusses the significants of an election year for insurers saying that there continues to be plenty of private capital in the P&C sector thus eliminating the need for government involvement at this time.

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3:40

Perils of Inaccurate ITV

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2024/04/08

Insurance policies are meant to provide peace of mind, but they can be a source of frustration for both the insured and the insurer if they are built on inaccurate information. This is particularly true for property coverage and the relationship between the value of the covered property and the coverage provided. As important as this aspect of property insurance is—a concept known as insurance-to-value (ITV)—there is an epidemic of inaccurate information when it comes to property values throughout

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6:57

E&S Is a 'PHLY Special'

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2024/03/08

Stephen Decker, AVP, PHLY E&S Insurance Solutions, said that artificial intelligence, among other things, is having a huge impact on the surplus lines sector.

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9:18

Transunion Report Finds Auto Insurers Progressing on...

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2024/03/07

Stothard Deal, vice president of strategic planning for TransUnion’s insurance business, discusses the findings of a recent report showing personal lines trends and that the financial picture for insurers is improving.

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4:55

AM Best: More Life/Health Insurers Are Outsourcing...

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2024/03/06

Jason Hopper, associate director, AM Best, discusses a new Best's Special Report that finds that insurers continue to appreciate the cost/benefit improvements from outsourcing investment management.

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