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Why the Future of Cyber Insurance Depends on the Cyber Talent Behind It

With increasing cyber risk, attracting the right talent into insurance is a must. Here’s how the cyber space is getting the job done.

Cyber

From Convenience to Crime: How Payment Apps Stand to Reshape Business Fraud

As companies embrace payment apps for speed and convenience, rising fraud losses, regulatory scrutiny, and insurance gaps are forcing businesses to rethink how — and whether — they use them.

Fraud/Theft

Understanding Legal System Abuse: How Lawsuit Exploitation Drives Up Costs for Everyone

As third-party litigation funding reshapes the American court system, consumers and businesses alike face mounting financial consequences, but reform efforts offer hope for change.

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Three Green Technologies Creating New Property Risks — and How to Manage Them

As sustainable solutions become mainstream in buildings across North America, property owners and risk managers must understand the unique hazards posed by solar panels, electric vehicles, and mass timber construction.

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From Reactive to Proactive: The Shift Defining Risk Management

CorVel’s executive team offers seven predictions on how AI adoption and proactive care models will transform risk management by 2026.

Artificial Intelligence

8 Questions for Philadelphia Insurance Companies’ Scott Bayer

Q&As

Casualty’s Imbalance Problem: Technology Lowers Some Risks, Society Raises Others

Future of Insurance

11 Questions for CorVel's Karen Thomas

Q&As

The Direct PT Paradox: Better Outcomes, Lower Adoption

Workers' Comp

News For May. 1st

People on the Move

Editors' Picks

15 Questions for Optum's Dr. Robert Hall

Beyond the Surface: How Video Analysis Is Transforming Workplace Ergonomic Risk Management

RIMS Names Prologis' Jeff Bray as 2026 Risk Manager of the Year

Introducing the 2026 Power Brokers

The Heat is On: Keeping Workers Safe in a Changing Environment

From Brooklyn Bookshelves to Building Resilience: Lesli Rice on Mentorship, Market Shifts and Modern Risk

Travelers' Jennifer Ampulski on Life Sciences Risk Trends

Maintaining Trust as the Claims Process Evolves

Why the Future of Cyber Insurance Depends on the Cyber Talent Behind It

From Convenience to Crime: How Payment Apps Stand to Reshape Business Fraud

Understanding Legal System Abuse: How Lawsuit Exploitation Drives Up Costs for Everyone

Three Green Technologies Creating New Property Risks — and How to Manage Them

From Reactive to Proactive: The Shift Defining Risk Management

8 Questions for Philadelphia Insurance Companies’ Scott Bayer

Casualty’s Imbalance Problem: Technology Lowers Some Risks, Society Raises Others

11 Questions for CorVel's Karen Thomas

The Direct PT Paradox: Better Outcomes, Lower Adoption

News For May. 1st

1. Four Converging Threats Are Making Critical Infrastructure Increasingly Fragile

2. Most Insurers Expect AI to Transform Their Business but Remain in Early Stages of Adoption

3. Workers' Compensation Medical Inflation Holds Steady in Q1 2026 as Broader Price Pressures Build

4. RIMS Names Prologis' Jeff Bray as 2026 Risk Manager of the Year

5. Insurance Distribution M&A Activity Hits Decade Low as Three-Year Slide Shows Signs of Bottoming Out

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People on the Move

John Newell Named Chief Executive Officer at World Insurance Associates

Michael J. Cusack Named President of Alliant Property & Casualty at Alliant Insurance Services

Ashleigh Sears Named Alternative Risk Solutions Practice Leader at Lockton

Al Caceres Named Senior Vice President, National Energy Property Leader at IMA Financial Group's Energy Practice

SterlingRisk Promotes Marci Waterman to Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Names John S. Beres as Chief Operating Officer

Rob Marsh Named President of Global Risk Solutions North America Specialty at Liberty Mutual Insurance

Editors' Picks

The Very Real Benefits of an In-Person Vermont Captive Board Meeting

Trucordia's Felix Morgan on Tackling Customer Pain Points in Today's Market

On the Record with John Dempsey of Insight Risk Technologies

No, Really: Insurance Could Lead the Charge in Curbing Gun Violence

Workers' Comp Forum

Workers' Compensation Medical Inflation Holds Steady in Q1 2026 as Broader Price Pressures Build

Small Construction Firms Account for Half of Industry Fatalities Despite Employing Just Over a Third of Workers

Air Ambulance Costs in Workers' Comp Surged More Than 60% Over the Past Decade

Psychological Safety on Jobsites Directly Reduces Incidents and Turnover, Analysis Shows

Workplace Assaults Rose 5.3% Annually Over the Past Decade, With Health Care Bearing the Brunt

The Marie Pattern: Why Your Safest Employees Are Suddenly Getting Hurt

Risk Insiders

The Cyber Insurance Conundrum

AI Isn’t the Strategy. Outcomes Are.

How Can We Insure Against Political Volatility?

Enhancing the Claims Experience Through Data and AI

The Hidden Risk of Underreporting — Part 1: How Silica Overexposure Becomes a Silent Threat

If AI Is So Efficient, Why Aren’t Insurers Seeing the Savings?

Critical Risks

Four Converging Threats Are Making Critical Infrastructure Increasingly Fragile

AI Tops Insurance Executive Priorities as Regulatory Concerns and Market Volatility Reshape the Risk Landscape

3 Business-Ending Risks U.S. Executives Aren't Prioritizing Enough in 2026

Supply Chain Paralysis and Internet Outages Emerge as Top Business Black Swans

The Three Pillars of Digital Infrastructure Risk Management

Global Leaders Brace for Turbulent Decade as Competition Eclipses Cooperation

The Insurance Industry

Perspective | My Father, the Jazz Legend Who Never Was: Why AI Prefers a Good Lie to the Truth

MGA Deals Surge as Scale and Specialization Drive Growth

Nick Abraham of Amwins Global Risks Talks to Risk & Insurance

How Interconnected Risk Is Reshaping the Insurance Landscape

Court: Broken Glass Could Be a ‘Pollutant’ Under School’s Insurance Policy

Opinion | The No-Vax Tax

Claims & The Law

Q1 2026 Natural Catastrophe Losses Fall Well Below Average, Leaving Insurers in Strong Position

Medical Malpractice Claim Severity Escalating as Social Inflation Drives Casualty Costs Higher

Air Ambulance Costs in Workers' Comp Surged More Than 60% Over the Past Decade

Social Media Addiction's Liability Potential

Workplace Assaults Rose 5.3% Annually Over the Past Decade, With Health Care Bearing the Brunt

Claim Volumes Fell Across Most Lines in 2025 as Wildfire Losses Hit Record Highs

The Risk Profession

Jeff Green Discusses Innovation, Challenges and Leading the Charge in Public Risk Management

From Brooklyn Bookshelves to Building Resilience: Lesli Rice on Mentorship, Market Shifts and Modern Risk

From Nurse to Risk Leader, Nicole Patterson Champions People First in Risk Management

From Tree-Cutting to Corporate Risk: Hunter Falk on Evolving Roles, Emerging Risks and Everyday Heroism in Risk Management

From Lifeguard to Chief Risk Officer: RIMS 2025 President Kristen Peed Shares Her Journey in Risk Management

Penn State's Jared Wise on Risk Management in Higher Education and Cyber's Impact on the Industry

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