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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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Timely Care Matters – Access to Treatment is Critical for Workers’ Compensation Injuries

Timely access to the right medical care and efficient coordination across stakeholders significantly improves recovery outcomes, reduces delays, and supports faster return-to-work in workers’ compensation cases.

HCS Network Solutions

From Reactive to Proactive: The Shift Defining Risk Management

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

News For Apr. 2nd

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

Data Centers Powering AI Create Unprecedented Risk Accumulation Challenges for Insurers

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

Timely Care Matters – Access to Treatment is Critical for Workers’ Compensation Injuries

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

News For Apr. 2nd

1. Data Centers Powering AI Create Unprecedented Risk Accumulation Challenges for Insurers

2. Workforce Instability Now a Primary Safety Risk, Industry Listening Tour Finds

3. Cyber Threats Intensify as Nearly 9 in 10 Executives Say Their Companies Lack Adequate Protection

4. Drivers Report Worsening Road Conditions as Distraction, Aggression and Recklessness Climb

5. Executive Lines Market Faces Growing Volatility Beneath Surface-Level Calm

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People on the Move

Brian Shea Named Senior Partner of National Construction Practice at Conner Strong & Buckelew

Michelle Quintero Named Executive Vice President with Alliant Private Client at Alliant Insurance Services

Katrina Zafiriadis Named Leader of Service Delivery Practice, US and Canada at Marsh Risk

W. Bruce Swain Jr. Named President and Chief Executive Officer at Crawford & Company

Ian Bartholomew Named Global Head of Parametric Advisory at Guy Carpenter

Aon Names Anne Corona North America CEO, Elevates Lori Goltermann to Vice Chair, Appoints Farheen Dam Enterprise Clients CEO

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

Workforce Instability Now a Primary Safety Risk, Industry Listening Tour Finds

Drivers Report Worsening Road Conditions as Distraction, Aggression and Recklessness Climb

Slow Hiring Amid Resilient GDP Creates Mixed Signals for Workers' Compensation in 2026

Workers' Comp Reserve Releases Top $5 Billion Again but Carry Less Weight in Banner Year

Heat Exposure, Workplace Violence and Systemic Reforms Emerge as Key Workers' Comp Legislative Trends

Driver Behavior, Not Mileage or Road Conditions, Emerges as Dominant Factor in Commercial Vehicle Collisions

Risk Insiders

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?

AI Isn’t the Future of Claims. It’s the Present

TRIP and Private Terrorism Coverage: A Natural Co-Existence

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

The Growing Coverage Gap: Why Safety Nets Matter

Critical Risks

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

Data Center Building Boom Creates Insurance and Risk Management Complexities

The Insurance Industry

Opinion | The No-Vax Tax

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

Everything You Need to Know about The Institutes' Associate in Insurance AI Designation

On Misfortune, Fine Print and Fifteen Uninsured Years

An Impressive Tally: Congratulating the Power Broker Class of 2026

Defining 'Extraordinary:' NY State Law Triggers Nationwide Changes to Mental Health Claims

Claims & The Law

Cyber Threats Intensify as Nearly 9 in 10 Executives Say Their Companies Lack Adequate Protection

Severe Convective Storm Losses Hit $208 Billion Over Three Years as Hail Emerges as Top Claims Driver

Workers' Comp Reserve Releases Top $5 Billion Again but Carry Less Weight in Banner Year

Tort Reform Making Some Progress in Forestalling Massive Jury Awards

Younger Consumers More Willing to Alter Insurance Claim Photos, Raising Red Flags for Carriers

Liability Insurers Face Unexpected Reserve Headwinds in Recent Years

The Risk Profession

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

Kansas State University's Elliott Young on His Journey into Higher Education Risk Management

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