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Roger Crombie is a United Kingdom-based columnist for Risk & Insurance®. He can be reached at [email protected]
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Someone decided on the term ‘social inflation’ when in fact, it’s just the opposite of social.
Telematics bring promise of innovation to the insurance industry, whether you want it or not.
Last fall, 181 CEO members of Business Roundtable met and agreed that company priorities should be focused on customers, and then to employees, suppliers and shareholders — in that order.
For insurers to sell policies covering conduct risk, they’ll need a fairly clear understanding of what constitutes misconduct — no easy feat.
To protect people, companies and their interests insurers must out-think terrorists, hackers and other people trying to do harm.
What single activity would you say is the biggest time-waster at work? The office bore, droning on about last night’s TV show that you didn’t watch? Email? Smoking breaks?
Insurer SpottedRisk has come up with a way to determine how deplorable a celebrity might be to a movie maker’s budget — and has created a policy to cover such risk.
Terrorists target major cities more often than small towns, but given the unpredictability of violence, should suburban areas be more alert?
Common stereotypes about poets and insurers suggest the two passions don’t mix, but they have more in common than you’d think.
Why do we attend RIMS each year? In insurance terms: reputational risk.
Chances are you have a tidy-ish desk (and mind). It’s no coincidence if you’ve also done better in your career than those working in chaotic surroundings.
You can’t insure against the second most significant risk, which is existential risk. (But think of the annual premiums if you could.)
Have you ever wondered how James T. Kirk was able to repair his damaged ship from week to week? He had some great insurance, no doubt.
After a drawn-out court case, I appreciate the hardship of managing dozens of insurance claims at once.
Recently, I submitted a substantial list of movies that mention insurance agencies both real and fake. Here are some of my favorites.
External auditors supposedly arrive after the battle is over and bayonet the wounded. But what are they really meant to be doing when they carry out an annual audit?
Kudos to AIG for having an insurance tagline that make sense. Others might want to revisit the drawing board.
Who said a society that abandons common sense is utterly doomed? Oh yes, it was me, lost as I am in confusion of modern life.
The moral dimension aside, share buybacks processed by many insurers make perfect economic sense in this market.
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