Innovative wildfire solutions have the potential to change how we approach the risk.

The use of AI in underwriting, greater global volatility and the ongoing threat of cyber incursions will be key trends in 2025.

The synchronicity and success of the State of Ohio’s efforts to recruit and educate new risk management and insurance talent is worth emulating.

Even the most promising technology will not be effective without a company’s commitment to using it.

There are numerous underwriting options open to specialty insurers these days. Finding the talent, technology and reinsurance support to take advantage of them will be the key to success.

“A cyber event doesn’t hit the entire world at once; it starts in one spot and slowly spreads, much like a virus. However, it can be fought, just like your body fights a virus.”

Markel executive Wendy Houser talks about how her experience in the military taught her the vital importance of teamwork. She believes the ranks of the military could provide the insurance industry with an invaluable pool of talent.

We sat down with Mo Tooker, head of commercial lines at The Hartford, to discuss how data and AI will shape insurers’ business models.

Whether you’re a risk manager, broker or carrier, collaboration starts with concrete communication skills.

Five years into the crisis, here’s how the insurance industry is approaching talent attraction and retention.

Cyclical labor and material cost increases mean brokers and underwriters had better be on their toes when communicating valuations to insureds.

It’s about time we got emerging technologies and strategies that mitigate risk and avoid losses into the hands of more customers.

CFC’s chief underwriting officer shares emerging opportunities in specialty lines, future pricing trends, and the six fundamental elements that make up cyber risk prevention and underwriting.

A session at RISKWORLD showed how a data-driven, proactive approach to risk management leads to a winning loss control formula.

Swiss Re’s SONAR report on 13 emerging risks aims to help businesses and insurers prepare for potential threats.

Swiss Re evaluates potential AI risks now and in the future for several key industry sectors, creating potential demand for insurance solutions.

The flood of data to interpret — from predictive analytics and the ongoing complexity of insurance policies — leaves adjusters with plenty of work to do. The question is how to best support them.

Here’s our conversation with 2023 Private Client Power Broker Mike Summers, who was recently hired as strategic account executive with HUBPrivate Client group.

Kevin Rampe from Chubb shares insights on the future of claims management, focusing on the synergy between skilled professionals and advanced digital tools, the role of empathy in claims service, and the impact of data analytics on decision-making processes.

Thirty years ago, single mother Jeanette Ward needed a job. Enter Texas Mutual, where today she fills the role of CEO. Ward reflects on her career in insurance and how to pave a path forward to welcome new recruits to the industry.