A double dose of ice storms batters the Eastern seaboard, plunging 50 million people and three million businesses into darkness and desperation.

A Risk & Insurance® Power Broker® is an individual who stands out among their peers for the exceptional client work they delivered over the past year. While brokers play many key roles in the insurance industry and risk profession, a Power Broker® award recognizes problem solving, customer service and industry knowledge. 2027 applications are due by October 16, 2026.

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When two of the country’s largest health systems merged to form Advocate Health, the challenge of unifying their workers’ compensation programs fell to Melinda Daniel — who built a single enterprise program for 150,000 teammates across six states, guided by one simple principle: teammates taking care of teammates.

Insurance fraud prevention has always started with the claim. Investigators mine claims data and spot concerning patterns. That’s no longer good enough.

The people in those limos could have been drug lords, the mob—or worse. 

More organizations are recognizing that forming a captive gives them better control over how they finance and manage risk, and the ability to move quickly when exposures shift.

For Ryan Murphy, Vice President of Product, Enterprise Claims at CorVel Corporation, the onus is on leaders in the industry to make sure knowledge transfer, technology-enabled triage of information, and courting the next generation of claims professionals remains at the forefront of organizational strategy.

New capacity is keeping pricing in check, even as premium growth maintains an upward trajectory.

Sensor technology and design for resilience are advancing rapidly, but so are underwriting complications and climate change.