Insurance Industry

Crypto Insurance Gap Reveals $3.31 Trillion Market Opportunity

With only 11% of cryptocurrency holders insured despite strong demand, insurers face both significant challenges and substantial opportunities, according to commentary from AM Best.

MGA Premiums Increase in 2024, Marking Fourth Consecutive Year of Double-Digit Growth: AM Best

Swiss Re’s Will Porter Discusses Promising International Program Business Opportunities

When Prayers Aren’t Enough: Why Insurers Are Turning to AI to Stop the Next Mass Shooting

Wall Street’s Next Crash Won’t Be Human-Induced: The Looming Threat of AI-Triggered Market Meltdowns

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Legal Spotlight

A look at the latest legal cases impacting the industry.

In Support of Monitoring

The benefits of prescription drug monitoring programs are clear, but some states could be better utilizing them.

Hawaii Calls

Here’s an answer to recruitment and retention challenges: Hold your special events in the Hawaiian Islands.

Legislation to Collateralize Workers’ Comp

Some states want fully liquid collateral backing large deductible workers’ comp programs.

Geovation – Where Innovation meets Location

Can insurance innovate by adding a location component to data?

Data: The New Player

Regardless of what form data takes, data is and will be the engine that drives market forces now and in the future.

Webinar – Healthcare Insecurity: A Global Growth Impediment

Learn how to bolster a global workforce with the right combination of benefits and insurance coverage to eliminate uncertainty about their health care options.

TPA Consolidation: Is Bigger Always Better?

TPA consolidation in the market creates confusion for some employers. But size isn’t the only criteria that determines fit.

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Compounding and Rampant Care in Workers’ Comp

State oversight can help rein in compounding, but inroads can also be made from within claims payer and managed care organizations.

Talent Crisis Remains a Challenge

Insurance industry eyes millennials as the answer to turnover and coming retirements.

Doubts Buzz Around Rio Olympics

The threat of Zika continues to prompt calls for the cancellation of the 2016 Olympic Games.

Investments in Online Insurance Sales Booming

Start-ups and established insurers are focusing on online, direct sales of insurance to small and medium-sized businesses.

Finding the Next Frontier

Frontier markets show growth potential, but political and economic instability pose risks.

Cannabis Reimbursement Trend Grows

Courts are increasingly leaning in favor of forcing payers to reimburse workers’ comp claimants for medical marijuana.

Insurer Coal Holdings Challenged

California’s chief insurance regulator asks insurers to divest themselves of thermal coal holdings.

Cost Shifting: Candy Stores and Scapegoats

Taking insurance trade groups to task in looking for scapegoats.

Opt-Out Movement Stalls: For Now

With the future of the Oklahoma Option in question, efforts to pass similar plans in other states are also in a holding pattern.

Insurers Face a Busy 2017 or Big Penalties

Data privacy regulations impose strict penalties on noncompliance. The rules impact any company doing business in Europe.

Latin America’s Insurance Industry Advances

Increasingly sophisticated insurance markets in Latin America market will help ensure that the region will continue to grow and prosper,

Basic Business

Innocent, everyday customers are treated as security threats, but that’s business as usual.