Economic uncertainty, rising claim costs and an increase in weather-driven losses aren’t exactly the market trends that we’d have selected to take with us into the coming year, had we been given the option. However, it looks like these are the conditions that we will be stuck with for a while. As 2023 draws to… View Article

Brokering in trucking takes real “salt of the earth” people to understand the complexities and the challenges this industry faces. HUB International’s Dain Dockter strives to be just that.

Alliant names new West Coast SVP, McGriff promotes national risk service leadership, and WTW appoints new North American natural resource expert.

“Insurtechs are particularly guilty of talking to other startups and telling each other how amazing they are, when they should be learning the vocabulary of the people buying their products — insurance companies — and trying to explain their offerings to them.”

Despite the growing interest, United Educators has not seen an increase in animal-related claims. Over the last 13 years, it has only had 10 claims related to emotional support animals, service dogs or pets across its 1,600 members.

HUB International adds an academic luminary in an advisory position, Unison Risk Advisors welcomes a military veteran and more in this edition of People on the Move.

“Insured pays carrier, carrier pays commission. But there are these simultaneous loops always running and all of those systems are disparate. And as a result, all of those points of contact create friction, and friction is being dealt with by people today.”

As we continue to broaden our perspective on the ways to treat injury and illness, let’s not forget the powers of unconventional and complementary medicines.

The USDA has selected 22 organizations to receive $6.5 million to educate underserved, small-scale and organic producers on farm risk management and climate-smart farm practices.

Caty Wynn of Whole Foods shares how she shifted gears from pastry arts and serendipitously found a fulfilling career path in workers’ comp.

For more than 350 years, the insurance model has been simple: Repair and replace after damage. However, with modern technology, we can now help our customers before they face loss. I recently joined the leaders of two preeminent insurance research organizations — Roy Wright of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and… View Article

Wearable ergonomics can reduce workplace injuries and workers’ compensation costs, but coordination and an alignment of incentives are required before they can gain a foothold.

Aspen Insurance announces new leadership in Bermuda and London, Combined Insurance names new chief operations officer, and more in this edition of People on the Move.

MEMIC names new chief human resources officer, Allianz Commercial appoints new global head of portfolio solutions and more.

MedRisk’s newly appointed CEO, Sri Sridharan, talks to Risk & Insurance about the culture he leads and the vast amount of injured worker data his team has at its disposal.

Risk & Insurance editor-in-chief Dan Reynolds sat down with Nan-Wei Gong and Scott Sexton of FIGUR8 to discuss how they’re working to standardize and codify data that can help care teams better gauge an injured workers’ musculoskeletal recovery process.

Risk & Insurance sat down with Fabian Mercado, vice president and property lead for the East region of QBE North America, to discuss ongoing and emerging supply chain risk, the industry response, and best practices for the exposures that may be uninsurable. 

Switching his major to risk management and insurance at the University of Georgia turned out to be the right move for Patrick Miller.

Improving workers’ compensation outcomes requires addressing mental health issues. One often-overlooked factor is the critical impact of gut health on our minds.

Gamma Iota Sigma’s executive director Grace Grant shares why in-person events are a game changer in new talent recruitment.