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Why the Future of Cyber Insurance Depends on the Cyber Talent Behind It

With increasing cyber risk, attracting the right talent into insurance is a must. Here’s how the cyber space is getting the job done.

Cyber

From Convenience to Crime: How Payment Apps Stand to Reshape Business Fraud

As companies embrace payment apps for speed and convenience, rising fraud losses, regulatory scrutiny, and insurance gaps are forcing businesses to rethink how — and whether — they use them.

Fraud/Theft

Understanding Legal System Abuse: How Lawsuit Exploitation Drives Up Costs for Everyone

As third-party litigation funding reshapes the American court system, consumers and businesses alike face mounting financial consequences, but reform efforts offer hope for change.

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Three Green Technologies Creating New Property Risks — and How to Manage Them

As sustainable solutions become mainstream in buildings across North America, property owners and risk managers must understand the unique hazards posed by solar panels, electric vehicles, and mass timber construction.

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Timely Care Matters – Access to Treatment is Critical for Workers’ Compensation Injuries

Timely access to the right medical care and efficient coordination across stakeholders significantly improves recovery outcomes, reduces delays, and supports faster return-to-work in workers’ compensation cases.

HCS Network Solutions

From Reactive to Proactive: The Shift Defining Risk Management

Artificial Intelligence

8 Questions for Philadelphia Insurance Companies’ Scott Bayer

Q&As

Casualty’s Imbalance Problem: Technology Lowers Some Risks, Society Raises Others

Future of Insurance

11 Questions for CorVel's Karen Thomas

Q&As

News For Apr. 22nd

People on the Move

Editors' Picks

15 Questions for Optum's Dr. Robert Hall

Beyond the Surface: How Video Analysis Is Transforming Workplace Ergonomic Risk Management

AI Isn’t the Strategy. Outcomes Are.

Introducing the 2026 Power Brokers

The Heat is On: Keeping Workers Safe in a Changing Environment

From Brooklyn Bookshelves to Building Resilience: Lesli Rice on Mentorship, Market Shifts and Modern Risk

Travelers' Jennifer Ampulski on Life Sciences Risk Trends

Maintaining Trust as the Claims Process Evolves

Why the Future of Cyber Insurance Depends on the Cyber Talent Behind It

From Convenience to Crime: How Payment Apps Stand to Reshape Business Fraud

Understanding Legal System Abuse: How Lawsuit Exploitation Drives Up Costs for Everyone

Three Green Technologies Creating New Property Risks — and How to Manage Them

Timely Care Matters – Access to Treatment is Critical for Workers’ Compensation Injuries

From Reactive to Proactive: The Shift Defining Risk Management

8 Questions for Philadelphia Insurance Companies’ Scott Bayer

Casualty’s Imbalance Problem: Technology Lowers Some Risks, Society Raises Others

11 Questions for CorVel's Karen Thomas

News For Apr. 22nd

1. Small Construction Firms Account for Half of Industry Fatalities Despite Employing Just Over a Third of Workers

2. Medical Malpractice Claim Severity Escalating as Social Inflation Drives Casualty Costs Higher

3. Air Ambulance Costs in Workers' Comp Surged More Than 60% Over the Past Decade

4. U.S. Storms and European Flooding Drive Below-Average Q1 Catastrophe Losses

5. Insurers Face the Same Cyber Threats They Underwrite — and Gaps Remain

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The Risk Brief:

People on the Move

SterlingRisk Promotes Marci Waterman to Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Names John S. Beres as Chief Operating Officer

Rob Marsh Named President of Global Risk Solutions North America Specialty at Liberty Mutual Insurance

Janelle Griffith Named Global Logistics Practice Leader at Marsh Risk

Michael Costonis Named President of Insurance Business Services at ReSource Pro

Scott Machut Joins Alliant Insurance Services as Senior Vice President in Employee Benefits Group

Jesse F. Gutierrez Promoted to Divisional President, Professional Liability at Great American Insurance Group

Editors' Picks

The Very Real Benefits of an In-Person Vermont Captive Board Meeting

Trucordia's Felix Morgan on Tackling Customer Pain Points in Today's Market

On the Record with John Dempsey of Insight Risk Technologies

No, Really: Insurance Could Lead the Charge in Curbing Gun Violence

Workers' Comp Forum

Small Construction Firms Account for Half of Industry Fatalities Despite Employing Just Over a Third of Workers

Air Ambulance Costs in Workers' Comp Surged More Than 60% Over the Past Decade

Psychological Safety on Jobsites Directly Reduces Incidents and Turnover, Analysis Shows

Workplace Assaults Rose 5.3% Annually Over the Past Decade, With Health Care Bearing the Brunt

The Marie Pattern: Why Your Safest Employees Are Suddenly Getting Hurt

AI and the Adjuster: Driving Efficiency Without Losing the Human Touch

Risk Insiders

The Cyber Insurance Conundrum

AI Isn’t the Strategy. Outcomes Are.

How Can We Insure Against Political Volatility?

Enhancing the Claims Experience Through Data and AI

The Hidden Risk of Underreporting — Part 1: How Silica Overexposure Becomes a Silent Threat

If AI Is So Efficient, Why Aren’t Insurers Seeing the Savings?

Critical Risks

AI Tops Insurance Executive Priorities as Regulatory Concerns and Market Volatility Reshape the Risk Landscape

3 Business-Ending Risks U.S. Executives Aren't Prioritizing Enough in 2026

Supply Chain Paralysis and Internet Outages Emerge as Top Business Black Swans

The Three Pillars of Digital Infrastructure Risk Management

Global Leaders Brace for Turbulent Decade as Competition Eclipses Cooperation

Data Center Building Boom Creates Insurance and Risk Management Complexities

The Insurance Industry

Perspective | My Father, the Jazz Legend Who Never Was: Why AI Prefers a Good Lie to the Truth

MGA Deals Surge as Scale and Specialization Drive Growth

Nick Abraham of Amwins Global Risks Talks to Risk & Insurance

How Interconnected Risk Is Reshaping the Insurance Landscape

Court: Broken Glass Could Be a ‘Pollutant’ Under School’s Insurance Policy

Opinion | The No-Vax Tax

Claims & The Law

Medical Malpractice Claim Severity Escalating as Social Inflation Drives Casualty Costs Higher

Air Ambulance Costs in Workers' Comp Surged More Than 60% Over the Past Decade

Social Media Addiction's Liability Potential

Workplace Assaults Rose 5.3% Annually Over the Past Decade, With Health Care Bearing the Brunt

Claim Volumes Fell Across Most Lines in 2025 as Wildfire Losses Hit Record Highs

Cyber Claims Frequency Rises but Severity Falls as Businesses Improve Defensive Posture

The Risk Profession

Jeff Green Discusses Innovation, Challenges and Leading the Charge in Public Risk Management

From Brooklyn Bookshelves to Building Resilience: Lesli Rice on Mentorship, Market Shifts and Modern Risk

From Nurse to Risk Leader, Nicole Patterson Champions People First in Risk Management

From Tree-Cutting to Corporate Risk: Hunter Falk on Evolving Roles, Emerging Risks and Everyday Heroism in Risk Management

From Lifeguard to Chief Risk Officer: RIMS 2025 President Kristen Peed Shares Her Journey in Risk Management

Penn State's Jared Wise on Risk Management in Higher Education and Cyber's Impact on the Industry

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