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The Cyber Insurance Conundrum

Cheaper cyber insurance is flooding the market, but escalating risks are quietly testing its limit.

Risk Insider

AI Isn’t the Strategy. Outcomes Are.

AI in claims is no longer about insight alone — it’s about embedding intelligence into everyday workflows to drive faster decisions, stronger outcomes, and more human-centered care.

Risk Insider

When Cyber Risk Becomes a Critical Risk in Health Care

Rising ransomware attacks, third-party vulnerabilities and insurance exposure are transforming health care cyber security into an enterprise-wide resilience challenge.

Health Care

Executive Video Q&A

Travis MacMillian from Xceedance on Turning AI Into Real Business Impact Across Insurance

AI is no longer experimental—so where is it actually delivering results, and what separates leaders from laggards?

Xceedance

Nuclear Verdicts and Rising Claims Costs: How Hospitals Can Navigate an Increasingly Difficult Liability Market

The health care liability insurance market faces daunting challenges, with nuclear verdicts skyrocketing and premiums climbing. With the litigation environment unlikely to improve, more robust risk management is a must.

Arch Insurance Company

Introducing the 2026 Power Brokers

2026 Power Broker

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

Risk Insider

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

The Profession

Travelers' Jennifer Ampulski on Life Sciences Risk Trends

Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

News For May. 13th

People on the Move

Editors' Picks

RISKWORLD 2026: Chatting with Lucy Pilko, CEO Americas, AXA XL

3 Coverage Gaps That Can Derail a Healthcare Merger — and How to Close Them

Workers' Compensation Remains Profitable as Premium Dips and Severity Climbs

RISKWORLD 2026: Surety Insights with Nationwide's Tony Albanese

How Small Business Insurance is Evolving: Balancing Speed, Data, and Underwriting Discipline

5 Questions for MSIG USA's Ron Morrison

RISKWORLD 2026: FM Intellium Vice President Chris Dempsey

How AI Built for Insurance Is Helping Brokerages Work Smarter, Serve Clients Better and Grow Revenue

The Cyber Insurance Conundrum

AI Isn’t the Strategy. Outcomes Are.

When Cyber Risk Becomes a Critical Risk in Health Care

Travis MacMillian from Xceedance on Turning AI Into Real Business Impact Across Insurance

Nuclear Verdicts and Rising Claims Costs: How Hospitals Can Navigate an Increasingly Difficult Liability Market

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

News For May. 13th

1. Workers' Compensation Remains Profitable as Premium Dips and Severity Climbs

2. Ransom Payments Drop 44% Even as Cyber Claims Surge, Cowbell Reports

3. Severe Collisions Decline While Distraction and Midday Risk Rise for Commercial Fleets

4. AI Adoption in EHS Has Moved Beyond Experimentation, but Governance Concerns Loom Large

5. Businesses Losing Grip on Reputational Knowledge as Uncertainty Surges, Survey Finds

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The Risk Brief:

People on the Move

Aaron Culbertson Named U.S. Real Estate Practice Leader at Lockton

Patrick Dougherty Named Head of Surety at MSIG USA

Suzanne Dann Named Group President at Sedgwick

Joanne Silberberg Appointed Energy & Power Infrastructure Leader at Marsh Risk, US and Canada

Sundeep Khera Appointed Head of Marine at Beazley

WTW Appoints Spike Lipkin as Chief AI Officer and Gordon Wintrob as Head of AI Acceleration

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

Workers' Compensation Remains Profitable as Premium Dips and Severity Climbs

Severe Collisions Decline While Distraction and Midday Risk Rise for Commercial Fleets

AI Adoption in EHS Has Moved Beyond Experimentation, but Governance Concerns Loom Large

How to Successfully Integrate AI Into Claims Operations: Best Practices, Pitfalls, and Keys to Lasting Impact

Outdated Policy, Modern Costs: Rethinking Pharmacy Choice in Workers’ Compensation

California Workers' Comp Costs Per Claim Rose 6% in 2025, Driven by Growth Across All Key Components

Risk Insiders

Outdated Policy, Modern Costs: Rethinking Pharmacy Choice in Workers’ Compensation

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

Critical Risks

Business Leaders Recast Insurance as Strategic Resilience Tool, Not Just a Cost

Four Converging Threats Are Making Critical Infrastructure Increasingly Fragile

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

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

Workers' Compensation Remains Profitable as Premium Dips and Severity Climbs

Ransom Payments Drop 44% Even as Cyber Claims Surge, Cowbell Reports

How to Successfully Integrate AI Into Claims Operations: Best Practices, Pitfalls, and Keys to Lasting Impact

MFA Misconfiguration Is the Costliest Point of Failure in Manufacturing Cyber Claims

5 Questions for MSIG USA's Ron Morrison

Secondary Perils Drive Record Aggregate Insured Losses Across North America in 2025

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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