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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. 15th

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

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. 15th

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

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

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

4. AI Adoption in Property Claims Remains Fragmented Despite Rapid Growth

5. US Cyber Breach Costs Hit Record $10.2 Million as AI Accelerates Attack Timelines

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The Risk Brief:

People on the Move

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

James Shankland Named Head of Ocean Cargo, U.S. at Markel

Natalie Burns Named Head of Enterprise Sales & Distribution at The Hartford

Kevin Rampe Named Senior Vice President and Global Claims Officer at Chubb

Marya Propis Named President of Retail Distribution at RT Specialty

Ben Johnson Named President of Ironshore at Liberty Mutual Insurance

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

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

Frontline Workers See MSD Prevention Tech as Beneficial, but Participation in Adoption Is Key

Workers' Comp Provider Networks Cut Total Claim Costs by 26%, Drive Faster Access to Care

Risk Insiders

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?

AI Isn’t the Future of Claims. It’s the Present

TRIP and Private Terrorism Coverage: A Natural Co-Existence

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

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

AI Adoption in Property Claims Remains Fragmented Despite Rapid Growth

US Cyber Breach Costs Hit Record $10.2 Million as AI Accelerates Attack Timelines

Enhancing the Claims Experience Through Data and AI

The Risk Profession

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

Kansas State University's Elliott Young on His Journey into Higher Education Risk Management

Sector Focus

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