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May 2025
How insurers are using and building new AI-enabled processes in underwriting, claims and throughout their organizations.
In This Issue
Insurance Industry Embraces AI Innovation as Technology Advances ‘Exponentially’
Regulating the Bleeding Edge: Laws Progressing To Keep Pace With AI’s Technological Advancements
Atradius Exec: ‘Black Box’ Concerns Slow AI Adoption in Insurance Sector
CyberCube’s Millaire: AI To Create Trillions Of Dollars in New Economic Activity
Harvard Fellow: AI Impact Will Trigger an Overhaul of Insurers’ Risk Frameworks
Propelling AI’s Value for Insurers (Featured Advertiser)
ISSUES & ANSWERS: Commercial Risk • Cyber Coverage
Swiss Re’s Sprackling: Medical Advances Reshape Mortality Trends, Risk Strategies
NAIC Continues Reinsurance Adequacy Testing Guides as Life Carriers Increasingly Go Offshore
AM Best: Innovative Changes Ahead For US Life/Annuity While Absorbing Prior Industry Shifts
P&I Clubs: Record High Free Reserves Despite Challenges on Technical Performance
Members of the International Group of P&I Clubs — 2025 Edition
Picturing Risk: Knowledge of Value, Perils a Must When Insuring Art
AM Best: Softening Cyber Insurance Market Faces Digital Supply Chain Risks
Aon Re’s Boch: Cyberrisk Modeling Evolves Amid Data Challenges and A
Travelers’ Francis: Rising Cyberthreats, AI Impact Cyber Insurance Market
AM Best: D&O Market Sees Growing Risks Reshaping Underwriting
Challenges to Increasingly Perilous Homeowner Association Market Extend Beyond Weather
Buffeted by Storm Losses, Iowa Homeowners Insurers Hike Rates, Tighten Writing
Author: Sustainability To Drive Insurer Strategies, Profitability
April 2025
Insurers and risk managers discuss emerging trends in commercial risks.
In This Issue
Insurers, Buyers Face New Challenges With Emerging Commercial Risks in 2025
Betting on American Justice: Lawmakers, Regulators Target Third-Party Litigation Funding
ISSUES & ANSWERS: Evolution of Risk
ISSUES & ANSWERS: The Strategic Advantages of Captives
Marsh’s Quintal and We2Sure’s Wigzell: Insurance Facility Tackles Carbon Credit Fraud Risks
Chemical Liability Is Seen as an Emerging Risk Every Business Must Tackle and Manage
Cyber Insurance Survey Highlights Systemic Risk, Particularly on SMEs
New York Life, Other Mutual Life Insurers See Value in Boosting 2025 Dividends
2023 US Life/Health Impairments Update
AM Best: ILS Market Hits $107 Billion as Cat Bonds, New Capital Drive Growth
Retired NCCI Chief Saw Sweeping Technology, Workforce Changes in Workers’ Compensation
Strong Profitability for Thailand Non-Life Insurers in 2023
Market Segment Outlook: Malaysia Non-Life Insurance
Largest Asia-Pacific Insurers – 2025 Edition
When It Comes to Insurance Blogs, Traditional Media Hold Sway
Risky Business: AI, Litigation and Cyber in the Spotlight
Lloyd’s To Welcome New Chief Financial Officer as Former CFO Moves Into Strategic Adviser Role
Web Traffic: Visits to Asia-Pacific Insurer Sites
March 2025
In the competition for independent agents, carriers are turning to technology and expanding their communication efforts.
In This Issue
Technology, Communication Are Front and Center as Insurers Vie for Independent Agents’ Business
Lower-Cost Cell Captives Emerge as Groups’ Risk Management Program
ISSUES & ANSWERS: Specialty Coverage
What Insurance Marketers Should Know About Insurance Data
Market Watchers: Annuity Surrenders May Continue Their Momentum in 2025
Life Insurers’ Investment Complexity, Reliance on Offshore Reinsurers Raise Concerns About Stability
Oliver Wyman Partner: Private Capital, Asset Management Reshape Life Insurance Sector
AM Best: Outlook Remains Stable for India Non-Life Insurance Segment
AM Best: Data and Analytics Are Key to Insurance Industry’s Advancement
Emerging Leaders Panel: Tech Is the Great Equalizer in Insurance Industry
AM Best: Pet Insurance Evolving as Inland Marine Niche Business Post-Pandemic
Largest Published, Rated Single-Parent Captive Insurers – 2025 Edition
Largest India Insurers - 2025 Edition
Largest Multiperil Crop Insurers – 2025 Edition
Largest Private Crop Insurers – 2025 Edition
February 2025
For many insurers, innovation moves from ‘nice to have’ to core competency.
In This Issue
Insurers Discover Value in Innovation Culture
Lloyd’s Chief Commercial Officer: Accelerator Nurturing More Than 100 New Insurance Startups
Innovation Hubs Attract Interest, Support From Insurance Companies
Tech Panel: AI Will Displace Jobs but Also Create Opportunities for Upskilling
In Memoriam: Insurance Industry Leaders of 2024
Changes at the Top: Industry Leaders Announce Retirement Plans in 2024
Weekly Lunches and No Silos: A Life Insurance Chief Executive’s Hands-On Philosophy
Montana Insurance Commissioner Grants First ‘Sandbox Waiver’ to Workers’ Comp Program
Trust Re CEO: Regional Insurers Should Resist Foreign Expansion, Focus on Local Opportunities
Largest Surety Insurers – 2025 Edition
Largest MENA Insurers – 2025 Edition
‘Build vs. Buy’ in the Digital Age
Atari 2600 or iPhone? Innovation Can Spring From Unusual Sources
Web Traffic: Visits to MENA Insurer Sites
Claims Pressures, Inflation Drive US Personal, Commercial Lines
Product Delivery Is a Key Ingredient in Bakeries’ Recipe for Risk
USAA Hiking California Homeowners Rates In Move Prior to 2025 Los Angeles Fires
Uncovered: How Crises, Coverage Gaps Shaped the US Insurance Landscape
January 2025
Guide to Understanding the Insurance Industry: An overview for those working with and in one of the world’s most interesting and vital industries.
In This Issue
Reinsurance/Alternative Risk Transfer
Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises
AM Best: Social Inflation, Driver Shortage, Inexperience Compound Commercial Auto Difficulties
AM Best: This Time, It’s Different for AI in Insurance in Tech Upswing
AM Best: Changing Trends Continue To Push Demand for Health Reinsurance
Cyber Panel Warns of Longer-Tail Business Interruption Risks Claims
Private Equity Seeks Liquidity, Growth From DUAE Investments
AM Best: Insurers Face Post-Pandemic Surge in US Nuclear Verdicts
World’s Largest Insurance Companies – 2025 Edition
Top 25 US Holding Companies – 2025 Edition
Top Global Brokers — 2025 Edition
Top 25 US Property/Casualty Writers – 2025 Edition
Top 25 US Property/Casualty Companies — 2025 Edition
US Property/Casualty – 2023 Direct Premiums Written by Line – 2025 Edition
December 2024
Since 1899, AM Best has maintained a laser focus on the insurance industry. From the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to the COVID-19 pandemic, AM Best’s core mission to provide unbiased, factual reports on insurers’ financial health has not changed.
In This Issue
Standing the Test of Time: Keys To Surviving and Thriving in Business
Gauging New Risks, Auditors and Actuaries Examine Technology, Judgments, COVID-19’s Aftermath
ISSUES & ANSWERS: Life Reinsurance
Why Insurers Believe Incubating Technology Helps Them Succeed
Canadian Life/Annuity Segment: Insurers Navigate Industry Challenges and an Uncertain Economy
AM Best: Gradual Increase in Insurers’ Private Equity Investments in 2023
Top 25 US Ocean Marine Writers – 2024 Edition
Top 25 US Inland Marine Writers – 2024 Edition
Top 25 US Fire and Allied Writers – 2024 Edition
US Fire and Allied Lines – Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories – 2024 Edition
Professional Liability Coverage Sees Social Inflation Remaining
Web Traffic: Visits to Largest US Inland Marine Insurance Sites
AM Best: FAIR Plan Policies Nearly Double in Five Years
Braking Bad: Faulty Parts, Poor Design Among Top Risks for Bike Manufacturers
Texas Regulator: TWIA’s 10% Rate Increase Proposal ‘Unjust’ and ‘Unfair’ to Coastal Property Owners
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