As the insurance industry continues to navigate the pace of change, complexity and uncertainty in our world, consumers continue to respond, expecting companies to be more responsive to their needs. This year’s underwriting predictions offer guidance on how carriers can respond faster. 1. Evolving cognitive technologies will help insurers capture opportunity from more discrete market … Read more
The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene in September 2024 across a 500-mile swath of the U.S. Southeast highlighted the growing vulnerability of inland areas to flooding from both tropical storms and severe convective storms, according to the latest Triple-I “State of the Risk” Issues Brief. These events also highlight the scale of the flood-protection gap … Read more
By Lewis Nibbelin, Contributing Writer, Triple-I Georgia – frequently featured on the American Tort Reform Foundation’s list of “Judicial Hellholes” – may want to consider imitating its neighbor Florida in pursuing legal system abuse reforms, Triple-I CEO Sean Kevelighan suggested in a recent interview for WBS News/Talk Radio. In 2022 – the year Category 4 … Read more
I know I have Tweeted that I would add my tuppence on the Court of Appeal at The Hague on Wednesday reversing (English translation of the Court of Appeal here) the first instance judgment in Milieudefensie v Shell. That judgment had imposed CO2 reduction emissions targets on Shell. (In my post on the first instance … Read more
Rubén Díez García (Professor in the Department of Applied Sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid) The Berlin Wall, built in 1961, was more than just a physical barrier: it was a symbol that separated two worlds and competing political ideologies. This ideological division also fuelled conflict within liberal democracies themselves. On the eastern side, … Read more