Climate and environmental goals, while intrinsically linked, are sometimes at odds. Today, efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) are insufficient, worse they are failing as GHG emissions continue to increase and set a new record of 57.1 GtCO2e in 2023. Bridging the gap between current global emissions and climate ambitions requires an urgent acceleration … Read more
South Carolina’s liquor liability insurance market is in crisis, with insurers losing an average of $1.77 for every $1.00 of premium earned since 2017, while claim frequencies significantly outpace neighboring states, according to a recent study by the state’s Department of Insurance. The comprehensive analysis, initiated following a 2019 request by the South Carolina Senate … Read more
Insurance affordability in Georgia is dwindling as claim frequency and insurer costs soar, according to the latest issue brief from Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I), Trends and Insights: Georgia Insurance Affordability. Given the state’s below-average income vs. above-average insurance expenditures, Georgia ranks 42nd on the list of affordable states for homeowners insurance and 47th (plummeting from … Read more
Ben Franklin famously said that there’s only two things certain in life — death and taxes — but were he a CIO, he likely would have added a third certainty: data growth. File data is not immune. The general rule of thumb is that file data will double every two to three years, and that … Read more
On August 28, 2023, Enrique Medina saw his primary care doctor for a routine appointment. During the physical exam, his doctor noticed that Medina had a heart murmur and scheduled an ultrasound of his heart. The results were worrying: Medina had 2 blocked arteries and a faulty heart valve. Although Medina wasn’t experiencing any symptoms … Read more
