Seven years ago, Rodney Johnson approached Pat Gallagher with a new strategy for organic growth: crafting insurance coverage for diverse and underserved business segments. The diversity angle was “never about politics or philanthropy,” says Rodney; it simply meant more revenue for the broker. 🎯💼 Mission accomplished. Today the practice generates $1…

Seven years ago, Rodney Johnson approached Pat Gallagher with a new strategy for organic growth: crafting insurance coverage for diverse and underserved business segments. The diversity angle was “never about politics or philanthropy,” says Rodney; it simply meant more revenue for the broker. 🎯💼 Mission accomplished. Today the practice generates $1…

Arctic Wolf’s 2024 report reveals 45% of companies faced ransomware attacks in the past year, highlighting the urgent need for improved security measures. Check out this excerpt from the Insuring Cyber Podcast where Carrier Management Deputy Editor Elizabeth Blosfield talks with Arctic Wolf’s Chief Product and Services Officer Dan Schiappa about th…

Arctic Wolf’s 2024 report reveals 45% of companies faced ransomware attacks in the past year, highlighting the urgent need for improved security measures. Check out this excerpt from the Insuring Cyber Podcast where Carrier Management Deputy Editor Elizabeth Blosfield talks with Arctic Wolf’s Chief Product and Services Officer Dan Schiappa about th…

📚💡 In this episode of the IJA Aftershow, George and Patrick talk with Fred Fisher about the latest class, Taking Orders or Providing Financial Security: How to Beat the Big Players. Not yet a member of the academy? Join Today! 🎓✨ The post IJA Aftershow: Fred Fisher appeared first on Insurance Journal TV.…

🎙️ On this episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast, Arctic Wolf’s Chief Product and Services Officer Dan Schiappa discussed why supply chain attacks are especially attractive to bad cyber actors and what insurers and their clients can learn from the recent Ticketmaster hack. 🎟️ 🔓 He also shared steps companies can take to prevent attacks, as well as …

🎙️ On this episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast, Arctic Wolf’s Chief Product and Services Officer Dan Schiappa discussed why supply chain attacks are especially attractive to bad cyber actors and what insurers and their clients can learn from the recent Ticketmaster hack. 🎟️ 🔓 He also shared steps companies can take to prevent attacks, as well as …

🏌️‍♂️ This Father’s Day, George Jack, Patrick Wraight, and Kevin Amrhein honor the dads who go the extra mile for their kids’ dreams. In our latest Golftertainment podcast, they dive into “The Short Game” on Netflix, highlighting the sacrifices and dedication of golf prodigy fathers. 🔗 Click here to listen to the full episode and join the conversat…

🏌️‍♂️ This Father’s Day, George Jack, Patrick Wraight, and Kevin Amrhein honor the dads who go the extra mile for their kids’ dreams. In our latest Golftertainment podcast, they dive into “The Short Game” on Netflix, highlighting the sacrifices and dedication of golf prodigy fathers. 🔗 Click here to listen to the full episode and join the conversat…

A lawsuit filed last month against the popular cannabis vape brand STIZZY alleging a teenage user developed cannabis-induced psychosis could be a harbinger of things to come if the industry doesn’t change its labeling practices, an insurance attorney steeped in the cannabis space is warning. For our latest episode we spoke with Ian Stewart, cannabi…

A lawsuit filed last month against the popular cannabis vape brand STIZZY alleging a teenage user developed cannabis-induced psychosis could be a harbinger of things to come if the industry doesn’t change its labeling practices, an insurance attorney steeped in the cannabis space is warning. For our latest episode we spoke with Ian Stewart, cannabi…

⛳👔 As Father’s Day approaches, the Golftertainment podcast team dives into the great debate: what’s the better gift for dads, golf gifts or an insurance themed gifts? 🎧 In this sneak peek, George, Patrick, and Kevin weigh in with humor and personal stories, from NanoGolf trinkets to the idea of an insurance gift. 🔗 Click here to listen to the full …

⛳👔 As Father’s Day approaches, the Golftertainment podcast team dives into the great debate: what’s the better gift for dads, golf gifts or an insurance themed gifts? 🎧 In this sneak peek, George, Patrick, and Kevin weigh in with humor and personal stories, from NanoGolf trinkets to the idea of an insurance gift. 🔗 Click here to listen to the full …

Join Insurance Journal’s webinar on July 2nd to explore how proactive measures, DEI initiatives, and holistic post-injury treatment are transforming workers’ compensation outcomes. 🏥💼 This webinar will be hosted by Insurance Journal’s Vice President of Content, Andrea Wells, with special guests: Nikki S. Jackson, MBA, CPCU, ARM, CDMS, & CEO at Elev…

Smart money has been eyeing claims-related insuretechs in a big way, says Michael Vervena, an executive with iGUIDE. It’s easy to see why, with the promise of reducing adjusting time, costs and fraud. The property space in particular is on Michael’s radar. On this recording, he outlines how AI quickly identifies objects in a space and builds a view…

Smart money has been eyeing claims-related insuretechs in a big way, says Michael Vervena, an executive with iGUIDE. It’s easy to see why, with the promise of reducing adjusting time, costs and fraud. The property space in particular is on Michael’s radar. On this recording, he outlines how AI quickly identifies objects in a space and builds a view…

Join us on Tuesday, June 25th, for our brand new Between the Lines episode with Carrier Management’s Deputy Editor Elizabeth Blosfield! Unlock crucial strategies from industry leaders to tackle the unique hurdles of election years in the insurance sector. Gain valuable perspectives from Tom Lewis of Aspen Insurance, and Lucy Straker and Matt Westho…

📖 In this episode of the IJA Aftershow, join George and Patrick as they talk about the latest class with Joe Harrington, Transit Risk in 2024. Not yet a member of the academy? Join Today! 📚 The post IJA Aftershow: Joe Harrington appeared first on Insurance Journal TV.

🛡️ Ransomware remains a critical issue for insurers, with increasing severity and complex impacts on business continuity and security. Listen to this excerpt from the Insuring Cyber Podcast, as host Elizabeth Blosfield talks about ransomware threats with Munich Re’s Bob Parisi. To listen to the full episode, click here! The post Ransomware’s Rising…

🛡️ Ransomware remains a critical issue for insurers, with increasing severity and complex impacts on business continuity and security. Listen to this excerpt from the Insuring Cyber Podcast, as host Elizabeth Blosfield talks about ransomware threats with Munich Re’s Bob Parisi. To listen to the full episode, click here! The post Ransomware’s Rising…

Discover how insurers are leveraging technology to respond to threats swiftly, ensuring business continuity and safety in this interview from the Insuring Cyber Podcast with Elizabeth Blosfield and Yoni Sherizen of Gabriel. Listen to the full episode here! 🎙️ The post Insurers and Risk Managers: Navigating Crises with Cutting-Edge Tech 🚀📲 appeared …

Discover how insurers are leveraging technology to respond to threats swiftly, ensuring business continuity and safety in this interview from the Insuring Cyber Podcast with Elizabeth Blosfield and Yoni Sherizen of Gabriel. Listen to the full episode here! 🎙️ The post Insurers and Risk Managers: Navigating Crises with Cutting-Edge Tech 🚀📲 appeared …

🌴 Watch this live broadcast replay of Golfertainment George and the Florida Insurance Men as they explore the wild intersection of golf, insurance, and workplace safety, with humor and insight! 🏌️‍♂️ George, Patrick and Kevin share personal anecdotes and analyze a recent article on unsafe employers, from Waffle House to Dollar General. They also de…

🌴 Watch this live broadcast replay of Golfertainment George and the Florida Insurance Men as they explore the wild intersection of golf, insurance, and workplace safety, with humor and insight! 🏌️‍♂️ George, Patrick and Kevin share personal anecdotes and analyze a recent article on unsafe employers, from Waffle House to Dollar General. They also de…

Watch this informative clip from Weathering the Storm: Cyber Insurance Risk in 2024. As cyber risks continue to evolve rapidly, insurers can stay ahead by embracing advanced modeling, data enrichment, and a multi-model approach to underwriting and portfolio management. Key points include: Adaptation through Advanced Modeling Prioritization of Data …

🌍 💡 In this excerpt from the InsurTech Summit 2024, host Allen Laman talks with Insurance Journal’s Ezra Amacher and Carrier Management’s Susanne Sclafane about how risks like social inflation, environmental hazards, and directors and officers liability are emerging, prompting swift responses from regulators and insurers. To watch the full intervie…

Safeguarding AI fairness and transparency in underwriting is essential to avoid discriminatory outcomes, necessitating robust audits of data and model architecture. In this excerpt from the InsurTech Summit 2024, listen to Elizabeth Blosfield of Carrier Management talk with Marcus Daley of NeuralMetrics – to watch the full interview register here! …

In the latest issue of Carrier Management, explore hot topics like: P/C loss reserves, social inflation, nuclear verdicts, AI for litigation, and more! 🚀📚 Here are three featured articles from the new issue: P/C Loss Reserve Study: Keep Calm and Carry On Questionable Loss Reserves: Are Legacy Reinsurance Deals the Answer? Defendants, Insurers Risk …

Cyber threats are increasingly becoming a critical element in global conflicts, with the Ukraine and Gaza being prime examples, indicating a growing need for specialized cyber forces. To watch the full interview with Carrier Management’s Elizabeth Blosfield and Resilience’s V8 and all the sessions, register here! #CyberWarfare #GlobalConflict #Digi…

In this episode of the IJA Aftershow, George and Patrick talk with Brenda Powell Wells about the latest class, The US Legal System and Legal Liability. Not yet a member of the academy? Join Today! The post IJA Aftershow: Brenda Powell Wells appeared first on Insurance Journal TV.

In this excerpt from the 2024 InsurTech Summit, Elizabeth Blosfield talks with Gunster’s Holly Goodman about anticipated increased AI-related lawsuits and learn how businesses can safeguard against litigation by monitoring data use, ensuring compliance, and maintaining accountability. ⚖️🤖 To watch the full interview, register here! #AILitigation #D…

🤖 Last Tuesday, nearly 1,000 attendees joined us for our InsurTech Summit 2024: AI for Everything! An event exploring fascinating AI use cases in the insurance business, along with some surprising risks! Now, tune in with Carrier Management’s Elizabeth Blosfield and Allen Laman as they recap their favorite moments from the info-packed summit. They’…

In this interview with Carrier Management’s Elizabeth Blosfield, Cover Whale’s Darien Acosta, and Capco’s Behzad Salehoun, discover how AI can assess employee emotions and stress levels to improve work culture while addressing crucial privacy and ethical concerns. 💼😊 To watch the full interview, register here! #AIinWorkplace #EthicalAI #WorkCulture…

On this episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast, two guests joined from the RIMS RISKWORLD conference, held in May in San Diego. Bob Parisi, head of Cyber Solutions for North America at Munich Re, discussed current trends in the evolving cyber insurance landscape, the persistent threat of ransomware, and the impact of AI on cybersecurity. He also tal…

On this episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast, two guests joined from the RIMS RISKWORLD conference, held in May in San Diego. Bob Parisi, head of Cyber Solutions for North America at Munich Re, discussed current trends in the evolving cyber insurance landscape, the persistent threat of ransomware, and the impact of AI on cybersecurity. He also tal…

In this interview with Carrier Management’s Elizabeth Blosfield and Nationwide’s Chetan Kandhari, explore how insurers can leverage AI while preserving essential human elements like empathy, confidence, and decision-making to enhance customer experience. 💡🛡️ To watch the full interview, register here! #AIinInsurance #EmpathyInBusiness #CustomerConf…

⚖️ A pivotal Illinois ruling on the Biometric Information Privacy Act could shield insurers from liability if they utilize the correct policy exclusions. To watch the full interview and all sessions from the InsurTech Summit 2024, register here! #InsuranceLaw #BiometricPrivacy #PolicyExclusions The post Biometric Privacy Ruling: Insurers Navigate E…

Listeners: Do not mess with Ngozi Nnaji. She’ll overwhelm you with facts, passion, warmth and all-around humanity. This insurance industry professional is a networker par excellence, matching carrier execs with agency owners. It’s all about expanding the pool of talent, markets and coverage to a wider group of Americans. For example, Ngozi outlines…

Listeners: Do not mess with Ngozi Nnaji. She’ll overwhelm you with facts, passion, warmth and all-around humanity. This insurance industry professional is a networker par excellence, matching carrier execs with agency owners. It’s all about expanding the pool of talent, markets and coverage to a wider group of Americans. For example, Ngozi outlines…

In this episode of the IJA Aftershow, join George and Patrick as they talk with Kevin Amrhein about the latest class, Broke as a Joke in 2024: Commercial Property Edition. Not yet a member of the academy? Join Today! The post IJA Aftershow: Kevin Amrhein appeared first on Insurance Journal TV.

Is workers’ compensation insurance treated the same for the cannabis sector as any other industry? Are claims different? What about the risks? Kevin Tarango, director of Cannabis and the Workers’ Comp Dividend Program at Heffernan Insurance Brokers, answers “No” to all the above. He runs the Heffernan Cannabis Association, a workers’ comp program t…

Is workers’ compensation insurance treated the same for the cannabis sector as any other industry? Are claims different? What about the risks? Kevin Tarango, director of Cannabis and the Workers’ Comp Dividend Program at Heffernan Insurance Brokers, answers “No” to all the above. He runs the Heffernan Cannabis Association, a workers’ comp program t…

Learn how businesses can safeguard their trade secrets and sensitive data when using AI products by understanding usage terms and establishing proper agreements, in this interview with Carrier Management’s Elizabeth Blosfield and Gunster’s Holly Goodman. 🛡️💻 To watch the full interview, register here! #DataProtection #AIinBusiness The post Protecti…

Discover how Lemonade leverages AI to transform insurance claims, from enhancing internal processes to navigating regulatory landscapes and driving innovation, as host Elizabeth Blosfield interviews Lemonade’s Sean Burgess. 🔍 To watch the full session from the 2024 InsurTech Summit, register here! #InsuranceInnovation #AIinClaims The post AI in Ins…

🤖 Companies are increasingly using AI to screen resumes, generate job descriptions, and analyze culture fit. However, there are potential biases that need to be addressed, and human oversight is still essential. 💼 This excerpt from the 2024 InsurTech Summit panel discussion “Humans vs AI Face-off” explores these issues. The post Unlocking AI in Emp…

Cowbell leverages AI to transform cyber insurance by analyzing unstructured data, identifying hidden risks, and automating decision-making. Watch this sneak peek of the Insuring Cyber Podcast with Cowbell’s Rajeev Gupta – click here to watch the full episode! The post AI Revolutionizes Cyber Insurance at Cowbell appeared first on Insurance Journal …

Cowbell leverages AI to transform cyber insurance by analyzing unstructured data, identifying hidden risks, and automating decision-making. Watch this sneak peek of the Insuring Cyber Podcast with Cowbell’s Rajeev Gupta – click here to watch the full episode! The post AI Revolutionizes Cyber Insurance at Cowbell appeared first on Insurance Journal …

In this clip from Weathering the Storm: Cyber Insurance Risk in 2024, insurance carriers must adopt comprehensive approaches to manage cyber risk portfolios, leveraging both internal and external resources to keep pace with the evolving cyber threat environment. Main topics include: Portfolio Analysis Internal Resource Integration Strategic Growth …

To safeguard against bias and ensure high-quality data inputs for AI systems, insurers can leverage innovative approaches such as chaining together AI agents to perform sequential quality assurance checks, thus optimizing outputs and minimizing potential biases. To learn more about this, watch the full episode of Between the Lines! #AIQualityAssura…

🌍 Reporting from the RIMS Riskworld Conference in San Diego, Andrea Wells from Insurance Journal interviewed Patrick McBride, Head of Construction Property at Zurich North America, about the intersection of green building and resiliency in risk management. #RiskManagement #GreenBuilding The post Exploring Resiliency Beyond Green Building Materials …