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Potential victims face tough decisions: Buy insurance or deal with the consequences of a potential cyberincident? If attacked, pay the ransom or not? Meanwhile, insurance companies are finding new ways [...]

The insurance industry heads into 2023 facing a very different environment from just a year ago, with inflation hitting 40-year highs, interest rates on the rise after years of 'lower [...]

AM Best has released a new version of its free mobile app that offers expanded access to Best's Credit Ratings, plus more information on companies and related news and research. [...]

Key Points Dealing With Changes: Risk management has become a juggling act for the industry as it deals with constant changes and inconsistencies in COVID-19 guidance and regulations. Facing New [...]

Someone had to pay. In this case, it was Beer Belly's Sports Bar, a Texas establishment that gave a man too much to drink one November night in 2017. He [...]

Inflation will impact insurers in 2023, but the industry shouldn't expect the same 'acceleration' that's hit other parts of the economy because it's taken steps to keep itself stable in [...]

Eastern Kentucky University, benefiting from its online program amid COVID-19 shutdowns, was the top vote-getter in the Best's Review biennial poll of top risk management and insurance programs. The programs [...]

'Stormy' may be an appropriate metaphor to use for an insurance industry that's potentially facing an increasing number of perils heading into 2022. But the forecast may not be as [...]

Insurers are working hard to move beyond the economic challenges of recent years--and they're finding opportunities in emerging risks. As they've been dealing with the continuing challenges of COVID-19 and [...]

Vishaal Hariprasad, CEO and co-founder of cyber insurer Resilience, didn't hesitate when President Joe Biden looked right at him and asked: 'How can the insurance industry help drive better cyber [...]

Key Points Rising Rates: Insurers and their advocates say the industry could be forced to raise rates if the war exclusion in property insurance contracts can't be used for attacks [...]

Insurers say they're ready to exert pressure on lawmakers--and on each other--to fend off shock verdicts that have led to reduced liability coverage and higher legal liability risks. They're also [...]

Insurers point to the rise of third-party litigation--where outside financiers such as hedge fund managers and venture capitalists are treating multibillion-dollar lawsuits as valuable investments--as the primary reason for the [...]

Construction App A lot can happen on a construction site. And a lot can go wrong. Now there's an app--known in the trades as the 'Billy button'--that can help construction [...]

Financial and data losses have been piling up now that the number of cyberattacks on companies, individuals and governments has escalated in recent years. Insurance companies have provided coverage for [...]

Retired Munich Re executive Tony Kuczinski spoke to Best's Review about how insurance companies have to do a better job of speaking as an industry to deal with rapidly evolving [...]

Mental Health Apps A Swiss Re analysis has shown that one-third of insurance consumers have experienced deteriorating mental health, according to Natalie Kelly, head of life & health global underwriting, [...]

Digital Study on Insurance Insurers are generally doing a good job addressing consumers' needs, as a high volume of shoppers are seeking new quotes--and even switching carriers, according to J.D. [...]

Continued inflation in 2023 will be especially problematic for a property and casualty insurance industry that's already confronted with the painful costs of natural disasters such as Hurricane Ian and [...]

Cyberrisk App Cyberthreats, while not always visible, can have a big impact on a company's bottom line or an individual's identity and financial life. In response, HSB, a Munich Re [...]

Embedding Insurance Products Within Apps Some 200 businesses ranging from e-commerce to banking have adopted Chubb's new platform that enables users to embed insurance products from different companies into their [...]

Stepping into the MIDdle of a tightly wadded covey of quail will do things to your heart that would concern a cardiologist. But when a ruffed grouse erupts from beneath [...]

Insurance Fraud and Apps Cryptocurrency and payment apps are allowing people to pursue side hustles that can lead to fraudulent insurance claims, said Marci De Vries-Todtz, chief executive officer, Fraud [...]

Embed an App Insurers now have the opportunity to engage customers on their terms with every interaction, distribute through any channel and manage the entire insurance life cycle, said Bill [...]

Merely reopening amid COVID-19 wasn't enough. Saint Joseph's University students Julia Berdzik and Elizabeth Colpe knew that just the right insurance coverage could help ensure the long-term survival of small [...]

Travelers launched Wysa for Return to Work, a coaching app that engages injured employees so they can learn resilience. Workers' Compensation Coaching App Workers' compensation claims data shows that more [...]

Car Insurance App In inflationary times, one of the biggest concerns insurers and their policyholders have is rising car insurance premiums. Cars cost more to repair and parts can be [...]

App Investment It's so simple, right? Someone swipes right on their cell phone, presses the app icon and the world of property and casualty insurance unfolds in front of their [...]

ONE DAY, MY FRIEND PETE Fleischman was driving in the sand country of central Wisconsin when a couple of Huck Finn look-alikes popped out of the trees. They were carrying [...]

Insurance Accessibility App Inflation and the lack of affordable housing for renters and homebuyers have made it difficult for a family to survive on a single income and purchase insurance, [...]

Claims Processing App Fred Loya Insurance, a Texas-based auto insurance company, has used the SCI 360 Demand Review application to bring about a savings of $684,000 in lost adjustment expenses [...]

Self-Management App The insurance industry says it wants to empower people to proactively manage their insurance and risk--and one company says it's found a way to help households organize and [...]

The app from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners allows people to track their home inventory. Tom Davis is managing editor. He can be reached at tom.davis@ambest.com. Home Inventory App [...]

Orion180 has launched an app to give agents the freedom to quote, bind and manage a policy anytime or anywhere. Mobile App for Insurance Agents A new mobile app will [...]

Healthy Lifestyle App Many in the life insurance industry want to inspire and reward healthy lifestyles. As a result, Foresters Financial has announced the launch of Foresters Go, a wellness [...]

Water Damage App Water damage is the second most common type of non-weather loss experienced by homeowners, according to claims data from insurer QBE North America. To help people avoid [...]

THE PAINFUL LOSS OF A GOOD BIRD DOG LEADS TO HEALING, AND HAPPINESS, IN A VERY UNEXPECTED WAY. AN UPLAND LOVE STORY WAS A JOURNEYMAN, a blue-collar, lunch-bucket kind of [...]

Empathy now has an app available to New York Life Insurance Co. beneficiaries that is a tool that can help navigate probate, bank accounts and life insurance. Bereavement App Insurers [...]

I THINK OF THEM AS Macbeth's witches: a trio of ancient thorn apple trees in my yard. Not that thorns does justice to their bristling, hard spikes. If I'm not [...]

Want to chase grouse? You and your dog can flush three different kinds here? Check. Huns, too. Plus coveys of speedy qual and big ringneck roosters. All on tens of [...]

Safe2Work App Employers are looking for efficient ways to keep work environments safe from COVID-19. Optis, a division of the managed care provider Genex Services, has developed Safe2Work, an app-enabled, [...]

PeerWell App Insurers seek to improve patient outcomes when injured workers file compensation claims. CorVel Corp., a national provider of risk management solutions for payers and employers in the workers' [...]

Late summer is the best time to target trophy smallmouth bass with big bugs on the surface IT WAS A FAMILY vacation to the Wisconsin Northwoods, and while I hoped [...]

The camp stood in a clearing ringed by tall aspens, and I arrived amid a cascade of golden leaves. It was early afternoon, and a south breeze tossed the treetops [...]

THE TROUBLE WITH LIVING IN GREEN BAY IF YOU'RE A GROUSE AND WOODCOCK HUNTER is that within a few hours' drive there's enough good cover to keep you occupied forever. [...]

The ranch-style house commanded the highest point for miles around in the flatlands of southwestern Nebraska--a good sign that whoever lived there owned not only the brushy creekbottom we wanted [...]

LABRADOR RETRIEVER the utilitarian Labs will do it all and Jove you back too BY JOHN DEVNEY MY LONG-STANDING LOVE AFFAIR WITH Labrador retrievers is based on one simple dynamic: [...]

BY MIDMORNING, THE high plains of central Montana shimmered with heat. I had to wipe my forehead every few minutes to keep the sweat out of my eyes--and dreamed about [...]