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Constructs in Industry Loss Cat Bonds

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Catastrophe bonds using industry-loss triggers have become increasingly popular among ILS investors and cedant sponsors. Industry loss catastrophe bonds pose less adverse selection risk from the point of view of...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

AI’s Impact on Property Insurance Coverage

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, such as computer systems for assistance in quickly answering complicated questions, researching a specific topic, or creating an...more

J.S. Held

Severe Convective Storms and Associated Insurance Weather Risks

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Severe convective storms (SCSs) occur during all seasons in the United States. According to Aon, severe convective storms have accounted for 70% of global insurance losses in recent years, and there continues to be a rise in...more

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Weather Hazards & Insurance Claims Considerations Across the US

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Introduction: Exploring Hazardous Weather Patterns Across the US - Every day, somewhere in the United States, some sort of hazardous weather is occurring. The vastness of the nation—from the Arctic Ocean coastline to the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Federal Insurance Office announces plans for “first of its kind” climate data call on homeowners’ insurance

On November 1, 2023 the Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) formally submitted a request to proceed with a climate-related financial risk data collection for homeowners’ multi-peril underwriting data...more

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UK’s FCA Weighs in on Insurers’ Use of Big Data

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On September 21, the United Kingdom's financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), released a "Feedback Statement" after completing a review of insurance industry responses to its November 2015 "Call for...more

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Insurance Risks of Bitcoin: Lloyd’s Take

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On June 12, global insurance giant Lloyd’s of London released a report titled Bitcoin: Risk Factors for Insurance. Lloyd’s knows a thing or two about risk—it has been underwriting for more than 300 years and has insured...more

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Post claims Underwriting– Can Insurers Increase the Self Insured Retention Based on a Claim?

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Insurers have generally two departments: underwriting and claims. Underwriters negotiate the terms of the offer of insurance and include, in their internal analysis, how much risk the insurer wants to accept and at what...more

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