On a recent edition of AAIS Pulse, NAIC CEO Mike Consedine sat down with AAIS President and CEO Ed Kelly to share his insights on major regulatory issues facing the insurance industry and the NAIC.
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NAIC CEO Shares Insights on Insurance Regulation
Apr 28, 2022 / by AAIS posted in openIDL, Insights, Issues & Trends, Data & Technology, COVID-19, Homeowners, Climate Change, Cannabis, Auto, AAIS News & Views, AAIS Pulse, Data/Tech, NAIC, Regulation, pandemic, Regulators, Business Interruption, Economy, Cannabis Insurance, cyber insurnace
A Conversation with Bob Guevara, AAIS VP, Inland Marine
Apr 26, 2022 / by AAIS posted in openIDL, Insurance, Data & Technology, Inland Marine, Tech News, Commercial Lines, Data, Data/Tech, IMUA, AAIS Views
There is no understating Bob Guevara’s contributions to AAIS and the Inland Marine insurance community: He transformed thinking about inland marine risks, raising awareness with regulators and creating new rating paradigms and valuable tools and resources for AAIS Member insurers. As he looks forward to retiring after 29 years, and transitions to a consulting role, continuing to support AAIS, Bob spoke with AAIS Views.
Let’s start at the beginning. What first drew you to the insurance industry?
Bob Guevara: When I graduated from college in the 1970s the country was coming out of a recession. There was a lot of instability out there. I wanted to join an industry that would be very stable for the long haul, which led me to insurance. I’ve been in the business ever since – 15 years of inland marine underwriting and 29 at AAIS.
IMUA Chair & CEO Discuss Changes in the Inland Marine Market
Apr 19, 2022 / by AAIS posted in Insights, Issues & Trends, Data & Technology, Inland Marine, Insurance News/Current Events, COVID-19, AAIS News & Views, AAIS Insights, IMUA
In this edition of CEO Angles, the topic turns to the tremendous changes affecting the Inland Marine insurance market. From supply chain issues and driver shortages to government infrastructure spending, automation, even cryptocurrency, all are putting pressure on inland marine underwriters to respond.
Using Data to Build Better Fire Protection
Apr 18, 2022 / by AAIS posted in Insights, Technology, Issues & Trends, Data & Technology, Insurance News/Current Events, Fire, AAIS News & Views, AAIS Insights, wildfire, Florida Insurance Market, NatCats
Dr. Matt Hinds-Aldrich, Senior Risk Strategy Lead, was a recent guest on the FNO: InsureTech podcast, joining hosts Rob Beller and Lee Boyd to talk about how new thinking around data can enhance insurers’ ability to measure, rate, and mitigate fire risk and the challenges associated with insuring the peril, particularly in wildfire-prone areas such as California.
Colorado State University's Phil Klotzbach Offers Early Clues on Florida Hurricane Season
Apr 6, 2022 / by AAIS posted in Insights, Issues & Trends, Climate Change, P&C Insurers, AAIS News & Views, AAIS Insights, hurricanes, Florida Insurance Market, NatCats
Phil Klotzbach, Research Scientist at the Colorado State University, stopped by The AAIS Executive Roundtable with a preview of the upcoming hurricane season in The Florida Report.
Florida Insurance Market: Survey Reveals Most Pressing Industry Issues
Mar 24, 2022 / by AAIS posted in Community, Insights, Issues & Trends, Data & Technology, P&C Insurers, Legislation & Regulation, AAIS News & Views, AAIS Insights, Insurance Line of Business, Florida Insurance Market
Litigation Tops Capital and Nat CAT Concerns
AAIS, a sponsor of the 2022 Florida Insurance Market Summit held March 21st to 23rd, polled attendees pre-event to understand what they perceive as the most pressing issues affecting the Florida market and the overall insurance industry.
Different Ways Insurers Can Deal With Climate Change
Feb 24, 2022 / by AAIS posted in Community, Technology, Issues & Trends, Homeowners, Climate Change, P&C Insurers, AAIS News & Views, AAIS Insights, Modeling/Actuarial, Insurance Line of Business, Conning, NatCats, Colorado State University
Dr. Phil Klotzbach, Ph. D., from the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, says climate change is real. In a recent interview he explained that “if you go back to the late 1800s, parts-per-million of carbon dioxide was about 280; now we're sitting at about 420. We've gone up by about 50 percent of what we were about 140 years ago. With that, we've seen a global temperature rise of about eight- or nine-tenths of a degree Celsius … about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit.”
Climate Expert Talks Global Warming, Risk Models, ‘22 Hurricane Season
Feb 9, 2022 / by AAIS posted in Issues & Trends, Events, AAIS Event Archive, Climate Change, Modeling/Predictive Analytics, AAIS Pulse, Data/Tech, Modeling/Actuarial, global warming, Colorado State University
The AAIS Pulse newsmagazine recently featured a discussion with renowned Research Scientist and hurricane expert Phil Klotzbach, Ph. D., from the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. He joined AAIS Chief Pricing Actuary Michael Payne to cover a wide array of topics including global warming fact and fiction, changes in severe weather patterns, risk model accuracy, 2022's climate outlook, and much more.
Leading State Regulators Talk Blockchain, AI, and Modernizing Regulatory Reporting
Feb 7, 2022 / by AAIS posted in openIDL, Technology, Machine Learning/AI, Issues & Trends, Events, Regulatory/Compliance, Blockchain, Legislation & Regulation, AAIS Pulse, AAIS Event Archives, Data/Tech, GLC, Machine Learning
The AAIS Pulse newsmagazine recently featured discussions with Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney and Connecticut Insurance Department Asst. Deputy Commissioner, Property & Casualty Division, George Bradner. They sat down with AAIS VP of Government Affairs, Legal, and Compliance, Robin Westcott, to cover a wide array of topics including data collection, data management, openIDL and its benefits, machine learning, and much more.
Conning CEO Woody Bradford on Inflation, Crypto, ESG and More
Feb 3, 2022 / by AAIS posted in Issues & Trends, AAIS Events, Events, Insurance News/Current Events, Insurance Operations, Climate Change, Working in Insurance, P&C Insurers, AAIS News & Views, AAIS Insights, AAIS Pulse, AAIS Event Archives, Economy, talent, ESG, cryptocurrency, governance, environmental, Conning, Inflation
The AAIS Pulse newsmagazine recently featured an in-depth discussion with Woody Bradford, CEO and Chair of Conning, one of the leading global investment management firms serving the insurance industry. He chatted with AAIS CEO Ed Kelly on the investment environment for insurance companies, inflation, cryptocurrency, investment strategies, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), and much more.