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Redefining Mobility & Risks of Battery Fires: Findings from an FDNY Symposium

Nov 2, 2023 / by Matt Hinds-Aldrich posted in Technology, Issues & Trends, New/Emerging Risks, Fire, AAIS Insights, Risk, FLAMES, Battery Fires

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We recently discussed the rapid proliferation of batteries in modern homes and businesses and the more worrying proliferation of fires associated with those batteries on AAIS Views. On October 12, 2023, the Fire Department for the City of New York (FDNY) hosted a one-day symposium titled, “A Conversation with the Insurance Industry About Lithium-Ion Batteries.” The intent of the symposium was to share the scope of the problem, the current state-of-the-art in mitigating these types of incidents, and a clarion call for insurers to join the fight in addressing this scourge.

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Home Is Where the Battery Is

Jul 17, 2023 / by Matt Hinds-Aldrich posted in Personal Lines, Technology, Issues & Trends, Insurance News/Current Events, Homeowners, New/Emerging Risks, Fire, AAIS Insights, Risk, AAIS FLAMES

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“Check out my new drone. The camera and range are exceptional!”

“I’ve been getting out of the house more than ever with this new e-bike, have you considered getting one?”  

“Now that my solar array is complete, and I’ve connected the new 3000-watt home battery backup, I’m ready to go off-grid.”

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Breaking Down Barriers Between the Fire Protection and Insurance Industries

Oct 20, 2022 / by Matt Hinds-Aldrich posted in Insights, Issues & Trends, Fire, AAIS News & Views, AAIS Insights, wildfire

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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

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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.

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Why Reporting Fire Data is Still Important

Feb 2, 2022 / by Matt Hinds-Aldrich posted in Community, Issues & Trends, Data & Technology, Tech News, Homeowners, Data, Fire, AAIS News & Views, AAIS Insights, Data/Tech, Insurance Line of Business

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Dr. Matt Hinds-Aldrich, Senior Risk Strategy Lead at AAIS and fire peril subject matter expert, recently joined Tom Louis from First Due to discuss why the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) still matters and why it needs to improve to meets the needs of the 21st century fire service. Watch the entire discussion here:

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'Tis the Season for Community Involvement—and Advisory Councils

Dec 20, 2021 / by Matt Hinds-Aldrich posted in Insights, Issues & Trends, Data & Technology, Homeowners, New/Emerging Risks, Modeling/Predictive Analytics, Fire, AAIS News & Views, AAIS Insights, Modeling/Actuarial, Insurance Line of Business, NatCats, Fire Advisory Council, AAIS FLAMES, AAIS Wildfire Resource Center

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With the holidays and the end of the year upon us, it is the time to reflect upon the past year. And it is the time of year we tend to think about coming together, as a community, to share our experiences. In our case, I’m referring to AAIS’s product-focused advisory councils.

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Cyber, Fire, Flood…The Triple Threat Facing Homeowners

Nov 23, 2021 / by Linda Jancik posted in Community, Issues & Trends, Insurance News/Current Events, Homeowners, Cyber, New/Emerging Risks, P&C Insurers, Fire, AAIS News & Views, AAIS Insights, Insurance Line of Business, flood

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Severe weather, especially wildfire and flood, is increasing across the United States. This is exacerbated by climate change with no reduction in sight. At the same time, cyber criminals, not limited by geography, can invade our homes and businesses from anywhere in the world. Insurers facing this triple threat to homeowners are keenly aware of the trends:

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AAIS, Berkley Re & Munich Re Experts Talk Cyber, Fire & Flood Risk

Oct 20, 2021 / by AAIS posted in Machine Learning/AI, Issues & Trends, Data & Technology, AAIS Events, Events, Tech News, Homeowners, New/Emerging Risks, Climate Change, P&C Insurers, Fire, AAIS Insights, AAIS Pulse, AAIS Event Archives, Data/Tech, Berkley Re, Insurance Line of Business, munich re, flood

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The AAIS Pulse newsmagazine recently featured a discussion with experts from Munich Re, Berkley Re Solutions, and AAIS hosted by AAIS Vice President of Products John Kadous on the emerging risks affecting policyholders in the homeowners market. The focus was on the evolving threats around cyber, fire and flood and how they’re being impacted by climate change, technology and more.

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Webinar Spotlights New Approach to Non-Cat Fire Modeling

Feb 23, 2021 / by AAIS posted in Technology, Data & Technology, Insurance News/Current Events, IoT, New/Emerging Risks, Industry, Data, Fire, Innovation, AAIS News & Views, Data/Tech, Risk, AAIS Views, risk mitigation, AAIS FLAMES

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In an AAIS Webinar, FLAMES: The Modern Fire Protection Evaluation Model, AAIS Vice President Phil LeGrone, and AAIS Senior Risk Strategy Lead Matt Hinds-Aldrich, PhD, outlined the new fire model, FLAMES, and the advantages it offers over traditional models for underwriters assessing and managing non-cat fire risk.

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Fighting Fire with Data: How Public Fire Protection Can Save Lives

Jun 13, 2020 / by Phil LeGrone posted in Community, Technology, Issues & Trends, Data & Technology, Homeowners, Modeling/Predictive Analytics, Fire, Data/Tech, Underwriting, Modeling/Actuarial, National Science Foundation, Homeowner By-Peril, NFIRS, AAIS Views

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With more than $22 billion in losses recorded annually, fire insurance is burning a hole in the insurance industry’s proverbial pocket. Having used the same approach to assessing public fire protection (PFP) risk for the past 30 years, insurers have failed to evaluate the impact it has on overall loss cost.

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