The National Association of Mutual Insurers (NAMIC) held its 2023 Annual Convention on September 17-20 in National Harbor, Maryland. During the convention, AAIS sat down with Bala Kumar, Co-Founder and Vice President of Jarus Technologies, to discuss top issues insurance carriers are facing, how to address them, how Jarus Technologies is helping carriers and its upcoming initiatives.
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Jarus Technologies Vice President Analyzes Top Issues for Insurance Carriers and How They Are Addressing Market Challenges
Sep 29, 2023 / by AAIS posted in Personal Lines, Technology, Data/Tech, Underwriting, NAMIC, Insurance Market, Jarus Technologies
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
“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.”
Making Wildfire Mitigation Meaningful: AAIS Addresses California’s Mandatory Wildfire Mitigation Credits Regulation
Jun 14, 2023 / by AAIS posted in Personal Lines, AAIS Webinar Series, Regulation, wildfire, Actuarial, California
As part of the AAIS Webinar Series, AAIS hosted a virtual presentation on June 6, 2023, regarding California’s Mandatory Wildfire Mitigation Credits regulation. AAIS industry leaders, Robin Westcott, Vice President of Government Affairs, Legal & Compliance/General Counsel, Linda Jancik, Product Manager of Personal Lines, Mike Payne, Chief Pricing Actuary, and Matt Hinds-Aldrich, Senior Risk Strategy Lead, presented an overview of how the regulation was addressed across impacted programs from both a product and actuarial perspective. The panel also focused on the consumer notice requirement, highlighting how notice design can help motivate consumer action to complete wildfire mitigations on their properties. Panelists shared a notice template developed in response to this regulation that can easily be used and adapted in response to this regulation.
AAIS Webinar ft. OneShield Discusses Property Preparedness & Bracing for the Future of Commercial Insurance
May 11, 2023 / by AAIS posted in Personal Lines, P&C Insurers, Commercial Lines, AAIS Webinar Series, P&C, property & casualty
Inflation, fluctuations in building costs, and hardening reinsurance markets demand new approaches to portfolio management for commercial insurers. As part of our AAIS Webinar Series, AAIS hosted a virtual presentation on March 16, 2023, featuring AAIS Partner OneShield, the cloud-based, core systems platform providing business solutions for MGAs and P&C insurers. The session was hosted by Stephanie Vasey, Product Manager of Commercial Lines and Inland Marine at AAIS, and moderated by John Dunn, Vice President of OneShield. Their discussion explained how to reduce risk overall and addressed the inflationary economic conditions with a greater understanding of insuring commercial properties. Industry panelists Jeff Heine, Chief Revenue Officer of Betterview, and Skip Coan, Vice President of e2Value, Inc., showed attendees how aerial imagery, data analytics, and property estimation tools bring a new level of accuracy and transparency to the commercial property policy lifecycle.
Four Key Takeaways from Florida’s Legislative Property Insurance Overhaul
Mar 16, 2023 / by Davies posted in Personal Lines, Homeowners, Florida, Davies
There are new property insurance rules for Florida’s insurance carriers requiring elaborate document and process changes.
Florida…A Stormy Insurance Market in Transition
Mar 10, 2023 / by Linda Jancik posted in Personal Lines, Homeowners, Florida Insurance Market, Florida
Don’t let the beautiful Florida sunshine blind you to the storm brewing in the personal lines property market.
At the recent Florida Insurance Market Summit (FIMS), the legal and governmental consulting firm Colodny Fass presented some sobering statistics regarding the magnitude of the Florida homeowners insurance market “storm” in 2022:
Advisory Report: Merlinos & Associates Director Ryan Purdy Talks Florida Market & What to Expect in 2023
Feb 7, 2023 / by AAIS posted in Personal Lines, Insurance, Regulatory/Compliance, NAIC, Insurance Advisory, Florida Insurance Market, Regulatory Reporting, Statistical Reporting, Florida
For this Advisory Report, AAIS sat down with Ryan Purdy, Director at Merlinos & Associates - a Davies Company, to discuss key takeaways from the recent Florida Chamber of Commerce Insurance Summit. He also touched on key trends to look for moving into 2023 as well as updates specifically seen across the Florida insurance market.
Crypto, Solar, Tiny Homes Among Emerging Personal Lines Issues
Mar 7, 2022 / by Linda Jancik posted in Personal Lines, Community, Technology, Issues & Trends, Homeowners, New/Emerging Risks, P&C Insurers, AAIS News & Views, AAIS Insights, Insurance Line of Business, cryptocurrency, Airbnb, tiny homes, solar panels, bikes
Personal lines insurance is more diverse than ever before. During a recent Personal Lines Product Council, hosted by AAIS, Member carriers and other key stakeholders discussed several key issues affecting the market, from cryptocurrency and solar panels to container homes, “swimply”, and e-biker and scooters.
AAIS established Product Advisory Councils to bring Member carriers and other industry stakeholders together to identify the burgeoning issues concerning insurers and the broader insurance industry today. While not all issues raised can be solved through product or program developments, we believe discussing emerging issues as well as working together within the AAIS Community can spawn new ideas and usher resources to meet today’s challenges. A general overview of several emerging issues is discussed below.
AM Best Webinar: Closing the Flood Insurance Coverage Gap
Jul 29, 2021 / by AAIS posted in Personal Lines, Issues & Trends, Homeowners, Climate Change, P&C Insurers, Industry, Data, Insurance Line of Business, Flood Insurance, AM Best, munich re, flood, AAIS Views
Flood insurance has long been primarily administered by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which has 5.1 million policies in force. But the landscape for flood insurance – and who needs it – is changing. This was the topic of an AM Best webinar that included Linda Jancik, AAIS Personal Lines Product Manager, Serena Garrahan, Vice President, Inland Flood Product Manager at Munich Re US, and Rob Olson, Senior Research Analyst at International Risk Management Institute (IRMI).
Cyber Insurance: Where are we now?
May 21, 2021 / by AAIS posted in Personal Lines, Issues & Trends, Cyber, New/Emerging Risks, P&C Insurers, Berkley Re, AAIS Views, Cyber Crime
During the height of the COVID pandemic, Berkley Re Solutions’ Jeff Cron joined AAIS for a an AAIS Pulse session looking at ‘Cyber Crime: The Online Home Invasion.’ "We’re all online more, seeing content, and clicking links to different articles, videos, and other forms of media. While the actual risk hasn’t changed, volume has magnified, with more scams and more screen time.”