Professor Bob Hartwig, clinical associate professor at University of South Carolina touched on the various issues affecting insurance carriers during the latest AAIS Pulse: Chicago presentation. During a time of immense political and economic change and challenges seen across the insurance market, he also touched on reasons to be optimistic for the future of our economy.

Professor Bob Hartwig, clinical associate professor at University of South Carolina, was interviewed for the latest AAIS Pulse: Chicago presentation. He examined current economic conditions and their impact on the insurance market as a whole, but also discussed how those conditions will impact the global and domestic reinsurance markets.

As a part of the AAIS Pulse: Chicago presentation, AAIS Product Manager of Auto Ash Naik  hosted Matt Kendzior from Ownli to explore options available to insurance carriers to roll-out UBI options with varying levels of sophistication. Starting with the assessment of current options, they looked at simplest to the most elaborate options at your disposal.

Professor Bob Hartwig, the director of the Risk and Uncertainty Management Center and clinical associate professor at University of South Carolina, joined the AAIS Pulse: Chicago presentation to provide a special Economic Report. He touched on the economy, inflation, government actions impacting the insurance industry, and identified top trends affecting U.S. insurance carriers and what insurers should look out for.

As a part of the AAIS Pulse: Chicago presentation, AAIS Senior Risk Lead Strategist Dr. Matt Hinds-Aldrich hosted Raymond O'Brocki with American Wood Council and Gerald Potempa with AXA XL to discuss the fire protection and insurance industries and how they can address persistent challenges in the builder's risk and inland marine domain - fires in buildings under construction.

As a part of the AAIS Pulse: Chicago presentation, AAIS Product Manager of Commercial Lines Joe Jonas hosted Rich Golz from Symphony Risk Solutions to explore the cannabis marketplace and what to expect from this spacing moving forward.

As a part of the AAIS Pulse: Chicago presentation, Dr. Bob Hartwig, the director of the Risk and Uncertainty Management Center and clinical associate professor at University of South Carolina, sat down to shed light on the economy, inflation and government actions impacting the insurance industry at a time when losses from natural catastrophes are hurting underwriting results and the availability of reinsurance.

As a part of the AAIS Pulse: Chicago presentation, AAIS Senior VP of Operations Joan Zerkovich hosted Tram Vo, Founder & CEO of Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI), to discuss blockchain technologies and how they are bringing together data from varying sources in ways that support insurance operations and decision-making.

As a part of the AAIS Pulse: Chicago presentation, Dr. Bob Hartwig discussed the current economy, inflation, Hurricane Ian and much more. In particular, he touched on this year's mid-term elections and what he anticipates for insurance carriers.

As a part of the AAIS Pulse: Chicago presentation, Stefan Holzberger, Chief Rating Officer & Senior Managing Director with AM Best, sat down with AAIS's VP of Products, John Kadous, to discuss issues that are currently putting pressure on property casualty insurers and their bottom lines. Those issues included COVID-19, the economy, inflation, interest rates, global warming and natural catastrophe losses, international geopolitics, and more. 

The conversation looked closer at insurers' financial health, potential ratings actions, as well as what AM Best is looking for from insurance executives facing stiff headwinds in the market.