Our Perspective
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When Workers’ Compensation & Auto Liability Collide - 5 Things Every Insurer Needs to Know [Presentation]
By Diane Brown
September 07, 2017 EnglishAuto trends often collide with Workers’ Comp results. Auto writers use many tools to help underwrite their risks and contain losses - such as industry historical data, telematics, MVRs, black boxes and smartphone photos and videos. Workers’...
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Revision of the Road Traffic Act (Almost) Paves the Way for Automated Driving in Germany
By Mathias SchubertDeutsch
June 13, 2017 EnglishOn May 12 the Upper House of the German Federal Parliament (Bundesrat) approved amendments to the Road Traffic Act (RTA) setting legal requirements for automated driving beyond “partial automation” in Germany. The revised legislation came...
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Do Advances in Prosthetic Technology Prompt a Different Claims Approach?
By Anna Dalton January 04, 2017 English
One of the benefits of being a global excess of loss reinsurer is the opportunity to spot trends and share insights with our clients. One notable change we are seeing is the rise in the value of amputation claims. This can be attributed to the increased...
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Making Sense of Commercial Auto Insurance Experience
By Diane Brown
December 07, 2016 EnglishFor several years, Commercial Auto (CA) insurers have observed worsening loss ratios and searched for the root causes. Why are loss ratios up 5 points, and in some cases as much as 30 points, for so many carriers in this space? We examined the combined...
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Workers’ Compensation and Auto Liability Collide
By Diane Brown
September 26, 2016 EnglishMotor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of worker death and have historically been the number one contributor to workplace catastrophic injuries. Now Workers’ Comp writers need to sit up and take notice because of a new trend: the rising frequency...
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The Drive Towards Fully Automated Vehicles Continues
By Charlie Kingdollar
September 20, 2016 EnglishWhen a Tesla vehicle with its Autopilot system engaged was involved in a fatal accident in Florida on May 7, it was the first one involving a partially automated Level 2 driving system. Since then, this accident has been the subject of scores of articles,...
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