Our Perspective
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Medicare Supplement - A Growing but Challenging Market [Infographic]
By Steve Woods and Mike Fullerton November 17, 2020 English
The number of Medicare beneficiaries continues to grow every year, and this growth creates an expanding Medicare Supplement opportunity. Medicare Supplement is now a $34 billion market, with new sales in 2019 reaching $4.8 billion. This growth along...
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Social Inflation - Measures of Wealth and Income Inequality Warrant Attention From Underwriters
By Christopher Mackeprang November 16, 2020 English
Our friends at Assured Research, LLC are known for their insightful “Assured Briefing” publication, which emphasizes data-driven analysis and actionability for insurers. We found the following article - that explores U.S. social inflation...
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Beyond 2020 - What Trends Will Shape U.S. P&C Insurance Over the Next 10 Years?
By Maria Slowinski November 11, 2020 English
Amid the COVID-19 chaos and challenges, insurers can easily lose sight of the other issues and developments more quietly affecting the insurance business. Perhaps that’s why a client asked us to look beyond 2020 to answer this question: What trends...
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Your Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Is Overdue - More Reasons for Buying EPLI
By Jill Tumney October 29, 2020 English
By December 31, 2020, all businesses with employees in Illinois must have conducted sexual harassment training for managers and employees. As yet, no extension or similar relief has been granted due to COVID-19 so the requirement remains in place. How...
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New Ways of Looking at Income Protection
By Carina Betz October 28, 2020 English Deutsch
How many times have you heard that insurers must innovate in order to remain relevant and thus maintain growth? It’s hard to argue with that but developing insurance solutions that are attractive to an evolving consumer base is a real challenge. We...
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ISO’s Cyber Incident Exclusion Endorsements - A Solution for the Silent Cyber in Commercial Property Forms?
By Christine Unger October 27, 2020 English
When the ISO Commercial Property and the ISO Businessowners forms were initially written, the authors did not contemplate the types of cyber risks that could affect Property coverages today. Commercial Property policies cover “direct physical...
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