Contributors

Marc Dahling
P/C Treaty Property Line of Business Underwriter, Stamford
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- mdahling@genre.com
Marc Dahling is the Treaty Property Line of Business Underwriter and Senior Vice President in The Mutual Practice. He is based in Gen Re's Stamford headquarters.
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Wildfire Season Is Here - Underwriting Factors and Tools for the Wildfire Peril [Part 1 of series]
By Marc Dahling Aug 10, 2020 English
Wildfire in the U.S. has recently evolved from a secondary afterthought to more of a primary peril. We have seen the insurance industry scrambling to find information, resources and tools to help deal with this highly destructive peril that is more prevalent...
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Mapping an Insurer’s Wildfire Exposure
By Marc Dahling Oct 03, 2019 English
How big is your exposure to wildfire?...Many insurers are working hard to answer this question. Wildfire activity has expanded, in size, location and dollar losses, and reached record levels in 2017 and 2018. Given California Department of Insurance reports...
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Underwriting Wildfire – Creating Your Hazard Map
Issue: Sep 09, 2019
EnglishThe wildfire peril presents challenges to the insurance industry for individual risk analysis and portfolio management. We’ve worked with clients using spatial mapping and other tools to help analyze portfolios and to identify areas of peak exposure.
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What’s Really Happening With Hail Claims?
By Marc Dahling Jun 25, 2015 English
There’s a sense among insurers that hail storms have become more frequent and increasingly severe in the U.S., driving up property claims. But is that really true? And if it isn’t, where has that perception come from? We decided it would be worth digging...
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