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Tim Fletcher
P/C Senior Emerging Issues Specialist, Atlanta
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Tim Fletcher, J.D., CPCU, is Gen Re’s Senior Emerging Issues Specialist and a Vice President. He heads the company’s Emerging Issues unit, drawing from years of experience and a wide range of responsibilities to identify emerging risks and exposures to Gen Re clients and internal colleagues. Tim is a past President of the Atlanta CPCU Chapter and currently serves on CPCU’s RE&S (Reinsurance, Excess & Surplus) Interest Group. He is also a guest lecturer on Risk Management and Insurance at Georgia State University, and he’s based in Gen Re’s Atlanta office.
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Political and Societal Unrest – What Are the Implications for Insurers?
By Tim Fletcher May 18, 2022 English
A change in seasons again brings hopeful signs that much of pre-pandemic life is returning. Current COVID‑19 variants, while more contagious, are less virulent than earlier variants. U.S. workers in many sectors are returning to offices under a new hybrid...
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The Rise of Social Inflation and 4 Steps Insurers Can Take to Combat It
By Tim Fletcher Mar 30, 2022 English
Originally published in the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC)’s IN Magazine, Winter 2021. Reprinted with permission. Insurance executives in 2016 were rightly concerned about the rise in verdicts of unprecedented magnitude and...
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PFAS – A Challenging and Uncharted Course Ahead
By Tim Fletcher Dec 15, 2021 English
Ubiquitous in their presence and disturbing because of their potential harmful effects, Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) loom ominously over society. Recent U.S. regulatory activity and lawsuit outcomes concerning these chemicals portend a decades-long...
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Peering Into the Crystal Ball – What Will Social Inflation Hold for the Future? [Part 5 of 5-Part Series]
By Tim Fletcher Sep 08, 2021 English
This is part five of our five-part series – in partnership with NAMIC – examining social inflation and its impact on insurers. As society continues its halting emergence from the COVID‑19 pandemic, court activity has resumed. With that activity has come...
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