A.m. Best Radio Podcast

Industry experts discuss insurance marketers’ use of artificial intelligence in their jobs and organizations, where AI fits into marketing workflows and how the various platforms meet insurance marketers’ needs.

Marcia Blanco, head of financial lines, Munich Re Specialty North America, explains how after years of working from home due to a pandemic, employers are mandating that employees return to the office, leading to a host of workplace risks.

AM Best Associate Director Jason Hopper outlines a new Best's Special Report that finds holdings of private structured securities (non-MBS) have nearly quadrupled since 2013.

Discussing the recent Crowdstrike cyber incident, David Derigiotis, president of brokerage and head of insurance at Flow Specialty, said “carriers are willing to stomach a true system failure and not an actual malicious attack … intended to cause harm.”

Jeff Dellinger, the author of The Handbook of Variable Income Annuities, and Bruno Caron, a financial and actuarial professional, discuss the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit and other life insurance options with a financially successful retirement in mind.

Bryan Davis, president, VIU by HUB, discusses how embedded insurance opens up new distribution channels and broadens market reach, tapping into customer bases that might not actively seek out insurance.

Subodh Archaya senior scientist at Extreme Event Solutions for Verisk says growing conditions have been favorable for US farmers thus far in 2024 spelling good news for consumers as well as crop insurers and reinsurers.

AM Best Associate Director Connor Brach outlines a new Best's Market Segment Report that finds consolidation continues as companies seek to improve underwriting results through scale and geographic diversification.

Tim Fleming, CEO of The Mutual Group, discusses issues facing mutual insurers and how technology platforms are helping to level the playing field for smaller companies to become more competitive.  

Boxx Insurance USA President Hilario Itriago discusses the need for robust cybersecurity measures and cyber insurance to protect small and midsize businesses from financial and reputational damage.

Elizabeth Victor, senior natural catastrophe specialist for Swiss Re discusses the increase in convective storms and so called nonpeak perils and the impact it’s having on the insurance industry.

Please join senior AM Best research staff and industry experts as they delve into the current state of the cyber insurance industry.

Kellie Benson-Bray, member relations director of workplace benefits, LIMRA, discussed how U.S. workplace benefits sales results were mixed in 2024’s first quarter, and how demand for broader benefits packages are expected to grow in the next several years.

Behind the headlines, a podcast hosted by Insurance Insider senior reporter Sam Casey, covers events shaping the London insurance and reinsurance markets, from cat events to disasters such as the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse and the lingering impacts of a pandemic.

In his book, The Cyber Insurance Imperative, David Finz, first vicepresident, Alliant Insurance Services, discusses the evolving cyber-threat environment and the need for risk transfer solutions to manage organizations’ financial and reputational impact of those incidents.

Darcie Truttmann, Senior Consulting Actuary for Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, said that new guidance from the American Property Casualty Insurance Association could impact the working relationship between actuaries and auditors.

Kristina Talkowski, Nationwide’s leader of middle market commercial lines, discusses a new study that shows company drivers are facing increased distractions and safety risks on the road.

Please join senior AM Best research staff and industry experts as they delve into the current state of the cyber insurance industry.

Stothard Deal, vice president, strategic planning, TransUnion insurance business, discusses a recent report that shows U.S. consumers who shopped for auto insurance increased by 6% in the first quarter, year-to-year.

Mark Moitoso, executive vice president, risk practices leader, Lockton Cos., discusses how increased competition and the current economic and geopolitical climate are impacting the U.S. commercial insurance market.