A.m. Best Radio Podcast

Bryan Falchuk, host of The Future of Insurance podcast, offers his views on industry opportunities, sharing his experiences, insights and a series of case studies from his book of the same name.

Marc Rothchild, head of claims for Xceedance, and Peter Flynn, head of personal lines, Americas at Xceedance, discuss how emerging technologies, including AI, can expedite claims resolution enabling insurance companies to resolve more claims faster and better serve their customers.

AM Best Associate Director Jason Hopper highlights a new Best's Special Report on annuities that finds strong premium inflows invested at higher rates drive up asset yields.

Nirmal Ranganathan, vice president engineering AI architect at Rackspace Technology, says insurers could gain satisfaction from cutting costs and increasing some sales through IT, but many don’t realize they could benefit significantly from integrating AI throughout the business.

In his book, Agent to Agent: Revealing the Story and Strategy for Insurance People, BI&I Group Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Leo Bados Jr. shares tips for building an insurance business and leading a team with confidence.  

Tanner Sheehan, vice president and general manager at US Claim Solutions, Lexus Nexus Risk Solutions, said according to their survey data, 57% of automobile insurance claimants were more likely to hire an attorney before ever even having a conversation with their insurer

Troy Tepe, vice president of safety at Charles Taylor, says with workers’ compensation premiums on the rise, a safety-first culture is critically important in the workplace

Tim Senechalle, Chief Investment Officer for AAM, said the P/C industry has a healthy balance of equity exposure.

Mark Berven, President and Chief Operating Officer of Nationwide Property & Casualty, said that as severe weather increases, we must shift to a “predict and prevent” mindset to protect customers. 

Dadong Yan, Head of Barings Portfolio Finance, said portfolio finance is the next extension in the evolution of private investment grade assets. 

Lisa Rowland, assistant vice president of marketing and distribution at Berkley Select, discusses Rebranding strategies, Innovation in marketing, Creating strategic marketing campaigns, and attracting the next generation of marketing talent.

Dan Ward, atmospheric scientist and director of model development, Karen Clark and Co., discusses the outlook for the 2024 hurricane season. Ward expects a very active season this year, especially in places such as Florida and Louisiana, as well as wildfire as a secondary peril.

AM Best Associate Director David Blades and Associate Analyst Justin Aimone discuss a new Best's Special Report that finds the impact of social inflation on insurance claims costs is unpredictable and excessive.

Mark Bove, meteorologist & SVP of natural catastrophe solutions, Munich Re America, discusses the findings of a new hurricane outlook report that indicate an active season could be on tap for Atlantic hurricanes.

Nichole Semprit, senior program specialist, The Actuarial Foundation, and Moriah Sanya, STEM programs coordinator, Institute of Competition Sciences, discuss the Modeling the Future Challenge, a competition for high school students who look to solve real world problems using their math skills.

High school students Timothy Chen and Aryan Mukherjee, who took part in the Modeling the Future Challenge, a competition that uses math to address real world problems, discussed their project that also used AM Best data to examine how legalized recreational marijuana could impact private passenger auto insurance rates.

John Weber sits down with Jennifer Quisenberry from New England Asset Management to revisit past conversations from the series and gain fresh insights into the investment landscape. Watch and listen as they examine the current investment outlook and review the key factors shaping today’s insurance investment environment.

Real estate, hedge funds, private equity, stocks and credit instruments create many opportunities for investment managers. A panel of leaders and experts spoke about the trade-offs of these asset classes.

It’s crucial for the industry to adapt to shifting market dynamics, regulatory changes and emerging technologies in order to effectively manage assets, a panel of industry leaders told AM Best TV.

AM Best TV hosted a panel of insurance leaders who said they believe the current economy and interest rate environment will continue to linger as the industry keeps its eye on how the Federal Reserve will respond to inflation data.