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The Cyber Insurance Conundrum

Cheaper cyber insurance is flooding the market, but escalating risks are quietly testing its limit.

Risk Insider

AI Isn’t the Strategy. Outcomes Are.

AI in claims is no longer about insight alone — it’s about embedding intelligence into everyday workflows to drive faster decisions, stronger outcomes, and more human-centered care.

Risk Insider

Nipped in the Bud

In this fictive scenario, a thriving boutique owner’s dream goes up in flames when a hidden electrical hazard and an overlooked insurance gap combine to deliver a devastating financial loss.

Risk Scenarios

Introducing the 2026 Power Brokers

Poverty produces its own cruel chaos. Consider the work done by these 2026 Power Brokers in the realm of affordable housing.

2026 Power Broker

How Energy Sector Volatility Is Reshaping D&O Risk

Geopolitical shocks, federal policy whiplash and surging demand from data centers are accelerating exposures for directors and officers in the energy sector. Choosing the right risk transfer partner should be top of mind for many.

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance

The Heat is On: Keeping Workers Safe in a Changing Environment

Risk Insider

From Brooklyn Bookshelves to Building Resilience: Lesli Rice on Mentorship, Market Shifts and Modern Risk

The Profession

Travelers' Jennifer Ampulski on Life Sciences Risk Trends

Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

When Cyber Risk Becomes a Critical Risk in Health Care

Health Care

News For Jul. 9th

People on the Move

Editors' Picks

RISKWORLD 2026: Chatting with Lucy Pilko, CEO Americas, AXA XL

Rethinking Risk: Why Self-Insured Retentions Are Gaining Ground for Complex Liability Risks

Payroll May Overstate Expected Losses for High-Wage Workers, NCCI Research Finds

RISKWORLD 2026: Surety Insights with Nationwide's Tony Albanese

How Small Business Insurance is Evolving: Balancing Speed, Data, and Underwriting Discipline

5 Questions for MSIG USA's Ron Morrison

RISKWORLD 2026: FM Intellium Vice President Chris Dempsey

How the Insurance Industry is Navigating the Complex Debate Over Fairness in Pricing

The Cyber Insurance Conundrum

AI Isn’t the Strategy. Outcomes Are.

Nipped in the Bud

Introducing the 2026 Power Brokers

How Energy Sector Volatility Is Reshaping D&O Risk

The Heat is On: Keeping Workers Safe in a Changing Environment

From Brooklyn Bookshelves to Building Resilience: Lesli Rice on Mentorship, Market Shifts and Modern Risk

Travelers' Jennifer Ampulski on Life Sciences Risk Trends

When Cyber Risk Becomes a Critical Risk in Health Care

News For Jul. 9th

1. Payroll May Overstate Expected Losses for High-Wage Workers, NCCI Research Finds

2. Social Media Addiction Lawsuits Raise New Insurance Coverage Challenges

3. Predict & Prevent® Podcast Episode 29: Hidden Connections That Can Turn Risk Into Catastrophe

4. Reinsurance Buyers Gain Pricing Power as Global Capital Hits Record $790 Billion

5. Wearable Tech and AI Motion Tools Cut MSD Risk at Major Manufacturers, NSC Program Finds

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People on the Move

Arrowhead Programs Promotes Mark Kaufman to Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary

Venbrook Group Appoints Kenneth Ward Chief Financial Officer

Marsh Names Tracie Thompson Global Head of Portfolio Solutions, Marsh Risk

Cover Whale Insurance Solutions Names Roman Atkielski Executive Vice President of Breakwater Markets Unit

SiriusPoint Appoints Ella Stevenson Crisis Solutions Underwriter in London Market Specialty Division

Marsh Appoints Teresa Palandra Canada CEO, Adding to Her Mercer Canada Presidency

Editors' Picks

AI Risk Is Here — and Insurers Are Learning to Write the Rules

Liability Insurers Face Unexpected Reserve Headwinds in Recent Years

Building the Next Generation of Insurance Experts: How the PRC Designation Is Bridging the Industry’s Talent Gap

The New Frontier of Injury Claim Management

Workers' Comp Forum

WC Benchmarking Study – Turning Priorities into Performance

Payroll May Overstate Expected Losses for High-Wage Workers, NCCI Research Finds

Wearable Tech and AI Motion Tools Cut MSD Risk at Major Manufacturers, NSC Program Finds

The Return-to-Work Gap No One Plans For

AI Adoption Shows Early Negative Correlation With Job Growth, Raising Workers' Comp Questions

Workers' Comp MSA Costs Run 23% Below National Average Where Clinical Intervention Is Applied

Risk Insiders

The Return-to-Work Gap No One Plans For

Beyond the Layoff: Managing Organizational Risk Through Change

3 Things Risk Professionals Are Getting Wrong About D&O Reputation Risk

Govern Before You Scale: The AI Risks Hiding Behind Correct Answers

Three Developments that Could Reshape the Workers' Compensation Market

The Hidden Risk of Underreporting — Part 2: When Heat Overexposure Goes Unrecognized

Critical Risks

A Look at How Real Estate Insurers Are Responding to Climate Change

Business Leaders Recast Insurance as Strategic Resilience Tool, Not Just a Cost

Four Converging Threats Are Making Critical Infrastructure Increasingly Fragile

AI Tops Insurance Executive Priorities as Regulatory Concerns and Market Volatility Reshape the Risk Landscape

3 Business-Ending Risks U.S. Executives Aren't Prioritizing Enough in 2026

Supply Chain Paralysis and Internet Outages Emerge as Top Business Black Swans

The Insurance Industry

How the Essential Role of Risk Management Partnership Helped Launch Meharry's African American DNA Study

Perspective | Move Over, Uncle Sam. The World’s Oldest Insurer Turned 350 This Year

Understanding the Surplus Lines Market: Why It Matters for Policymakers

Opinion | E-bikes? Yikes!

AI Risk Is Here — and Insurers Are Learning to Write the Rules

Perspective | The Strange Thrill of Collecting What Doesn’t Matter

Claims & The Law

Payroll May Overstate Expected Losses for High-Wage Workers, NCCI Research Finds

U.S. Property Claim Volume Falls as Severity Poised to Climb, Verisk Q1 2026 Report Shows

Strategic Cargo Theft Now Accounts for Nearly a Third of All US Incidents, Report Finds

Cancer, Preterm Births, and Specialty Drugs Drive Record Severity in Self-Funded Health Plans

AI, Geopolitical Tensions, and Human Error Are Reshaping the Cyber Risk Landscape

Shipping Incidents Drop but Structural Risks Intensify as Geopolitical Shocks Reshape Global Trade

The Risk Profession

John Kline Talks of the Evolution of Risk: From Transactional Insurance to Corporate Strategy

Risk Manager Sean Catanese Shares His Journey from Landscaping to Leadership

Jeff Green Discusses Innovation, Challenges and Leading the Charge in Public Risk Management

From Brooklyn Bookshelves to Building Resilience: Lesli Rice on Mentorship, Market Shifts and Modern Risk

From Nurse to Risk Leader, Nicole Patterson Champions People First in Risk Management

From Tree-Cutting to Corporate Risk: Hunter Falk on Evolving Roles, Emerging Risks and Everyday Heroism in Risk Management

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