Articles from Best's Review (October 1, 2024)

Title	Author	Type	Words
'Hard Market' Isn't Ending, Partly Because There Never Really Was One: Rates have been a function of ongoing inflationary trends and rising loss costs. There has been no single event to blame.	Wells, Alex		635
AIG Names Global Treasurer, Hires EVP-Chief Administrative Officer.			243
AM Best To Host Insurance Market Briefings in Canada, England.			345
AM Best: Highly Innovative Personal Auto Carriers Have a Significant Competitive Edge: Personal auto carriers have the highest average innovation scores among the property/casualty lines of the insurance industry, according to a recent AM Best Special Report.			752
Artificial Intelligence's Imperfections Become Clearer: Efficiency and accuracy can emerge in an insurance sector powered by AI. What can happen when it's less than perfect?	Ewing, Lance		595
Axa XL Names Americas Chief Operating Officer, North America CUO as Global CUO-Cyber Departs.			402
Best's Credit Rating Actions.			5944
Communication, Understanding Are Key for Youths and Adults Joining Sports Leagues, Legal Expert Says: The legal landscape governing sports participation--even surrounding uniform compliance--is complex, according to attorney and veteran sports official Alan Goldberger.	Czuba, John		592
Distracted Driving on the Rise in Commercial Vehicles, Propelling Claims Frequency and Severity: Kristina Talkowski, Nationwide's senior vice president, middle market commercial, spoke with AM Best Audio about the company's 2024 driving behaviors study, which shows the damaging effects of distracted driving.	Weber, John		894
Executive Panelists Examine the State of the US Surplus Lines Sector, New Report Details: Professionals also discuss the importance of stress testing for (re)insurers and explore litigation in the energy production industry.		Discussion	499
Executives Join MetLife's Global Tech and Operations Organization.			206
Finding the Fast Lane: Pricing Helps Auto Insurers Navigate Roadblocks to Profitability in Difficult Market: Some private passenger auto insurers have found ways to post an underwriting profit amid high inflation and other macroeconomic issues.	Bellano, Anthony		1944
For Property Managers, Insurance Can Help in Extinguishing Risk: Best's Underwriting Reports and Best's Loss Control Reports provide insights into the risks and lines of coverage for property management firms.	Bellano, Anthony		1063
HDI Executives: Insurers May Find Rough Road Ahead With ArtificiaI Intelligence, Electric Vehicles: Also, professionals examine different generations' retirement planning strategies and discuss cybercrime protection for small and midsize businesses.			188
Largest Caribbean Insurers--2024 Edition.			377
Largest Published, Rated Single-Parent Captive Insurers--2024 Edition.			468
Leading AI Platforms Focus on Auto Insurers, Customer Satisfaction: Best's Review asked leading artificial intelligence models how auto insurers can improve customer satisfaction.	Czuba, John		410
Life Insurance Death Benefits Paid to Beneficiaries Stabilized in 2023: The industry, however, says the number of benefits is still much higher than a decade ago, citing diet, lack of exercise or even long COVID as possible reasons.	Dopp, Terrence		974
Managing Road Bumps: Best's Review examines the U.S. private passenger auto insurers that bucked broader industry trends. The October issue also includes rankings of the largest Caribbean insurers and largest captive insurers.	Vowinkel, Patricia		482
Mergers, Acquisitions, State Actions and Name, Ownership and Domiciliary Changes: Merit Life, Electric and CM Select are among the U.S. life/health and property/casualty insurers that have experienced a corporate change.			1615
Microinsurance Provides Resilience in Low-Income Communities Facing Tragedies and Natural Disasters: A new book highlights the importance of microinsurance and chronicles CARD Pioneer Microinsurance's journey to provide coverage to vulnerable populations in the Philippines.	Chordas, Lori		431
Modelers' Loss Estimates Vary, Impacted by Long-Term Effects: More sophisticated risk assessment models have become available in recent years, and modelers are often quick to issue loss estimates following a catastrophic event.	Bellano, Anthony		1121
Podcast Uses One State's Expertise To Answer Any Questions About Insurance: Washington state has a podcast, OIC Answers, that addresses questions about insurance for its residents, but officials say the content could be useful for anyone who gets an insurance bill.	Weber, John		876
Ryan Specialty Sets Succession Plan for Chief Executive Officer, Other Top Execs; Founder To Take on Executive Chairman Role: USAA names chief human resources officer, Markel welcomes chief actuarial officer and Liberty Mutual announces EVP-CFO successor.			330
The Future of M&A: The Impact of Global Market Trends: Three overarching trends among insurers are likely to drive M&A activity in the coming decade.	Pieroni, Bill		516
Top 25 Commercial Auto No-Fault Writers--2024 Edition.			520
Top 25 Other Commercial Auto Liability--2024 Edition.			516
Top 25 Other Private Passenger Auto Liability--2024 Edition.			510
Top 25 Private Passenger No-Fault Writers--2024 Edition.			511
Top 25 US Auto Liability Writers--2024 Edition.			540
Top 25 US Auto Physical Damage Writers--2024 Edition.			513
Top 25 US Commercial Auto Writers--2024 Edition.			544
Top 25 US Private Passenger Auto Writers--2024 Edition.			541
Top 25 US Total Auto Writers--2024 Edition.			594
Top US P/C D&O Monoline Writers--2024 Edition.			305
Trending Articles Include Rankings of Top Global Brokers, World's Largest Insurance Companies: Other popular items include an article about changes in the insurance accounting sector and an article about Florida property rates.			313
Trending Research Features Reports on Global Reinsurance and the US Homeowners Insurance Segment: Other trending research includes reports on captive insurance and insurance company asset management.			292
US Auto Liability--Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories--2024 Edition.			1461
US Auto Physical Damage--Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories--2024 Edition.			1455
US Commercial Auto--Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories--2024 Edition.			1476
US Life/Health Asset Distribution--2024 Edition.			629
US Private Passenger Auto--Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories--2024 Edition.			1459
US Total All Auto Lines--Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories--2024 Edition.			1455
USAA Taps Chief Human Resources Officer, Names Chief Audit Executive, CFO.			172
West Virginia Looking at Workers' Compensation Decrease for 20th Straight Year: The Mountain State has seen fewer approvals for workers' compensation rate increases than other states since 2005. The increases also have been much smaller.	Hallo, Steve		2144