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Xceedance has built its business around helping insurers harness technology, data and expertise to improve how they operate and grow. Arun Balakrishnan, chairman and CEO of Xceedance, discussed how the growing use of AI by plaintiff attorneys could reshape liability claims, litigation strategies, claim severity and insurers’ reserving assumptions.

Xceedance: The AI-Powered Plaintiff Playbook

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Bryan Salvatore, executive vice president, president, specialty at The Hanover Insurance Group, said agency consolidation requires carriers to think beyond the transaction.

Issues & Answers: The Agency Ties That Bind

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Aman Gour, co-founder and CEO of FurtherAI, said the insurance industry’s AI opportunity goes well beyond automating individual tasks, arguing that AI can fundamentally reshape operating models while keeping human judgment at the center.

Issues & Answers: AI – From Assistant to Teammate

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Bridget O’Donnell, Oscar Health’s vice president of technology strategy and operations, discusses how technology is not “going to be about adding more chatbots to today’s insurance experience,” but a focus on being proactive about assisting plan members to understand coverage benefits.

Oscar Health’s O’Donnell: Improved Tech Doesn’t Mean More Chatbots

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Joe Park, executive vice president and chief digital &amp; information officer at State Farm, provides an outlook about how technology will reshape property/casualty insurance and build value, but maintaining trust is a key priority for the insurer.

State Farm’s Park: Tech Improvements Show Value, But Trust is Paramount

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Janet Ruiz, director of strategic communications, and Lewis Nibbelin, research writer, both with the Insurance Information Institute, discuss the expanding U.S. wildfire threat and how insurers are adapting underwriting, modeling and resilience.

Triple-I’s Ruiz and Nibbelin: US Wildfire Risk Expands; Insurers Must Rethink Risk and Resilience

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David Duffy, global head of property, Marsh Re, discusses earnings protection, innovative structures and broader coverage options amid changing market dynamics. Duffy spoke with AM Best TV at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo.

Marsh Re’s Duffy: Reinsurance Buyers Explore Broader Coverage, Capital Solutions

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A new Best&#39;s Market Segment Report discussed by Christopher Graham, senior industry research analyst, finds the line’s continued profitability indicates that as the complexity of inland risks has expanded, insurers have been up to the challenge.

AM Best: Inland Marine Profitability Remains a Hallmark as Risk Landscape Evolves

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Bill Nash, vice president and head of member relations and sales, LIMRA and LOMA, discusses retirement readiness challenges, the growing demand for guaranteed income and how insurers can help consumers bridge the retirement planning gap.

LIMRA and LOMA’s Nash: Retirement Planning Gap Creates Opportunities for Insurers to Strengthen Income Security

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Mark Warshawsky, senior fellow and Wilson H. Taylor chair in healthcare and retirement policy, American Enterprise Institute, discusses his co-authored research, commissioned by the American Council of Life Insurers, on retirement income strategies and the growing role of annuities in helping retirees achieve greater financial security.

American Enterprise Institute’s Warshawsky: Annuities Take Center Stage in Retirement Income Strategies

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Julian Enoizi, CEO of Europe, and Francois Dagneau, head of analytics for Continental Europe, both with Marsh Re (formerly Guy Carpenter), discuss Europe’s growing wildfire risk, rising losses and how the insurance industry is evolving its strategies to better manage the peril.

Marsh Re’s Enoizi and Dagneau: Europe’s Growing Wildfire Threat Raises Alarm for Insurers

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Tanguy Touffut, CEO, Descartes Underwriting, discusses a coverage gap some insurers have overlooked. Touffut spoke with AM Best TV at the Rendez-vous de Septembre conference in Monte Carlo.

Descartes' Touffut: The Next Insurance Frontier Is Keeping Data Centers Powered

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MetLife’s $3.2 billion in tech investments over the past five years aim to personalize services, while driving growth and efficiency. Bill Pappas, executive vice president and head of global technology and operations, said the company’s modernization efforts are far-reaching, affecting claims, distribution, underwriting, and customer service.

MetLife’s Pappas: Tech investments aim to modernize, boost life insurer’s growth

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Luca Albertini, CEO, Leadenhall Capital Partners, discusses strategic capital, investor interest in private ILS, cat bond growth and capital efficiency. Albertini spoke with AM Best TV at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo.

Leadenhall’s Albertini: Strategic Capital Shapes ILS Market

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Catastrophe modeling and secondary perils are increasingly central to global treaty negotiations, said Mohamed Kotb, managing director, Treaty Division, United Insurance Brokers Limited. Kotb spoke with AM Best TV at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo.

UIB’s Kotb: No Longer Proportional Versus Excessive Loss

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In a book she co-edited “Insurability of Emerging Risks: Law, Theory, and Practice,” Ozlem Gurses, professor, maritime law, Tulane University Law School, discusses emerging risks and the evolving legal frameworks needed to address them.

Tulane Law's Gurses: Emerging Risks Test Limits of Traditional Insurance Models

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Comprehensive data will help delegated underwriting authority enterprises meet the increased need to report, said Tony Russell, chief revenue officer, VIPR Solutions. Russell spoke with AM Best TV at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo.

VIPR's Russell: International DUAE's Look to Centralize Data Collection

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The podcast has garnered over 2.5 million downloads and averages 175,000 monthly listeners across 60 countries in Europe, the United States, and Asia-Pacific, said Sabine VanderLinden, host of the Scouting for Growth podcast and 30-year insurance industry veteran.

Scouting for Growth's VanderLinden: Closing the Gap Between Capital Allocation, Innovative Ventures

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Alexander Braun, associate professor, director, Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen, discusses his co-authored study on how severe storm risk is priced into equity markets and the resulting impact of underinsurance on insurers and capital markets.

U of St. Gallen’s Braun: Rising Storm Losses Reshape Risk Pricing in Capital Markets

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The life/annuity segment is fueling the industry’s Level 3 bond holdings, according to a new Best&#39;s Special Report discussed by Kaitlin Piasecki, industry research analyst, AM Best.

AM Best: Higher Exposure to Level 3 Bonds Brings Valuation Risk for Life/Annuity Segment

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