Subodh Acharya 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.

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.

Elisabeth Viktor, 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.

Darcie Truttmann, Senior Consulting Actuary for Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, said that new guidance from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants could impact the working relationship between actuaries and auditors.