AM Best Audio Podcast

Maroun Mourad, president, Verisk Claims Solutions discusses the need for modern and efficient claims solutions saying that it can not only save money, but enhance the ever critical customer experience

Hosts Craig Pretzinger and Jason Feldman discuss how their podcast attempts to help agents with the challenge of running a consistently profitable and productive agency.

Alan Ferguson, president, US Assure, discusses economic factors that builders face, and how they impact builders’ liability insurance.

Christopher Giuffre, chief strategy officer and co-founder USQRisk, discusses the unique aspects of clean energy storage and how the insurance industry is addressing those risk challenges.

AM Best Senior Director Michael Porcelli discusses a new Best's Market Segment Outlook that finds the U.S. L/A segment performed well in 2023, owing to strong liquidity and capital positions, robust annuity sales and slightly improved new money yields in a benign credit environment.

Christopher Majka, staff vice president of data visualization for FM Global, discusses the company’s Global Resilience Index that assess the relative resilience of various countries and finds Denmark, Luxembourg, and Switzerland at the top of the chart.

Michael Parcelli, SVP MGA Operations, Xceedance, discusses the rapid evolution of managing general agents, and how embedded insurance offerings could be the next part of their ascendance.

Andreas Kleiner, president and CEO of American Modern Insurance Group, discusses the company's Agent Perspectives Report that includes views on the economy, the use of technology and cultivating the next generation of agency talent.

Jennifer Nuest, transportation national practice leader for Amwins discusses the state of the industry for transportation coverage and the rapidly changing market, which she attributes to newer technology along with the importance of reputational management of companies.

Given the recent change in weather patterns, secondary perils have become more intense, resulting in higher losses for primary insurers due to higher retentions, said Daniel Ryan, senior director, AM Best, referencing a Best's Market Segment Report.