AM Best Audio Podcast

Katie McGrath, CEO North America for Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, discusses the initiatives for Insurance Careers Month that highlight the positions the industry has to offer in its ongoing quest to recruit new talent.

Jessica Balsam, Zurich Resilience Solutions head of climate solutions, Zurich North America, discussed the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Executive Opinion Survey and what global business executives see as the biggest risks facing G20 countries.

Mark Geoghegan, host of the Voice of Insurance Podcast, discusses his interviews with insurance CEOs and thought leaders covering the most salient and pressing issues facing the industry.

David Zona, vice president and general manager, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, discusses new virtual inspection technology that’s making the data collection process faster, easier and more accurate for risk assessment.

Global business leaders increasingly cite employer risk as the top threat facing their organizations, but recent research found many feel challenged to deal with that rising concern, said Bethany Greenwood, group head of specialty risks, Beazley.

AM Best Senior Financial Analyst Christopher Lewis discusses a recent Best’s Market Segment Report, which found farm bureaus' incurred loss ratios are worse than the industry through 3Q23.

Michael Menhart, chief economist for Munich Re discusses the company’s just released economic forecast for 2024 that shows that the macroeconomic and (geo)political conditions that shaped the world economy last year will largely remain relevant for the year ahead.

Mike Padula, head of U.S. environmental for Aspen Insurance, explains how the environmental liability sector has changed in recent years as a result of climate risk, societal pressures, an evolving regulatory landscape and a myriad of other factors.

Thomas Holzheu, chief economist for Swiss Re Americas discusses the findings of a recently published report showing that strong premium increases combined with an easing in claims costs and strong investment returns were all cause for celebration for the US P&C industry over the second half of 2023.

Coverages for Super Bowl LVIII will run the gamut from event, ticket and travel cancelation to liability, property damages and workers' comp for venue, watch parties and half-time entertainment, said Michael Giusti, an analyst at InsuranceQuotes.com.