Insurance Speak

The impact of work-related stresses can be cumulative. CorVel's Karen Thomas advocates for proactive solutions.

Roger Spears, Cybersecurity Project Manager for Schneider Downs, discusses how businesses can perform a check-up of their cybersecurity practices and limit their vulnerability to online threats.

Insurance is a complex business. When it comes to professional liability coverages, the public at large has at least a basic familiarity with medical malpractice insurance. Most people have doctors, and it grabs headlines when a doctor or health care facility makes a mistake. But in fact, there are many different types of professions other than medicine that benefit from liability insurance, which is also known as errors and omissions insurance. Most any professional whose counsel or service could lead to potentially negative outcomes for customers, should carry some degree of professional liability insurance. In this episode, Argo Pro President Mary Henderson talks about about the state of the professional liability insurance market — one of the few areas within the P&C sector that's not experiencing a hardening.

Casey Cunningham, founder & CEO of Xinnix, explains how insurers can drive their sales teams toward greatness, even in a tough market.

In this interview, Heidi Moore, an insurance agent with Country Financial and host of the "Wine Crush Podcast," discusses common claims that arise from wine, beer and cider businesses. She also shares advice for both insureds and insurance professionals for navigating the adult beverage business, its risks and applicable coverages.

Charlie Sidoti, executive director of InnSure, joins us to discuss the integral role property & casualty insurance has to play in the National Climate Resilience Framework.

Business leaders in the U.S. and the U.K. are increasingly insecure about their organizations’ ability to respond to geopolitical risks such as war or inflation, according to a 2022 survey. What are some of their top geopolitical concerns? The ongoing war in Ukraine, NATO relations, cyberattacks, U.S.-China relations, climate risk, and energy insecurity are among the issues that continue to have widespread economic implications. And here is some more sobering news for insurance and risk advisors: Mass shootings in the U.S. have become “downright commonplace,” according to one of the country’s major news outlets. The U.S. saw 690 mass shootings in 2021; 647 of them in 2022; and 476 active shooter events as of Aug. 29, 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive. This is the environment in which Andrew Umphress was recently appointed head of terrorism for North America at Markel. There, he will help an already seasoned global underwriting team as well as the firm’s clients assess and navigate risks in the evolving war, terrorism, and political violence landscape. Umphress recently appeared on the Insurance Speak podcast to talk about the evolving geopolitical landscape and how it touches the insurance world.

The economic impact has been severe from concurrent labor strikes by the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild — American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. While the former announced a tentative agreement recently, actors continue to strike. In this episode of the Insurance Speak podcast, insurance executive Bill Johnson, who once produced major motion pictures, discusses common film and television production risks, coverages and claims.

Bryan Davis, EVP and head of VIU by HUB, explains what’s on the horizon for independent brokers, and how they can best serve their customers in the modern market.

In this episode of Insurance Speak, Rahul Kumar, Vice President and General Manager of Financial Services at Talkdesk, joins us to discuss how insurers can create and nurture loyalty by enhancing the customer experience.