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The CAS Ratemaking and Product Management (RPM) Seminar — scheduled for March 11 to 13 in Huntington Beach, California — will feature as speakers and moderators seven actuarial experts from ISO. Among them is David Cummings, senior vice president of Personal Lines and Analytics for ISO. Mr. Cummings will be moderating two sessions (Session DM-3: [...]

In today’s insurance marketplace, accurate pricing and underwriting strategies have emerged as a key differentiator for insurers looking to gain and maintain a real competitive edge. And though advanced analytics have become pervasive in other areas of the insurance value chain – such as claims and product development – many insurers are just beginning to [...]

April’s Verisk Insurance Solutions Customer Conference is just around the corner. It’s a great opportunity for leaders in our industry to come together, share ideas, and get insights from experts across the industry and the Verisk enterprise. This year’s program has a number of workshops for property insurers. One session, in particular, you shouldn’t miss [...]

There was a time when homeowners underwriting and rating basically followed the old adage “a house is a house is a house.” But over the past ten years or so, the homeowners market has grown increasingly concentrated, leading insurers to fight for market share to create growth. In today’s market, thinking a house is a [...]

As we clean up the damage from Isaac and watch both Leslie and Michael churn offshore, what’s blowing into D.C. this weekend? The winds of change! If you’re attending the CPCU Society Annual Meeting and Seminars at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park, stop by Washington 5 on Sunday, September 9, at 2:45 p.m. I’ll be [...]

If you’re familiar with GLM, Bailey’s methodologies, and the Tweedie distribution, where p = 1.67, then you may want to watch our web seminar on the Personal Auto Class Plan. If you don’t know about Tweedie — no, I don’t mean the little yellow bird — then you may need to watch the session. During [...]