Canadian Underwriter (11/27/2019)
Forget about attracting talent, keeping up with rapid change, or complying with a myriad of regulations - what's really keeping insurance executives up at night is scaling artificial intelligence (AI) for their business.

Risk Management Monitor (12/2/2019)
Speeding. Harsh stops. Rapid acceleration. Cornering. Fleet managers are likely familiar with these buzzwords related to driver behavior, but what is the real impact of not fixing the way employees operate company vehicles?

Insurance Journal (12/4/2019)
The range of risks facing company executives, or directors and officers (D&Os), has increased significantly in recent years along with resulting insurance claims, according to a report published by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS).

Property Casualty 360 (12/2/2019)
In workers' compensation, the trends over the past few years have been pointing to declining rates in most states. At the National Council on Compensation Insurance's (NCCI) 2019 Annual Issues Symposium (NCCI-AIS), NCCI indicated the 2018 industry private carrier calendar year combined ratio was a record low of 83%.

Asia Insurance Post (12/5/2019)
A survey of 41 major corporations by Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, found that 61% believe political risk levels increased in 2019.

Risk Management Magazine (12/2/2019)
In the latest edition of the Marsh and RIMS report Excellence in Risk Management India, a vast majority of respondents emphasized wanting to forge stronger ties between risk management and strategic planning.

Commercial Risk (12/3/2019)
US and Asian insurers including AIG and MS&AD are coming under increased pressure to play their role in the fight against climate change by directing their investments away from climate-damaging sectors and backing away from underwriting industries such as coal.

Risk & Insurance Magazine (12/1/2019)
Uber has battled with its drivers in the past over their classification as independent contractors rather than employees. Drivers argue that as contractors, they miss out on certain benefits like workers' compensation, health care, medical leave, disability and unemployment insurance, a minimum wage and the ability to unionize.

Property Casualty 360 (12/2/2019)
The rapid expansion in cannabis-related businesses throughout 2019 shows no sign of slowing in 2020. The 2019 Marijuana Business Factbook projects that by 2023, retail marijuana sales will reach between $25 billion and $30 billion annually - more than three times the level in 2018.

Risk & Insurance Magazine (12/3/2019)
Amazon hit their highest selling numbers ever during this year's Cyber Monday sales. Between Thanksgiving and Monday, December 2, the company reached a mighty, yet vague, quota of "hundreds of millions" of packages.

Stay ahead and start planning your 2020 learning opportunities. RIMS recently released the 2020 in-person educational workshop schedule. Led by experienced instructors in an interactive learning environment, our workshops cover a variety of practical topics including contractual risk transfer, enterprise risk management and fundamentals of insurance. Each hour of workshop education is eligible for one point towards RIMS-CRMP recertification.

The RIMS report defines key insurance terms that must be understood by contract reviewers, as well as common contract clauses that impact the validity of both the contract and insurance policies. The goal of this report is to ensure that organizations understand the responsibilities of an insured based on insurance policy language, understand certain contractual clauses relative to policy language, and are able to navigate the interplay between the two. This report is available for members in the Risk Knowledge Library.