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AM Best Briefing to Highlight Evolving Trends in Casualty (Re)Insurance Market

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best will host a briefing reviewing recent developments in casualty insurance and reinsurance lines of business on March 28, 2024, at 10:00 EDT.

Social inflation continues to be a major concern for insurers as nuclear verdicts are touching on a wide variety of insurance lines of business such as commercial auto, medical professional liability and directors and officers. The panel for this event includes Amanda Lyons, executive managing director, Aon, Mia Finsness, global executive underwriting officer, Markel, and Sridhar Manyem, senior director, industry research and analytics, AM Best.

To register for the complimentary Best’s Briefing, “Casualty: How Insurers are Managing Social Inflation and Mass Tort Risk,” please go to http://www3.ambest.com/rd/rd.aspx?rd=Casualty.

Topics will include:

  • Factors such as social inflation and mass torts influencing increased severity in companies’ casualty books and corrective actions that have been taken;
  • Opportunities to partner with reinsurers for risk and capital management as reinsurers look to deploy capital to casualty risks in a better interest rate environment;
  • Overall implications for the market and credit ratings.

Attendees can submit questions during registration or by emailing conferenceinformation@ambest.com. The event will be streamed in video and audio formats, and playback will be available to registered viewers shortly after the event.

AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.

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Contacts

Christopher Sharkey
Associate Director, Public Relations
+1 908 882 2310
christopher.sharkey@ambest.com

Al Slavin
Senior Public Relations Specialist
+1 908 882 2318
al.slavin@ambest.com

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Christopher Sharkey
Associate Director, Public Relations
+1 908 882 2310
christopher.sharkey@ambest.com

Al Slavin
Senior Public Relations Specialist
+1 908 882 2318
al.slavin@ambest.com

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