I couldn't imagine this would happen so fast:
An insurer stopped offering policies on a market due to... too high climate risks !
This is obviously a real challenge for carriers, and probably an opportunity for tech and data startups to enable them to better understand & price these risks.
Let's see if that drives a more massive move on the market and how re/insurers & InsurTech team up together towards tackling that challenge.
Twice the population of the US using a chatbot to relieve loneliness.
Xiaoice is a Chinese-speaking chatbot that many have embraced to "take the edge off their loneliness." With over 650 million users, this chatbot has some people falling in love with it. (Bloomberg)
JUST IN: Microsoft introduces 365 Copilot: a new LLM based AI-copilot for the Microsoft Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams.
🧵Here's a summary:
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The inaugural edition of our World Life and Health Insurance Report 2022, in collaboration with @WeAreQorus launches today! Download for interesting insights on how #insurers can unlock growth by focusing on customer well-being. https://t.co/gdtiyNEHtA #WLHIR22
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YTD S&P 500 PRICE return for every year back to 1926.
Blue=2022
Green=best
Red=worst
Through June 17, S&P -22.91%.
Only 1932 was worse through this point. 1962 is close.
If the year were to end here, it would be the 7th worst.
No one has seen anything like this year.
According to this market metric (the Dow):
Invasion? What invasion?
This is not specific to this metric. The vast majority of #markets seem willing to "look through" #Russia's military attacks on #Ukraine, opting for the #Covid 2020 playbook in fast forward.
More to come on this
How fortunate I am to put my kids into warm, safe beds tonight. To know they will wake up for a boring breakfast and basketball games in the morning. I will never take this for granted. All my prayers for Ukrainians tonight especially the moms/dads trying to shield their children
Interesting study on increase in floods losses in the US.
The #insurance industry should evolve risk models and response capabilities to prepare for an increase in extreme #climate events.
Stay tuned for @Capgemini_ins insights on this theme
@RachlinSeth
Climate change could lead to a 26% increase in annual flood losses in the US by 2050, the cost of which will be borne disproportionately by disadvantaged communities, according to a study in Nature Climate Change by Oliver Wing, Carolyn Kousky, and others. https://t.co/XqLLhVqgxM
I just cannot explain to humans how bonkers Big Tech numbers are. One stat:
The 5 biggest U.S. airlines in pre-pandemic 2019 generated a combined $12.3 billion in profit that year.
Apple's profit for *3 months* was $34.6 billion
#BigIdeas2022 Report is here!
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