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NAIC still failing to address racial bias in underwriting
06 August 2020Use of AI and other data penalises minorities, says CEJ's Birny Birnbaum
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Insurers' use of credit scoring penalises people of colour
31 July 2020Washington commissioner calls out credit scoring practice as form of institutional racism
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The insurance industry's climate change leaders
30 June 2020Christopher Cundy introduces InsuranceERM's list of the people leading and shaping the insurance sector's response to climate change
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Covid-19 sparks life into digitalisation
26 June 2020Covid-19 has prompted life insurers to upgrade their underwriting technology to use data in previously unimagined ways. A policyholder's driving history, pharmacy records, and the tone of your voice can now all be analysed as evidence. Sarfraz Thind examines the latest trends.
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Paucity of pandemic coverage "not surprising", says US insurance commissioner
01 May 2020Washington survey found just two insurers offering pandemic coverage pre-Covid-19
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US insurers silent on dividend cuts
08 April 2020Insurance regulators applying greater scrutiny to insurer capital amid Covid-19 downturn
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US insurers in Covid-19 coverage crisis
24 March 2020Insurers are being asked critical questions about their role in protecting consumers from the coronavirus pandemic. Despite calls from on high, the industry says it will not cover business-interruption and workers compensation losses. As the crisis deepens, industry bodies say such demands could threaten the stability of the sector. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Climate risk in the US: time to stand up
18 July 2019Trenchant politics, vested interests, short-term thinking ... tackling climate change in the US is an uphill battle. Washington insurance commissioner Mike Kreidler tells Sarfraz Thind about the difficulties of standing up to the status quo
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US insurers ignoring climate change risks
21 October 2016Less than 20% of firms earn high scores for climate change risk reporting
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