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Social inflation: 800lbs gorilla or 80lbs monkey?
08 September 2021Casualty insurers are complaining about rising liability losses, driven by a litigious US culture and changing social attitudes. But could a far worse catastrophe be ahead of them? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Praedicat scenario tool targets Covid-19 litigation assessments
23 April 2020Legal claims likely to dwarf asbestos even as virus continues to spread
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A new breed of casualty cat models
07 April 2015Modelling of a casualty or liability catastrophe has traditionally lacked the sophistication seen in the property cat world, despite its potential for harming insurers. The industry and regulators are waking up to this threat and new solutions are being developed. Christopher Cundy reports