Praedicat News

‘Attribution Science’ May Help Plaintiffs Push Climate Suits Ahead

Although a U.S. Supreme Court decision put an end to climate lawsuits alleging violations of the federal common law of public nuisance, a second round of state actions may get further, researchers said recently. There are two major categories of …

Social Inflation or Science: What Is Fueling Climate Litigation?

A rising amount of litigation tied to the environmental and health impacts of greenhouse gas emissions prompted a question from the leader of a liability risk analytics company recently: “Is it about climate liability or the liability climate?” Robert Reville, …

Claims Business: Aon and Praedicat, Sedgwick and CSC, Swiss Re and Iceye

Aon Teams Up With Praedicat for Emerging Risks Aon is collaborating with Praedicat to develop specialty product liability reinsurance products for emerging risks created by new technology, such as nanomaterials and 5G cellular service. Aon, a Chicago based brokerage and …

‘Hyper-Local’ Forecaster, Instant Flood Claims Payer Selected for Lloyd’s Incubator

A company that delivers “hyper-local” weather forecasts and a firm that predicts emerging risks by mining research data were among 11 insurtechs selected by Lloyd’s of London to participate in a 10-week incubator program. Lloyd’s picked the participants on Thursday …

Risk and Insurance Experts Predict Thanksgiving NFL Winners, Losers

Ah, Thanksgiving. A time for family, good meals and joy – unless your team epically fails on national television, stirring your gut into an acidic cauldron of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and mounting indigestion. It can be a risk to …