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Car Insurance Rates Were Ready to Drop. Then Tariffs Came Along. | The Wall Street Journal

A sterling set of results from property-and-casualty insurance carriers in 2024, particularly in Auto Insurance, got analysts and executives talking about renewed competition for new business with lower rates this year. Some of that now appears to be on hold.

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What Is the Board's Role in Cyber-Risk Management in OT Environments?

"By taking several proactive steps, boards can improve their organization's resilience against cyberattacks and protect their critical OT assets ... Effective decision-making begins with recognizing that the consequences of an OT security breach are notably different from an IT security breach. While an IT breach might compromise data and financial assets, an OT breach can have serious consequences, including physical damage to equipment, disruption of critical processes, and even health, safety, and environmental impacts."


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Recognizing and understanding what’s causing market conditions is a vital step in designing your insurance and risk management program. For example, shortages of labor and raw materials, strikes, weather and geopolitical events have ripple effects that create significant operational challenges for manufacturers and other business sectors. Effective risk management strategies that focus on supply chain resilience and plan for business interruption are vital to your business’ success.

Alera Group’s 2025 “Property and Casualty Market Outlook” includes expert analysis of market conditions for more than a dozen business sectors, along with analysis by types of coverage and guidance on how to go about the application and renewal processes. Download your copy here: https://ow.ly/Ax5t50V2aye.

From KPMG: "Property and casualty: Rising complexity."

The biggest drivers of this rising complexity, according to the business-management consulting firm: "fierce litigation and changing weather patterns." KPMG also sees "opportunities for innovation and moderation, and "evolving ways of working, talent and staffing models.'

Property and casualty: Rising complexity From litigation and climate change to innovation and new ways of working