A.m. Best Radio Podcast

Join AM Best and market executives for a discussion on the evolving global reinsurance landscape and an update on AM Best's global reinsurance outlook. The panel will share perspectives on the 2026 outlook and reflect on themes emerging from the recent renewal season. The conversation will touch on broader market developments, strategic considerations and the forces shaping reinsurer performance in the year ahead.

Danny Aronson, co-founder and CEO of hearing health specialist Tuned, explains how preventative digital hearing care can improve productivity, reduce health care costs, and close an overlooked gap in employer benefits, positioning hearing health alongside dental and vision as foundational offerings.

Cambridge statistics Professor David Spiegelhalter discusses in his book, The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk, and Luck, how insurers use probability and risk assessment to navigate threats and make informed underwriting decisions.

AM Best Senior Director Michael Lagomarsino discusses a new Best's Market Segment Report that finds reinsurance pricing is softening at an accelerating pace in property lines, but overall market conditions support underwriting profitability and solid overall operating performance in 2026.

Justin Sydnor, department chair of risk and insurance, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses new research on how artificial intelligence, data analytics and automation are transforming risk assessment, consumer behavior and the long-term value proposition of insurance.

AM Best and industry experts share their 2026 outlook on the Medicare Advantage business segment, including the key drivers. (Event Date: January 15, 2026)

Sean Kevelighan, CEO, Insurance Information Institute, discusses how insurers are shifting from recovery to resilience one year after the L.A. wildfires, applying lessons learned to promote smarter rebuilding and enhance wildfire preparedness.

AM Best Associate Director Dan Hofmeister discusses a new Best's Special Report that finds the non-life runoff market continues to exhibit healthy transaction volumes, but its composition is becoming increasingly concentrated.

Paul Vacquier, CEO, Beagle Services, discusses how severe winter freezes are fueling costly water-damage claims, and why monitored leak detection is key to preventing losses.

Amwins co-presidents Sam Bagg and Jeff McNatt break down where pricing pressures are easing, how capacity and E&S submissions are evolving across key lines, and why AI, tort reform, and geopolitical risk will shape insurance strategies this year and in the future.

AM Best Senior Industry Research Analyst Christopher Graham and Associate Analyst Alexander Winant discuss a new Best's Special Report that finds the annual change in the industry's underwriting expense ratio is much less than year-to-year variability in its loss and loss adjustment expense ratio.

Technology is playing a part in improving workplace safety and acting as a constraint in workers’ compensation premiums, according to Paul Zamora, ICW Group’s chief underwriting officer, commercial lines.

Sarah Owen, chief product officer, One Inc, discusses new research that shows how speed, flexibility and clear communication in the auto claims payment experience are becoming decisive drivers of customer trust and long-term loyalty for insurers.

Chief Data Officer Anurag Shah, Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance, explains how agents and brokers can avoid common data missteps, leverage real-time business intelligence and turn rapid technological change into a competitive advantage.

Please join us for an interactive discussion with industry experts on the latest developments shaping the non-life run-off market. The session will touch on recent research insights, notable activity over the past year and expectations for the year ahead. The panel will provide a broad look at how the market has been evolving, including the growing presence of specialist participants and the continued refinement of the run-off model. The discussion will also highlight general themes around product structures, the types of needs these solutions address and the industry’s ongoing efforts to navigate and reshape long-standing perceptions of the legacy space. (January 14, 2026)

Senior AM Best analytical staff walk through the 2026 outlooks and the global, economic, social and technological trends that are shifting the industry and key factors expected to shape results in 2026. (Event Date: December 9, 2025)

George Hosfield, vice president, Home Insurance, LexisNexis, discusses key findings from the 2025 LexisNexis Home Trends Report, examining rising loss severity, surging catastrophe claims and what intensifying weather-driven risks mean for homeowners insurers.

Eric Wedin, head of North America financial lines, Allianz Commercial, discusses findings from the company’s latest D&O Insurance Insight Report, examining how geopolitical instability, cyber incidents, and other global factors are reshaping directors and officers liability exposures heading into 2026.

Torbjorn Soltvedt, associate director of political violence, Verisk Maplecroft, explains how growing political polarization, fiscal strain and the amplified role of social media are driving a global increase in disruptive protests, with commercial property increasingly targeted.

Xceedance Americas President Travis MacMillian outlines six key technology trends, including real-time underwriting, that are redefining insurer operations, governance and customer engagement in 2026.