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SIGMA’s Collateral Survey Results
In the last quarter of 2020, SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group invited a group of insurance brokers, risk management consultants, and risk management staff of self-funded concerns to participate in a survey regarding collateral. This survey was similar to the ones...
Loss Development Analysis for Captives
Recently, Captive International published an article by Enoch Starnes and Michelle Bradley addressing the implications of loss development factors and patterns for captives. Since SIGMA’s educational resources related to loss development factors, loss development...
SIGMA’s Highlights of 2020
Despite the challenges presented throughout 2020, the SIGMA team has continued to focus on growth, education, and superb service for our clients. Fortunately, our efforts in these areas have not gone unnoticed, as our staff, both individually and collectively, has...
Managing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Risks Through Research and Analytics
Researching and Analyzing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Risk: An Interview with Chris Duling In today’s world, technological innovations are occurring at an increasingly rapid pace, and alongside those emerging technologies often come emerging risks. For companies to...
2020 Collateral Environment and SIGMA’s Collateral Survey
Following the financial challenges of 2008, SIGMA noticed a significant change in the collateral environment related to self-insured and large deductible programs. In 2009, we began conducting a collateral survey that attempted to gather industry perspective on a...
Parametric Insurance
Prior SIGMA publications have focused on weather risk mitigation and data available for historical windstorms in the Atlantic: https://www.sigmaactuary.com/2019/01/07/weather-risk-mitigation-analytical-considerations/...