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Is All Fracking Created Equal?
Is All Fracking Created Equal? 150 150 R.J. Briggs

In spite of all the controversy, not one study published before 2016 on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) finds evidence that the practice causes systemic groundwater contamination. Some instances of methane migration…

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U.S. NTP Releases New Findings on Cell Phones and Cancer. Will Scientific Consensus Shift?
U.S. NTP Releases New Findings on Cell Phones and Cancer. Will Scientific Consensus Shift? 150 150 Sally Embrey

Do cell phones cause cancer? It’s a highly pertinent question considering that 5 billion people worldwide are expected to use mobile phones by 2017.1 The general causation risk scores on…

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What Happens to Liability Risk When Regulators Take Action? The Case of Silica.
What Happens to Liability Risk When Regulators Take Action? The Case of Silica. 150 150 Sheryll Mangahas

Inhalation of crystalline silica can cause silicosis, a permanent scarring of the lungs leading to impaired lung functioning, and possibly death. Silicosis first garnered public attention in the early 1930s…

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Today’s Data Forecasts Tomorrow’s Casualty Claims
Today’s Data Forecasts Tomorrow’s Casualty Claims 150 150 Praedicat

Bob Reville, Praedicat’s CEO, is interviewed by A.M. Best TV.  In the video interview, he discusses how a machine-scale forward-looking approach to emerging risks can enable sustainable profits in commercial…

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Quantifying Casualty Catastrophe Risk and the Future of Underwriting
Quantifying Casualty Catastrophe Risk and the Future of Underwriting 150 150 Praedicat

Praedicat’s Fred Kipperman and Swiss Re’s Michael Meadows presented this CPCU webinar on July 14, 2016. Thanks to the Certified Property and Casualty Underwriters Society for the opportunity, as well…

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Data-Driven Foresight for Casualty Catastrophe
Data-Driven Foresight for Casualty Catastrophe 150 150 Praedicat

Praedicat’s CEO, Bob Reville, was one of three featured speakers at Swiss Re’s London event – Modeling Liability Accumulation: A Challenge for the Industry. Over 100 insurance executives in attendance…

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The Potential Impacts of Advanced Science on the Remediation Industry
The Potential Impacts of Advanced Science on the Remediation Industry 150 150 Praedicat

John Simon, editor-in-chief of Remediation Journal, featured Praedicat in his Editor’s Perspective in the June 3rd edition. His description of the potential for our analytics to probabilistically predict regulatory action…

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CIO Review: 20 Most Promising Insurance Technology Solution Providers 2016
CIO Review: 20 Most Promising Insurance Technology Solution Providers 2016 150 150 Praedicat

Bob Reville, Praedicat’s CEO, is highlighted in this article. Here he describes Praedicat’s products that offer science-based risk analytics to ease the processes of underwriting and managing casualty risks. Read…

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Sounding the Alarm
Sounding the Alarm 150 150 Praedicat

Emerging liabilities are an ongoing concern for insurers. Best’s Review highlights four that could result in large losses. Bob Reville, Praedicat’s CEO, is quoted in this article from the April…

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Bracing for Aftershocks
Bracing for Aftershocks 150 150 Praedicat

Oklahoma oil and gas insurers could face an onslaught of claims as regulators and lawyers move to link a process used in fracking to an increase in earthquakes. R.J. Briggs,…

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Liability Timebombs
Liability Timebombs 150 150 Praedicat

Big data analytics and scientific reports are helping insurers predict and underwrite potential casualty catastrophes. Praedicat’s CEO, Bob Reville, is quoted in this article from the April 2016 edition of…

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Praedicat Makes the World a Safer Place
Praedicat Makes the World a Safer Place 150 150 Praedicat

“Part of the problem for insurers is that they don’t know what they’re looking for. It’s a needle in a haystack with no idea what the needle looks like.” Rick…

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