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Emma Bienias is managing director of Stout, a global advisory firm specializing in corporate finance, accounting and transaction advisory, valuation, financial disputes, claims, and investigations.  She has a background in performing valuation engagements for various purposes including financial reporting, tax valuations, business reorganizations, pre-acquisition diligence, post-acquisition disputes, fairness and solvency opinions and other management planning and corporate-related matters. Emma has experience providing expert litigation support for analyses of economic damages resulting from the infringement or misappropriation of intellectual property rights. She has performed damage analyses that included consideration of unjust enrichment, loss profits, and reasonable royalty. Emma also combines financial, market and competitive information to value intellectual property for a variety of objectives such as regulatory compliance, licensing and sale transactions, and securing financing for corporate acquisitions and expansion.

Alessio Alionço is the founder and CEO of Pipefy, a leading process management and AI platform. Brazilian-born Alionco is a high-impact global leader and has grown Pipefy from its founding in 2015 to a company with hundreds of customers worldwide. Pipefy delivers a business process automation platform that improves productivity and efficiency, centralizes data, and standardizes processes for teams in insurance.

More powerful storms and pricier building costs are behind the increases in premiums, said the report's authors.

SMBs flock to group captives because they promise large group purchasing power, lower pricing volatility and greater transparency into claims and data.

Amy is the chief people officer for Lucet. She leads a team of HR professionals and provides business partnerships to drive people strategy, talent acquisition and management, learning and engagement, and total rewards. She is also an executive sponsor of the Lucet Impact & Responsibility Council.

Research from Digital Insurance on the cost of artificial intelligence.

Catching fraudulent claims has become much more complicated than detecting doctored images. Fraud can be found in correlations of medical treatment data, legal representation and adjuster evaluations, experts said.

California's insurance regulator and a consumer advocacy group continue battles over the funding of the state's home insurer of last resort, and other issues.

The insurance company has now added cancer diagnostic tests for colorectal and breast cancer to their benefit offering.

Kevin Roche, a partner in Orrick's New York office, is a member of its public finance department.

Lorraine McGowen, a partner at Orrick, is a leading bankruptcy and restructuring attorney.

Jenna Magan is co-head of Orrick's Public Finance Group and is a partner in the Sacramento office.

Emanuel "Manny" Grillo is a partner in the restructuring practice at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in New York.

Insurance companies must rebuild transparency with the people and businesses they serve.

Actionable strategies for insurers to enhance loyalty.

Using AI to review lengthy documents for injury claims can find key points for insurers questioning validity.