[White Paper] The Ultimate Social Inflation Survival Guide
April 17, 2025
Insights for Insurers
Scott Seaman, a Chicago-based partner and co-chair of Hinshaw's global Insurance Services Group, has authored a white paper titled "The Ultimate Social Inflation Survival Guide."
This comprehensive white paper is a valuable resource for insurers and corporate policyholders seeking to understand and mitigate the effects of social inflation in today's economic climate. In the paper, Seaman addresses the following key topics:
- The scope of social inflation, offering a clear understanding of its parameters.
- The costs and impacts of social inflation on the insurance sector.
- The inherent factors within the U.S. Civil Justice System that make it susceptible to social inflation.
- The societal trends and litigation developments that are driving social inflation.
- The potent combination of social inflation, economic inflation, and greenflation.
- The specific aspects of social inflation that directly impact insurers.
- The essential steps insurers and corporate policyholders are taking to contain and combat social inflation.
Download a PDF copy of the white paper here.
- Note: a version of this white paper will be published in a series of Mealey's publications under the title "The Ultimate Social Inflation Survival Guide: Containing Rising Claims Costs In A World Rife With Economic Inflation, Litigation Funding, Nuclear Verdicts, And Anti-Corporate Sentiment."