Underwriting
New Consumer Tech Drives Opportunities for Novel Personal Insurance Products: Conning
Innovation often opens the door to new products that would never have been possible. Conning asserts in a new report that this is happening with personal lines insurance, thanks to consumers' ...
Cyber Attacks From Governments or Criminals Are Hard to Distinguish
Veteran espionage researcher Jon DiMaggio was hot on the trail three months ago of what on the face of it looked like a menacing new industrial espionage attack by Russian cyber spies. All the ...
Local Government Lawsuits Over Marketing of Opioid Painkillers Face Uphill Battle
A growing number of U.S. states, counties and cities are filing lawsuits accusing drug companies of deceptively marketing opioid painkillers to downplay their addictiveness, but some lawyers say the ...
Trump Announces Plan to Withdraw From Climate Accord, Possibly Seek Better Deal
President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris climate pact and that he will seek to renegotiate the international agreement in a way that treats American workers better. "So ...
The Downward Trend Continues for U.S. Commercial Auto Insurance Losses
U.S. commercial auto insurance losses have already been high for some time. They grew even worse, in 2016, hitting depths the sector hasn't seen in 15 years. A primary bellwether: the commercial auto ...
FM Global Gets Luxembourg’s Approval to Launch Post-Brexit EU Hub
U.S. commercial property insurer FM Global has approved to run a European hub in Luxembourg, a move allowing it to issue policies in the European Union and other countries following Britain's ...
UK Labor Party Readies Brexit Negotiating Team as Election Campaign Gets Competitive
Jeremy Corbyn unveiled his team of Brexit negotiators, moving to dispel accusations by Prime Minister Theresa May that his Labour Party isn't prepared for Brexit talks starting soon after next week's ...
P/C Insurers Can Handle U.S. 2017 Hurricane Season: Fitch Analysis
The 2017 U.S. hurricane season may be here, but property/casualty insurers should be able to handle the challenges it brings. Fitch Ratings said in a new report. "Fitch currently has a negative ...