Underwriting
New Workers Comp Benchmarking Tool Will Lead to Refined Risk Analysis, Safer Workplaces
Member insurers in Pennsylvania have a new way to explore workers compensation data and benchmark their performance—without the burden of static reports or time-consuming manual comparisons. This ...
NY’s Hurricane Insured Loss Potential Up More Than 60% as Climate Changes
Insurance industry scientists put the spotlight on Northern U.S. cities in a new research paper about hurricane potential under a warmer climate scenario, finding that New York's insured losses could ...
Viewpoint: Rising False Advertising Claims Reveal Likely Coverage Gap
The steady rise in false advertising claims against consumer-facing companies has exposed a likely insurance protection gap. The drivers of these legal actions are many and varied and include ...
Three Insurers Join Ward’s Annual Top 50 P/C Ranking for 2025
Property/casualty insurers have started to broadcast the fact that they have earned spots on Ward's list of 50 top-performing insurance companies for 2025, but only one was named for 35 straight ...
Viewpoint: When the Cloud Sneezes, the Digital Ecosystem Catches a Cold
Google had a pretty bad day recently. The kind of day that would make Spotify stop singing, Discord and Snapchat go quiet, and give retailer Marks & Spencer a panic attack. Why? Because too many ...
Middle East Tensions Raise Loss Accumulation Risks: Report
Marine, aviation, cyber, and terrorism insurers face immediate underwriting pressures and potential accumulation losses as a result of heightened hostilities between Iran and Israel, according to ...
U.S. E&S Growth Slowed Again in ’24; Berkshire, AIG Top Premium Rankings
A recent analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence reveals that the pace of growth in the U.S. excess and surplus lines market slowed to 13.4 percent in 2024, down from 14.5 percent a year ...
Claims Against Insurance Companies: How to Avoid Bad Faith Setups
Insurance companies are in the business of providing important financial and logistical assistance when customers experience some kind of event or incident covered by a policy. Those things—often ...