Claims & Reserving
Flaw of Averages: Why Carriers Overpay & Underpay Contents Claims
In his book, The Flaw of Averages, author Sam Savage explores how the widely used statistical concept of "averages" can wreak havoc on our forecasting and decision making. He explains the law's ...
Economic Damage to Far Exceed $2.65B Insured Losses From Europe Floods
The losses insurers face from the worst flooding in central Europe since 2002 may be lower than those resulting from the deluge 11 years ago even as the toll on local economies looms larger. Insured ...
Sea Level Rise May Be Less Than Feared But Still Bring Severe Surges
A melt of ice on Greenland and Antarctica is likely to be less severe than expected this century, limiting sea level rise to a maximum of 69 cm (27 inches), an international study said on Tuesday. ...
May’s Weather Caused Billions in Losses in U.S., Around the Globe: Aon Benfield
Severe weather in May caused an estimated $4 billion in insured damage, and almost twice that in economic losses, in the U.S. alone and billions more in economic losses around the globe, according to ...
New Tool to Shed Light on Costs of Blackouts
Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) and The Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER). (HSB) have formed an alliance to provide a product that assesses blackout risk in the United States. ...
Oklahoma Tornado to Cost Insurers Up to $3.5 Billion, Says RMS
The tornado that leveled an Oklahoma City suburb last week probably cost insurers $2 billion to $3.5 billion in claims, according to catastrophe modeler Risk Management Solutions Inc. The estimate ...
Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling on Disabled Employee’s Right to Job
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away an appeal by United Airlines that sought to limit a federal law that requires employers to accommodate disabled workers. The justices today left intact a federal ...
Insurers Lose Bid to Halt Funding of Pittsburgh Corning’s Asbestos Trust
Pittsburgh Corning Corp.'s bankruptcy judge overruled final objections by insurance companies trying to halt the reorganization of the building-supply company. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Judith Fitzgerald ...