Data & Research
Soft Global Reinsurance Pricing in Play Through Year’s End: Fitch
The soft pricing in the global reinsurance market will continue at least for the rest of the year, Fitch Ratings says. Fitch expects premium rates to continue declining as a result of large amounts ...
Celent Report: P/C Innovation Picking Up Steam But Not ‘Disruptive’ Yet
The people specifically charged with moving innovation forward at property/casualty insurance companies are more optimistic about reaching their goals and garnering organizational support for their ...
Experts Expect Simultaneous Cyber Attacks on Multiple Companies: AIG
Nine in 10 global cybersecurity and risk experts said they believed that cyber risk is systemic and that simultaneous attacks on multiple companies were likely in 2017, according to a study by ...
Bermuda Insurers, Reinsurers Hammered by Ogden Rate Change, More Natural Catastrophe Losses
A big change in the Ogden rate and higher natural catastrophe losses are dampening a wide range of Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer results in the 2017 first quarter, Standard & Poor's said in ...
Cyber Insurance Was Profitable in 2016, Even With Higher Loss Ratios: Aon Benfield
Cyber insurance may be a fast-changing and relatively new market, but it was profitable in 2016 despite higher loss ratios, according to a new Aon Benfield report. The U.S. market combined ratio for ...
Catastrophes Drove Private U.S. P/C Insurers to $4.7B Net Underwriting Loss: ISO and PCI Report
Private U.S. property/casualty insurers lost big in 2016, with a $4.7 billion net underwriting loss driven, in part, by significantly higher catastrophe-related insured property losses, according to ...
Climate Change Worsens U.S. Mobile Home Tornado Vulnerabilities
Tornadoes and mobile homes don't mix to begin with, but throw in the volatility of climate change and the potential for massive property damage and deaths is even higher in coming decades, indicates ...
Know Your Data and Other Cyber Risk Reduction Tips From Travelers and Symantec
With data breaches and business interruptions stemming from cyber-attacks now a significant worry for companies, there's one thing they can do to fight back: know their data. Travelers and cyber ...