Data & Research
Global Insured Disaster Loss Events Climbed 43% in 2016: Swiss Re
Global insured losses from disaster events hit $54 billion in 2016, up 43 percent from the previous year, as countries around the world dealt with earthquakes, storms, floods, wildfires and other ...
Brexit Uncertainty Hasn’t Yet Dented London’s Status as Top Global Financial Center
London has retained the mantle as the world's top financial center, though uncertainty about the implications of Britain's vote to leave the European Union saw its lead over Asian rivals narrow, ...
Robots Could Steal 32% of UK Financial Services Jobs by 2030: PwC
Approximately 32 percent of existing UK jobs in financial services and insurance could be automated by robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) over the next 15 years, according to a new study by ...
More Than Half of Senior Managers Annoyed by Messy Workspaces
More than half (54 percent) of senior managers are distracted or annoyed by their employees' messy workspaces, according to a recent survey by staffing firm OfficeTeam. At the same time, 1 in 10 ...
For Insurers, Thunderstorm and Hurricane Losses Leave Equal Financial Impact
Risk to U.S. property from thunderstorms is as high as from hurricanes, according to new research finding that for the past decade, severe convective storms have been the largest annual aggregated ...
P/C Insurers, Reinsurers, Saw 2016 North America Operating Earnings Decline
Property/casualty insurer and reinsurer operating earnings in North America dipped in 2016, hammered by factors including higher catastrophe losses, low investment yields and underwriting ...
Insurers, Reinsurers Key to Addressing $2.1 Trillion U.S. Infrastructure Spending Gap
With a U.S. infrastructure investment gap of nearly $2.1 trillion looming over the next decade, insurers and reinsurers may be key to help closing it, Swiss Re asserts in a new report. "The U.S. ...
European Reinsurance Buying Continues to Increase, But at a Slower Pace: A.M. Best
The 20 largest European cedants have continued to buy more reinsurance as soft market conditions prevail, although the pace at which retention ratios are falling has been more subdued, according to a ...