Data & Research
AmTrust: Mental Stress, Other Restaurant Injuries Up Since COVID
According to a new report by AmTrust Financial Services, while overall restaurant injuries are down, specific injuries, including crushing, fainting, inflammation, strains and mental stress are up ...
Increase in Car Accidents? Blame Weather, Time of Day—Not Pot Decriminalization
Actuarial research released last week suggests that marijuana decriminalization is not associated with a notable increase in traffic accidents or accident severity. Temporal patterns of human ...
CFOs Overestimate Their Ability to Deliver Accurate Earnings Guidance
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that financial officers expect to continue issuing quarterly earnings guidance to analysts and investors despite risks and the criticism that it ...
Stereotypes Can Hold Middle-Aged Women Back at Work: Study
Even as they achieve more power and capability on the job, middle-aged women can be held back by a perceived lack of niceness, new research finds. As a popular tenured professor at UC Berkeley's Haas ...
Some Types of Stress Could Be Good for Brain Functioning: Study
While chronic stress can severely damage your health, smaller stressors, such as a looming deadline hanging over your head, may actually be beneficial for your brain, according to recent research ...
Industry Trades Respond to FIO’s Proposal to Collect Climate Change Data
Shortly after Treasury's Federal Insurance Office (FIO) proposed to have P/C insurers submit homeowners insurance underwriting data to assess climate risk, the response from industry trade ...
Three Strategic Actions to Win in the Analytics Arms Race
The insurance industry has a challenge to keep ahead of the constantly evolving risk environment. Whether it is the rise of cyber risks, increasing extreme weather events, or the rapid emergence of ...
Reshoring to Generate $30B in Commercial P/C Premiums by 2026: Swiss Re
Swiss Re predicts that deglobalization will generate $33 billion in new commercial property/casualty insurance premiums by 2026, according to its latest sigma report: "Maintaining resilience: the ...