Data & Research
We Could Have a $500M U.S. Drone Insurance Market by 2020
The fledgling drone insurance market could be worth more than $500 million in the U.S. by the end of 2020 and $1 billion globally, assuming growth projections for the technology's commercial use ...
U.S. Commercial Insurance Prices Continue Sluggish Advance: Willis Towers Watson
"Flat" continues to be the norm for U.S. commercial insurance prices as 2016 advances. Prices in aggregate for the sector ticked up by less than 1 percent in the 2016 second quarter, just as they did ...
Top 25 Non-Life Reinsurers: Swiss Re Leads, Berkshire Drops in A.M. Best’s 2016 Ranking
Swiss Re landed on top of a ranking of global non-life reinsurers, just edging out Munich Re by a few hundred million dollars in premium on a list extracted from an A.M. Best analysis. The rating ...
U.S. Motor Vehicle Premiums Will Plunge as Autonomous Vehicles Advance: Aon Benfield
The rollout of autonomous vehicles over the next few decades could lead to a massive reduction in U.S. motor vehicle premiums in the coming years, Aon Benfield said in a new report. Expectations are ...
Over 80% of Homes Damaged in Louisiana Storms Lack Flood Insurance: Impact Forecasting
Extreme August flooding in Louisiana and the Midwest took its toll in August, causing between $10 billion and $15 billion in economic losses, according to Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting. Public ...
Generali and Progressive Will Jointly Pursue Telematics Research
Europe's The Generali Group and Progressive Group of Insurance Companies of the U.S., both among the leaders in car insurance telematics, said they have entered into an research and development ...
S&P Boosts Outlook for PartnerRe, Reassured by Its Hands-Off Owner EXOR
PartnerRe gets an outlook upgrade courtesy of Standard & Poor's, due in part to the ratings agency's admission that the reinsurer remains relatively autonomous from its new owner, EXOR. Standard ...
Millennials Prefer Online Shopping, Hate ‘Being Sold to’: Novarica Report
Carriers looking to attract millennial consumers need to make it easy to research and shop online, according to a new report, which found that 75 percent of respondents prefer shopping online rather ...