Data & Research
Catastrophe Exposure Grows with Selective Use of Alternative Capital: A.M. Best
Insurers in the London, Europe and Bermuda markets writing catastrophe-exposed business take a different approach to retention of risk at the 1-in-100-year return level in comparison to the ...
What’s Happening with Workers Comp Drug Costs
Overall pharmacy spending increased 2.2 percent for U.S. workers compensation payers in 2015 due to higher drug prices, according to a report by benefit manager Express Scripts. That overall increase ...
Tip for Auto Insurers: Personality Traits Linked to Distracted Driving Behavior
Extraverted older adults and conscientious, curious teens may be more likely to engage in risky driving behavior, while agreeable teens are less likely to drive distracted, according to new research ...
Chubb Ranks Best in D&O Loss Ratio But Still Trails AIG in Premiums
The Chubb Corporation continued to report the best direct loss ratio for U.S. directors and officers liability insurance last year, according to a report released by Fitch Ratings last week. But ...
Unethical Behavior Tolerated for Workers Who Produce Results
Your coworker wastes time. He mismanages resources. He's been known to engage in activities that you and others consider conflicts of interest. Yet, he seems to "do no wrong" in the eyes of the ...
CFOs Reveal Wackiest Expense Report Submittals; What to Do About Them
If you're a CFO who has been doing a double-take at some of the expense reimbursement requests submitted for your approval, you're not alone. Only 11 percent of executives reported a drop in ...
Solid Publicly Traded Reinsurer Results Under Threat: A.M. Best
Reinsurers have been delivering solid operating results, with publicly traded reinsurers currently outpacing the overall equity market – but this good fortune may not be sustainable, given the ...
Actuaries, Data Scientists at Odds: Novarica
With roughly one-in-three insurance companies expanding or piloting data science units in 2016, they may be facing an unanticipated problem—friction between their actuaries and data scientists, ...