Data & Research
Cat Bond Q1 Issuance Hit $2B, a New Record
Catastrophe bond issuance hit $2 billion during the first three months of 2016, making it the most active first quarter in market history, according to the latest report from the Property Claim ...
Reinsurance Use of Alternative Capital Grew 12% in 2015: Aon Report
Alternative capital continues to make its presence felt in the reinsurance market, increasing by 12 percent during 2015 to $72 billion, while traditional capital decreased by 4 percent to $493 ...
Most Insurance M&A Deals Haven’t Improved Financial Strength: S&P
The flurry of insurance mergers and acquisitions that yielded about $150 billion of transactions globally in 2015 may endure even after years of "patchy" results for some companies making deals, ...
Energy Insurance Market Could Contract in Wake of Oil Price Crash
Signs are increasing that fallout from the oil price crash could lead to a contraction of the energy insurance market. Willis Towers Watson asserts in a new report that a "perfect storm" of ...
Can Computers Predict When Your Time Is Up? UK Actuaries Fund Big Data Project
Statisticians, computer scientists and medics from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, UK are launching a new project to predict how long you will live. They will use big data to predict ...
Lloyd’s Is Vulnerable to Harm if UK Leaves EU: Survey
Approximately 70 percent of London market insurers, brokers, and service providers contacted in a new survey believe Lloyd's of London faces harm or severe damage if the U.K. leaves the European ...
Turn Departing Employees Into Opportunities for Improvement
Losing a worker can be a setback, but the silver lining is that exit interviews can offer employers the opportunity to obtain useful feedback to help them improve their organizations and avoid ...
April Renewals Reflected Slowing Price Cuts, Rising Reinsurance Demand: Willis Re
While the April 1 renewals saw a continuation of the softening market, there are encouraging signs that price cuts are slowing and reinsurance demand is rising, according to a Willis Re report. For ...