Data & Research
InsurTech Funding Levels Come Crashing Down in Q1: CB Insights
Funding for the InsurTech sector plummeted 58 percent in the first quarter of 2022 compared to fourth-quarter 2021, according to data released by CB Insights Tuesday. The total funding amount of $2.2 ...
Workers Reporting Injuries Earlier in Tenure, Carrier Study Reveals
An insurer's study of a decade of workers compensation claims reveals that injury reports in 2021 came from employees who hadn't been on the job as long as those who reported claims in 2011. On ...
A Bad Mix: Narcissistic CEOs and Crisis
Research from Michigan State University and the Ohio State University reveals how CEO narcissism during a crisis can influence the behavior of middle managers, which may have implications for the ...
How Insurance CIOs Can Orchestrate Business-Wide Transformation
The pandemic has been a wake-up call for insurers. In an industry that has traditionally lagged in digital deployments, the savviest players are reassessing their own infrastructures to reevaluate if ...
UN Report Details Extent of Climate Change on Gulf Coast
Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain on parts of the Texas coast in 2017. Then in 2020, ferocious winds from Hurricane Laura destroyed homes across coastal Louisiana. Hurricane Ida hit ...
Homeowners Less Satisfied With Their Claims Experience: J.D. Power
Overall customer satisfaction with homeowners insurance claims fell to a five-year low, according to a new study by J.D. Power, as nearly every insurer's scores were dragged down by slower cycle ...
Attn. Product Recall Insurers: New CEOs More Likely to Issue Recalls
Newly tenured CEOs in the consumer products industry are more likely to announce a product safety recall than CEOs who have been in the position longer, according to a new study of 25 years of ...
Knowing What Boss Gets Paid Impacts Worker Productivity (How Might Surprise You)
More states are requiring employers to disclose information about their workers' salaries with the hope it will reduce gender and racial pay gaps. But increasing pay transparency can also have some ...