Data & Research
How to Alert Humans in Driverless Cars About Road Hazards, Auto Conditions
Self-driving cars come with many unknowns and potential obstacles to safe driving but two recent studies set out to focus on one critical issue—the role of the human in the self-driving system. The ...
Top 20 Claims Satisfaction Ranking: Amica Reigns as Industry Falters
Amica Mutual ranked highest in overall satisfaction among homeowners who have filed a property claim, according to the J.D. Power 2016 Property Claims Satisfaction Study, which found household names ...
P/C Insurers See Wide Uses for Predictive Analytics: Willis Towers Watson
Property/casualty insurers plan to drastically widen their use of predictive analytics over the next two years to expand and grow their operations, a Willis Towers Watson survey has found. What's ...
Many Insurers See Google as Potential Threat: Report
More than 40 percent of insurers see Google as a potential threat because of its strong brand and ability to use customer data, a report released on Tuesday said. And young, mobile phone-friendly ...
It’s Almost March. Time for Some Math Madness
The odds of picking a perfect bracket for the NCAA men's basketball March Madness championship tournament are a staggering less than one-in-9.2 quintillion (that's 9,223,372,036,854,775,808), ...
AIG: Post-Merger Problems Driving M&A Coverage Claims
Nearly 14 percent of the M&A policies that American International Group wrote globally between 2011 and 2014 resulted in a claim, the insurer reported last week. The period studied covered more ...
P/C Claims Customer Satisfaction Dips for First Time in 5 Years: J.D. Power
Customer satisfaction with property insurance claims dipped for the first time in five years. The reason why: Carriers appear to be cutting service to reduce expenses in a toughening market cycle, ...
S&P Frees GEICO, National Indemnity, Gen Re from CreditWatch Negative Status
Berkshire Hathaway's insurance subsidiaries are no longer on CreditWatch Negative with Standard & Poor's. The ratings entity removed National Indemnity Co., GEICO and General Reinsurance Corp. ...