Data & Research
Mid-Sized P/C Carriers Increasingly Embracing IT Outsourcing: Novarica
Large numbers of insurers are relying on at least some form of information technology outsourcing to enhance their daily operations, Novarica found in a new survey of industry CIOs. The reason: ...
ILS Market Reaches New Record, Again: Willis Capital Markets & Advisory
Total non-life insurance linked securities (ILS) capital reached a record $70 billion at year-end 2015 – topping the previous record of $65 billion at year-end 2014, according to the latest ILS ...
Allianz: Business Interruption Remains Huge Risk; Cyber Gaining Fast
Business interruption is the top concern of risk managers heading into 2016 for the fourth year in a row, but cyber is a fast-growing corporate worry, according to a new report from Allianz Global ...
Lloyd’s Discloses Standardized Data Requirements for Cyber Risks
Lloyd's of London has developed common core data requirements for cyber risks, a task achieved through collaborating with modeling firms AIR Worldwide and RMS, along with RMS' partner, the Cambridge ...
What Investor Activism Means for Insurers—Those Under Attack and Those That Aren’t
Carl Icahn's demands for American International Group to split into three different companies may seem over the top to some. More importantly for the P/C market at large, however, is that the hedge ...
Auto Liability Will Buck Price Declines, and Other Marsh 2016 Predictions
Pricing may be plunging across much of the U.S. casualty market in 2016, but not for auto liability. Higher pricing and reduced capacity will likely hit automotive liability over the next year, ...
Fed Could Clear Up SIFI Uncertainty This Year
The designation of MetLife as a systemically important financial institution by the Financial Stability Oversight Council is a done deal. But exactly what that means in terms of higher regulatory ...
P/C Execs Predict Cyber Growth and a Democrat in the White House
Leaders of the property/casualty insurance industry expect 2016 to be a profitable year much like 2015 but do not see any increase in profitability this year for most lines of insurance, and they do ...