Data & Research
Willis, Towers Watson Shore Up Merger Support Ahead of Nov. 18 Vote
Willis Group Holdings and Towers Watson, facing some opposition, are working aggressively to shape stockholder opinions in favor of their proposed merger in advance of a Nov. 18 shareholder vote ...
Guy Carpenter Survey Reveals New Products as Biggest Growth Opportunity in 2016
New products represent the biggest growth opportunity for (re)insurers in the year ahead, according to a new survey from global risk and reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter & Co. The fourth ...
Novarica: U.S. Small Commercial Insurance Market Slowly Warming to Online Sales
Few carriers in the U.S. small commercial insurance market are relying on direct online sales right now. But the number is growing, and it could become quite large within the next five years, ...
Glassdoor Job Ranking: Which Ones Offer Great Work-Life Balance
The eight-hour day probably seems like a thing of the distant past—that is, unless you have one of the jobs below. According to a new survey from career website Glassdoor, while work-life balance ...
A 106.5 Combined Ratio for Allstate’s Esurance Is Good News
A combined ratio of 106.5 would be a sign of trouble for almost any property/casualty insurer. For Allstate's Esurance, the number is good news. Esurance, an online auto and home insurance provider, ...
Liberty Mutual Loses WC Market Share, but Travelers Remains on Top: A.M. Best
Liberty Mutual Insurance's U.S. workers compensation net premiums written for 2014 dropped a whopping 27.5 percent compared to the previous year. The decline was enough to knock it from second to ...
KPMG: Driverless Cars Could Drastically Reduce U.S. Personal Auto Insurance Sector
The U.S. personal auto insurance sector could shrink by 60 percent within 25 years as autonomous vehicles catch on, vehicles become safer and both trends reduce the number of accidents, KPMG said in ...
U.S. Property/Casualty Net Income Grew Steadily in 2015 First Half
Thanks to a relatively quiet tornado season and slow start to the U.S. hurricane season, there's good news to report concerning property/casualty insurers' net income during the first half of 2015. ...