Data & Research
Cyber Attacks Increase, but Boards and Businesses Are Fighting Back
A majority of businesses admit that they experienced at least one cyber attack in the last year; companies also increasingly see these risks as a major threat to their operations. Faced with these ...
Auto Injury Claims Costs Keep Rising Even With Safer Vehicles: IRC
Auto injury claims costs are still increasing in the United States, even though better vehicle safety has helped reduce claims frequency, the Insurance Research Council found in a new report. The ...
Shareholder Return Metric in Exec Pay Plan Won’t Boost Results: Research
An analysis of S&P 500 company data over a decade reveals that embedding total shareholder return (TSR) as a performance metric into executive compensation plans may not be the blanket solution ...
Slowly But Surely, Insurers are Turning to Mobile and Big Data
Insurers are increasingly investing in new technology areas such as mobile and big data along with the usual legacy system updates, Novarica found in its latest annual study of U.S. insurer IT ...
Travelers: Cyber Risks Now a Top Consumer Concern
Just as property/casualty insurers are increasingly worried about cyber risks, it turns out consumers fears are growing rapidly right there with them, according to The Travelers Companies' 2015 ...
S&P: Specialty Insurers Soar, Serve as Potential M&A Targets
Standard & Poor's sees a number of specialty insurers as potential takeover targets by both rival carriers and investors seeking to expand in the segment, thanks to stellar operating performance ...
Cyber Security Field Faces Worsening Gender Gap and Workforce Shortage
Women account for just one out of 10 cyber security professionals, as the gender gap widened over two years in a male-dominated field with a drastic workforce shortage, a survey showed. ISC2, the ...
Funding For Employee Bonus Pools Falls Short Again: Towers Watson
For those hoping for annual employee bonuses, 2015 is turnout out to be another tough year, even as companies struggle to attract and keep vital staff members. U.S. employers won't fully fund their ...