Data & Research
Want to Retire at 65? (Many People Can) Forget About It
Approximately 60 percent of workers won't be able to maintain their living standards if they retire at age 65 because they are woefully behind in saving the money they'll need, a new Aon Hewitt ...
Survey Says: Millennials Love Usage-Based Auto Insurance Policies
More drivers aged 18 to 34, commonly known as millennials, are interested in usage-based auto insurance policies than are drivers in all other age groups. Specifically, 88 percent of millennials are ...
Top 25 Non-Life Reinsurers: A.M. Best’s 2015 Ranking
Catlin Group rose into the ranks of the top 25 global non-life reinsurers—even before considering the impact of a combination with XL Group—but no new names appeared among the top 10, according ...
P/C Insurers Among Fortune’s Fastest Growing Companies
Even though growth seems hard to come by for property/casualty insurers, five made the top 25 of Fortune's 100 fastest growing companies published late last month. One of the five—Federated ...
Drought’s Economic Damage Went Global in August: Aon Benfield
Severe drought in the western U.S. caused economic losses in August of at least $3 billion, mostly from agricultural damage in California, Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting said in a new report. ...
Insurance Losses From Tianjin Explosion Could Hit $3.3B: Guy Carpenter
The two massive explosions which hit China's Port of Tianjin last month could generate insurance losses of up $3.3 billion, according to a report published by Guy Carpenter. The report estimates ...
Actuaries, Analytics Pros in Hottest P/C Insurance Talent Markets: Labor Study
In spite of fading carrier optimism about revenue growth and increasing activity on the M&A front, unemployment in the insurance industry remains near an all-time low. For carriers, that means ...
Reinsurers’ New Reality of Abundant Capacity May be Permanent: A.M. Best
The reinsurance market is operating in a new reality of abundant capacity from traditional and alternative sources, low interest rates and thinner reinsurance margins, driven by intense competition ...