Data & Research
The Hartford Survey: Few Midsize Businesses Have Tested Continuity Plans
Though most midsize businesses have business continuity plans, few have tested them, according to a new report from The Hartford. The insurer's "2014 Midsize Business Monitor" found that 59 percent ...
PartnerRe, M&A Focused, Suffers Large Investment Losses in Q2
PartnerRe has enough on its plate juggling a proposed merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and an unsolicited bid from the Italian investment firm EXOR SpA. Now there is a sizable second-quarter ...
You’re Married? You’re Getting a Deal on Your Car Insurance
Your driving record seems a legitimate risk for insurers to consider when they price auto insurance. But your marital status? Yes, young men in red sports cars will pay more for coverage than ...
Employers Bracing for Discrimination Suits: Littler Mendelson Study
Your company is bracing itself for lawsuits. Yours included. U.S. employers are anticipating a rise in workplace discrimination claims based on their own hiring policies, a survey released last week ...
Cyber Climbs the List as a Major Risk: PwC & CSFI Survey
Regulation is the top insurance industry concern for the third year in a row, but cyber has grabbed carriers' attention like never before, according to the Centre for the Study of Financial ...
Seven Companies Join Ward’s Annual Top 50 P/C Ranking for 2015
There are only three companies that have made it onto an annual list of 50 top property/casualty insurance performers for 25 straight years, according to the list's publisher, Ward Group. Ward ...
New Madrid Earthquake Sequence Could Cost Insurers $150B: Swiss Re
A series of earthquakes similar to the New Madrid quakes of 1811/1812 could cost the insurance industry more than $150 billion, making it the costliest natural disaster to date, according to a new ...
Jacobson, Ward Updating Insurance Labor Outlook Study for Midyear Outlook
The Jacobson Group and Ward Group, an Aon Hewitt company, are conducting the 2015 midyear iteration of the Semi-Annual U.S. Insurance Labor Outlook Study. "As demand continues to far surpass the ...