Data & Research
As P/C Companies Turn to Predictive Analytics, Some Underwriters are Wary
If you're wondering how important predictive analytics is becoming to property/casualty insurance companies, consider this: 56 percent of industry respondents in a new survey said they plan to start ...
The Hartford’s Continued Upswing Wins a Standard & Poor’s Ratings Upgrade
Hartford Financial Services Group's continued rebound has led Standard & Poor's to raise its financial strength credit rating for the insurance giant. Specifically, Standard & Poor's said it ...
It’s an Insurance Buyer’s Market For Now: Willis
Due in part to reduced catastrophe losses and the increased supply of capital, property/casualty insurance buyers can expect to face friendly market conditions on most lines of business for the ...
SCOR, Chubb, Help Drive Q1 Cat Bonds Issued to Record Levels: Aon Benfield
Catastrophe bond limit secured in the 2015 first quarter came in at $1.7 billion, the most of any Q1 yet recorded, Aon Benfield said in its latest status report on insurance-linked securities. Aon ...
U.S. CEOs Enjoyed a 12 Percent Pay Raise in 2014: Towers Watson
Chief executive officers of U.S. companies got a 12.1 percent pay raise in 2014, mainly driven by increases in the value of pension benefits, an analysis showed on Thursday. Towers Watson & Co, a ...
Top D&O Insurer Ranking Shows CNA Moving Up: Fitch Analysis
Although market leaders in the directors and officers liability insurance segment have stayed relatively unchanged in recent years, CNA edged its way into the top five last year, according to a ...
Data on Health Data Breaches Published
Between 2010 and 2013, data breaches of protected health information reported by HIPAA-covered entities increased and involved approximately 29 million records, with most data breaches resulting from ...
U.S. Insured Property Values Reach New Heights and Cluster in Coastal Regions
U.S insured property values as of 2014 exceed $90 trillion, but the bulk of that is increasingly concentrated in vulnerable coastal areas. With that in mind, new risk metrics could better help ...