Data & Research
Report: S&P Close to Settling Real Estate Bond Rating Investigation
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services is nearing a settlement with regulators over their investigation of how the company graded real-estate bonds, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people ...
Isn’t It Ridiculous? Top 10 Crazy Lawsuits of 2014
Earlier this month, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform announced its list of the Top 10 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2014: Plaintiff in Pending Disability Lawsuit Topples Huge, ...
WCRI Study: Pill Mill Reform Fuels Shift from Opioids to Weaker Meds
A law banning physicians from dispensing certain strong opioids discouraged the doctors from prescribing those drugs at all, according to a new study, which also found that the doctors dispensed more ...
Study: Female Board Members Linked to Positive Company Financial Performance
There is a positive correlation between women serving on a company's board of directors and a firm's financial performance, according to new research from Syracuse University's Martin J. Whitman ...
Challenges for Foreign Investors: Marsh’s 2015 Political Risk Map
Falling oil prices, rising geopolitical tensions and separatist movements topped the list of challenges facing direct foreign investors, according to Marsh's 2015 Political Risk Map and report. The ...
Sea Level Rise May Come Faster, Greenland Ice Sheet Study Says
The Greenland Ice Sheet is the second-largest body of ice on Earth. It covers an area about five times the size of New York State and Kansas combined, and if it melts completely, oceans could rise by ...
Fitch: Capital Levels, Continued Profits Support Stable P/C Outlook
In addition to opining that the momentum behind premium rate hikes is now exhausted in the property/casualty insurer sector, Fitch Ratings delivered predictions on key financial measures for 2014 and ...
What Analysts Are Saying: Have P/C Prices Peaked?
With the hardening price phase officially over for property/casualty insurers by some accounts, analysts are not yet predicting any severe price declines for the year ahead—and underwriting profits ...