Data & Research
A.M. Best: Workers Compensation Numbers Improved in 2013
While workers compensation continues to face heavy competition and low investment returns, we have good news to tell you. The industry's combined ratio dipped nearly 12 percent from 2012 to 2013, ...
Towers Watson: Insurers Benefit from Proactive Claims Handling
Proactive claims handling is crucial to an insurer's bottom line, according to the latest Towers Watson survey of 35 property/casualty claims officers. The main operational goals of the U.S. P/C ...
Carriers Try ‘Holding the Line’ on Property-Cat Renewals: NAPCO
Property-catastrophe insurers have been focused on winning new business, which means new customers are seeing bigger price cuts, according to a market report from a wholesale broker specializing in ...
Researchers Making Cameras Talk to Each Other to ID, Track Pedestrians
It's not uncommon to see cameras mounted on store ceilings, propped up in public places or placed inside subways, buses and even on the dashboards of cars. Cameras record our world down to the ...
Small Majority of Americans See Work/Life Balance as Attainable: Poll
A majority of the American public believes that most people can find a way to balance the demands of work, family and contributions to community, according to the 21st Allstate/National Journal ...
Take Our P/C Carrier CEO Succession Planning Survey
If your company had to select a chief executive officer successor within the next six months, would that person be someone almost exactly like the current CEO? Is your company developing internal ...
East Coast Hurricanes Can Flood the Midwest: University Research
Located hundreds of miles inland from the nearest ocean, the Midwest is unaffected by North Atlantic hurricanes. Or is it? With the Nov. 30 end of the 2014 hurricane season just weeks away, a ...
Liberty Mutual: Most Parents Lack Extra Coverage For Play Dates
Most parents lack umbrella liability insurance for everyday routines such as carpooling and hosting other children in their homes, Liberty Mutual determined in a new survey. The auto and home insurer ...