Data & Research
Capital Gains Mute P/C Industry H1 Operating Income Decline
The combined ratio for the property/casualty insurance industry became slightly worse in the first half of 2014, as net investment income declined and weak operating income continued. But net income ...
No New Property-Cat Bonds in Q3: Verisk
There wasn't a single new property-catastrophe bond issued in the 2014 third quarter, the first time that's happened this time of year in at least a decade, Verisk Insurance Solutions asserts in its ...
The Fed Wants Insurer Input As it Builds Capital Rules
The Federal Reserve today announced a voluntary survey into the potential impact of capital rules for insurance companies that it regulates. The Federal Reserve is seeking comments from the industry ...
Europol Pushes For Data Law Changes to Battle Cybercrime
Law enforcers in Europe need greater powers to retain data for longer in order to catch cybercriminals selling discrete services that police cannot trace under existing regulations, according to a ...
Report: PC Industry Increasingly Embraces Big Data Analytics
North American property/casualty insurers have moved well beyond cautious dabbling into projects involving big data analytics. At the same time, they must find more employees with advanced degrees in ...
Insurers Envision Slight IT Spending Hikes for 2015: Novarica
Most insurers only plan modest increases in their IT budgets in 2015. And while other industries are spending more and more in emerging tech areas such as mobile insurance, big data and the cloud, ...
Inside Hackers: $40B Threat for U.S. Employers
Fired from a job as a technology contractor for a Toyota Motor Corp. factory in Kentucky, Ibrahimshah Shahulhameed went home, logged into the company's computer network and attacked it with ...
Customer Experience, Stock Performance Linked: Watermark Consulting
Public companies ranked poorly by customers also saw their stock market values decline over the past seven years while leaders in customer experience soared past the S&P 500, a consulting firm ...