Data & Research
Americans Worry About Risks Caused by Drones: Chubb
Most Americans are worried that the increased use of drones in the U.S. could damage property, cause injury and create other new risks, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies determined in a new ...
Commercial Insurance Price Hikes Slowed Again in Q2
Commercial insurance prices continued to moderate in the 2014 second quarter. This time, they inched up 3 percent in aggregate, versus a 4 percent increase in the first three months of this year, a ...
Can That Deadline Wait? Changing Perception May Spur On-Time Project Completion
Completing tasks and crossing them off the ubiquitous "to-do" list is a great feeling. But what about those nagging tasks we keep putting off? What's the difference between those jobs that get ...
Verisk Names New ISO Division President
Verisk Analytics named Beth Fitzgerald as the new leader of its ISO Insurance Programs and Analytic Services arm. She replaces Kevin Thompson, who retired as a 40-year veteran of the company. ...
Regional, Specialty Insurer Analysis: Broader Focus Enhances Profitability
Insurers focusing their business on a single state or coverage line experienced decent levels of premium growth in recent years, but they also recorded higher combined ratios than diversified ...
Tower Group Dealt More A.M. Best Ratings Downgrades
Tower Group International must deal with more ratings downgrades from A.M. Best, spurred by its soaring net losses and uncertainty over whether it can carry its debts through an intended merger with ...
Hurricane Forecaster Favors Brief and Ugly Storms
When it comes to Atlantic hurricanes, brief and ugly is beautiful, at least to Phil Klotzbach, lead author of Colorado State University's seasonal storm forecast. That's because a ragged-looking ...
WSI’s 2014 Storm Forecast Becomes (Slightly) Milder
Weather Services International has reduced the number of storms it is predicting for the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, in a period that has already been slower than past years with extreme weather ...