Data & Research
Lloyd’s Underwriters Find Success with U.S. Specialty Subsidiaries: SNL
Insurers Hiscox Ltd., Beazley Plc and Catlin Group Ltd. are reaping the benefits of the U.S. market, according to a report from SNL Financial. SNL data shows how the three companies with significant ...
CEOs Tossing Fewer F-Bombs as Economy Improves
The chief executive officer of Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. is no stranger to profanity in his calls with analysts. On May 5, James Hagedorn did something different: After swearing, he apologized. Bad ...
RLI Scores With a Solid Q2
Specialty insurer RLI Corp. closed its 2014 second quarter with higher underwriting income and net earnings, greater book value, and growth in premiums earned. But the Illinois company still faced a ...
Want Better Results? Learn to Say ‘Not Now, I’m Busy’
Modern office workers are expected to multitask regularly, often juggling multiple projects and priorities over the course of a day. Studies have shown that the typical employee in an office ...
Brains of High Stock Market Earners Have Built-In Crash Detectors
If you're not getting rich in the stock market, it may be because you're brain just isn't wired like Warren Buffett's—or that of any other successful investor who has a built-in detector for ...
Eight New Companies Join Ward’s Annual Top 50 P/C Ranking
Eight new nominees join Ward Group's 2014 roundup of the 50 top performing property/casualty insurers. The recently released analysis crowns the best performers out of more than 3,000 companies in ...
AIR Worldwide Ups Cat Modeling Competition With Touchstone 2.0
Eighteen months after AIR Worldwide launched its Touchstone catastrophe modeling platform, the Boston company is rolling out version 2.0. Touchstone 2.0 includes a number of tweaks and advances to ...
Insurance.com Survey: What Is Online Comparison Shopping Worth?
Bargain hunting for car insurance can save consumers $54 per minute, according to a new survey from Insurance.com. On a savings-per-minute basis, hunting for a bargain on car insurance outranks ...