Data & Research
Obamacare Could Lead to Medical Cost-Sharing, Other Effects on P/C: IRC
The property/casualty insurance industry is likely to face cost shifting by hospitals, physicians and other medical providers due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to ...
Retiring CEOs Issue Optimistic Earnings Forecasts, Study Finds
Retiring chief executive officers issue earnings forecasts more frequently during their final year of employment, and these forecasts tend to convey good news—to be optimistically biased—than ...
British Floods Hit Aviva, RSA, Direct Line
Aviva Plc, RSA Insurance Group Plc, and Direct Line Group Plc are poised to bear the brunt of losses from flooding in Britain that is estimated to cost the industry as much as 1 billion pounds ($1.7 ...
What Might Happen If El Nino Returns
Global cocoa prices have rallied to 2-1/2-year highs on worries El Nino could return in 2014, while other agricultural commodity markets could also be hit by the spectre of the weather anomaly. El ...
Automated Taxiing Technology to Boost CEOs’ Jet Safety
Cockpit technology to cut the risk of on-ground airport collisions is moving toward commercial adoption as Honeywell International Inc. targets business jets like those favored by chief executive ...
Traders’ Personal Stress May Drive Market Instability, Say Researchers
Financial markets may be more vulnerable to traders' stress levels than previously thought, according to a scientific study which found that high levels of the stress hormone cortisol can induce risk ...
Workplace Safety Beats Cyber, Terror as Top Small Biz Risk Concern
According to a survey of more than 500 small business owners, workplace safety risks are a greater source of concern than cyber risks, terror risks and other worrisome injury and cost drivers. ...