Data & Research
P/C Combined 97.6 for 2013; Commercial Outlook Still Negative: A.M. Best
A relatively quiet year for catastrophes helped the U.S. property/casualty industry achieve an underwriting profit for the first time in four years, according to A.M. Best. The industry managed its ...
‘Wal-Mart Effect’ Seen Dampening Crime Rate Drops
Communities across the United States experienced an unprecedented decline in crime in the 1990s. But for counties where Wal-Mart built stores, the decline wasn't nearly as dramatic. "The crime ...
Nearly One-Quarter of Insurance Consumers Would Buy Cover from Amazon, Google: Accenture
Two-thirds (67 percent) of insurance customers would consider purchasing insurance products from organizations other than insurers, including 23 percent who would consider buying from online service ...
Study of Possible Wall Street Broker Conflicts Leaked; Authors Warn Against Quick Judgments
A new academic paper about potential conflict of interest in large retail brokers' routing of limit orders has stirred controversy on Wall Street and caught regulators' attention—even before the ...
January Cold, Snow in U.S. to Cost Insurers $1.6 Billion: Aon
The various winter storms that brought snow and bitter cold to the United States in January took more than 50 lives and are expected to result in direct economic losses of about $3.5 billion and ...
Chubb Sharing Economy Poll: Owners More Willing to Rent Others’ Homes than Share Theirs
Potential risks ranging from bedbugs to theft would keep one-in-five Americans from renting their homes, but nearly one-third say they would rent someone else's home for a vacation Thirty-six percent ...
Director Tenure, Cyber Security Hot Boardrooms: Water Cooler Survey
Director tenure topped the list of topics that board members of publicly traded companies are expected to discuss in 2014, according to the Boardroom Water Cooler survey conducted in January by ...
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries Rising; Falls Surpass Car Crashes as Cause
The number of serious traumatic spinal cord injuries is on the rise in the United States, and the leading cause no longer appears to be motor vehicle crashes, but falls, new Johns Hopkins research ...