Data & Research
Top 5 Reserve Boosts in 2013; Fitch Reveals Carriers with Unfavorable Development
Although the property/casualty insurance industry overall will report favorable loss reserve development from prior underwriting periods for the eighth consecutive year in 2013, several individual ...
Five Insurers Lead P/C Industry to 8th Year of Reserve Takedowns: Fitch
Headline reserve charges for Tower Group, Meadowbrook Insurance Group and QBE Americas in 2013 didn't interrupt an eight-year trend of overall prior-year reserve takedowns for the property/casualty ...
Ford Teams with MIT, Stanford to Research Autonomous Driving
Ford Motor Co. said it is joining with two top U.S. universities to launch research into automated driving technology. The automaker said it will work with Stanford University and the Massachusetts ...
Driving Losing Some Of Its Appeal But Reasons May Vary By Country
Car use appears to have leveled off and even started falling in many of the world's advanced economies long before the global downturn in 2008, according to transport experts. The slowdown brings to ...
China Pollution Traveling to U.S., Study Reveals
Pollution from China travels in large quantities across the Pacific Ocean to the United States, a new study has found, making environmental and health problems unexpected side effects of U.S. demand ...
Insurers Poised to Change Rates of IT Outsourcing in 2014: Novarica
Only 15 percent of insurers don't currently rely on external IT services for key technology areas, but a group of those that do outsource IT services expect to scale back in 2014, a new survey finds. ...
CEOs Upbeat on Economy But Worried About Weak Markets, Over-Regulation
Business leaders gathering for their annual high-profile networking forum in Davos are feeling a bit better about their companies' prospects and a lot more so about the broader economic outlook. But ...
P/C Insurance Execs Expect TRIA Renewal, But Split on Workers Comp Profits
While more than 90 percent of property/casualty insurance industry executives say they expect renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, the jury is out on whether commercial lines profits will ...