Data & Research
Gates, Buffett Top Forbes Rich List Again as Young Wealthy Play Catch Up
The richest 400 Americans are significantly richer in 2013 than they were last year and younger Americans are accumulating wealth at a faster clip than their baby boomer counterparts, according to ...
Keep Stricter Audit Committee Standards Flexible, Argues New Canada-Based Study
Independent, financially-literate audit committees lead to higher firm values and less diversion of resources by management, shows a new study by researchers at the University of Toronto. But the ...
Buy or Sell? Response May Depend on How Investment News Is Delivered
Some investment firms are looking at using online videos to bring financial news to their investors. But researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology caution firms to first consider ...
Commercial Insurance Prices Continue Steady Increase, Towers Watson Survey Shows
Commercial insurance prices rose by 6 percent in aggregate during the second quarter of 2013, marking the 10th consecutive quarter of price increases, according to the latest Commercial Lines ...
Nat Cat Re Demand to Double in High-Growth Markets; Declining U.S. Rates to Stabilize in ’14: Swiss Re
Swiss Re expects the demand for natural catastrophe reinsurance to double in high-growth markets and to rise by around 50 percent in mature markets by 2020, the reinsurer said in a statement. ...
Hurricane Season 2013 Unusual, Says RMS; Humberto Expected to Miss U.S.
This is the first season in 11 years not to have produced a landfalling hurricane by August, RMS said on Monday morning in a hurricane fact sheet released to the media. The statement noted that there ...
Global Insurance M&A Activity at Four-Year Low: Clyde & Co.
Global merger and acquisition activity among insurers dropped 29 percent in the year through June as falling pricing and lower investment returns tempered demand, according to law firm Clyde & ...
Dishonest Deeds Lead to ‘Cheater’s High’ as Long as No One Gets Hurt
People who get away with cheating when they believe no one is hurt by their dishonesty are more likely to feel upbeat than remorseful afterward, according to new research published by the American ...