Data & Research
Reinsurers Could Face Pressure to Lower Rates Amid Capital Oversupply
Munich Re and Swiss Re Ltd. are among reinsurers likely to face further pressure to lower the rates they charge clients as the capital available for backing policies remains near a record high, ...
Workaholics Don’t Let Up Even Though They Understand Health Risks
Working overtime may cost you your health, according to a Kansas State University doctoral researcher. Sarah Asebedo, doctoral student in personal financial planning and conflict resolution, Edina, ...
P/C Loss Reserve Cycles Are Real: AM Best Analysis
The idea that carriers release loss reserves when property/casualty insurance markets soften and strengthen them in hard markets is more than a theory, according to a new analysis by rating agency ...
Compensation Gaps in the Insurance Industry: University Research
As part of a research project focused on analyzing leadership demographics in the insurance industry, Saint Joseph's University examined compensation level for senior officers in various market ...
Saint Joseph’s University Research Shines Light on Gender Diversity in Insurance
The insurance industry has long suffered from a "brand identity" crisis on many fronts. Often accused of improper sales and marketing of our products and poor handling of policyholder claims after a ...
CEOs Behaving Badly; Performance Graded ‘F’ By Think Tank
With a silhouetted image of a cigar-smoking bigwig reading a failing report card on its cover, a Washington think tank published a study revealing that 38 percent America's top-paid CEOs were either ...
Bermuda’s New Insurer Registrations Up 81% For First-Half 2013
The Bermuda Monetary Authority has registered 47 new insurers for the period ending July 2013. This is an 81 percent increase from the 26 insurers registered over the same period in 2012. A total of ...
Texas Earthquakes Tied Extraction in Fracking: Study
A recent wave of small earthquakes in and around the Eagle Ford formation in Texas was probably the result of extracting oil and in some cases water used for hydraulic fracturing, according to a ...