Data & Research
How Most of the Insurance Industry Escaped the Worst of the Financial Crisis
At a time when efforts are underway to require additional supervision of some large insurers, a new government report concludes that the insurance industry's own practices and the policies of state ...
Are You Hiring the Wrong Person?
Have you ever applied for a job and wondered why it is offered to someone who appears to be less qualified than you? A new study by Berkeley-Haas Associate Professor Don Moore finds employment ...
Lack Of C-Suite Engagement Drives Strategic Failures: Study
A new study confirms that while executives believe delivering on strategic plans is important, their organizations are falling short—often because of poor C-suite engagement. The research findings ...
Commercial Lines Rate Increases Slowed in Q2: The Council
Commercial property/casualty pricing continued to gently creep upwards in the second quarter, however signs of some moderating of increases also surfaced. The Council of Insurance Agents & ...
First-Half Insured Disaster Losses $20B Globally: Impact Forecasting
Insured losses from natural disasters around the globe reached $20 billion in the first six months of 2013, but still fell 20 percent below last year's first-half figure of $25 billion, according to ...
Casualty ILS: The Time Has Come
The accelerating convergence of insurance and reinsurance with capital markets and the resulting effect on the traditional insurance and reinsurance business model have topped the insurance news ...
Sea Level Rise: New Iceberg Theory Points To Areas At Risk Of Rapid Disintegration
In events that could exacerbate sea level rise over the coming decades, stretches of ice on the coasts of Antarctica and Greenland are at risk of rapidly cracking apart and falling into the ocean, ...
Estimates of Global Hacking Damage Called Into Question
A $1 trillion estimate of the global cost of hacking cited by President Barack Obama and other top officials is a gross exaggeration, according to a new study commissioned by the company responsible ...