Data & Research
Top 10 Workers Comp Writers Have Varying Results: Fitch
A review of statutory underwriting results for the top 10 writers of workers compensation at year-end 2012 reveals significant disparities in company underwriting performance. Market share across ...
Workers Compensation Market: Challenges Remain Despite Recent Improvements
The market for workers compensation insurance is in a recovery phase of the underwriting cycle after several years of poor results. In particular, premium rates continued to increase meaningfully ...
P/C Insurers Face Challenges If Terrorism Risk Insurance Is Not Renewed: Fitch
If Congress fails to renew or makes significant changes to the federal government's terrorism risk insurance program, some insurers will be forced to significantly alter their underwriting portfolios ...
Renewable Energy Insurance Market Could Triple By 2020: Report
The renewable energy industry could be spending three times as much on insurance every year by 2020 to mitigate risks to projects, says a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance sponsored by Swiss ...
Ralph Nader Planning Tort Law Museum
Ralph Nader has a new cause. After dedicating nearly half a century to battling businesses over almost everything from dangerous products to the influence of money in politics, the consumer advocate ...
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 ...