Data & Research
Carriers Marketing Usage-Based Auto Insurance Have Multiple Obstacles to Overcome: S&P Analysis
Usage-based personal auto insurance may be drawing ever-increasing attention. Its wider adoption is stymied, however, by customer age and demographics, privacy concerns, misunderstanding about the ...
As COVID Cases Rise Again, U.S. Business Travelers Scale Back Travel Plans
With the COVID-19 Delta variant pushing infections higher again, U.S. business travelers are scaling back their travel plans, a new survey has determined. Approximately 67 percent of respondents said ...
Allstate, State Farm Top J.D. Power’s 2021 U.S. Small Commercial Insurance Customer Satisfaction Ranking
Allstate scored highest in J.D. Power's annual customer satisfaction ranking for U.S. Small Commercial insurers. The property/casualty insurer landed an 848 out of 1,000 points. State Farm grabbed ...
Reinsurance Rate Hikes Will Continue (and Moderate) in 2022: Fitch Ratings
Global reinsurers' underwriting performance will continue to improve in 2022 as premium rate increases take hold, with further rate hikes expected as a result of higher catastrophe losses, continued ...
Small Businesses Aren’t Feeling the Love From Their Carriers: J.D. Power
Small businesses aren't feeling love right now from their property/casualty insurers. Instead, it's neglect. Customer satisfaction for small businesses dropped 15 points in the past two years – 7 ...
U.S. P/C Net Underwriting Income Grew Nearly 30% in H1 2021: AM Best
The U.S. property/casualty industry grew its net underwriting income by 28 percent in the first six months of 2021 compared with the same prior-year period. According to a new AM Best report, a 5.4 ...
Near-Normal Tropical Storm Activity Predicted Through Sept. 1
Researchers from Colorado State University see near-normal tropical storm activity in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico through Sept. 1, according to a forecast update issued on ...
Cyber Attack Claims Soar in 2020 for Smaller Organizations: Coalition
The share of policyholders who filed a cyberattack claim jumped by 50% from the first half of 2020 compared to the first half of 2021, according to a new report by cyber insurer Coalition. An ...