Data & Research
Report Questions Insurer Readiness, Attitudes on Climate Change
A report out Thursday that details responses to a climate change survey from insurers doing business in California, Washington and New York shows many insurers are prepared to deal with today's ...
Statutory Filings’ Analysis Reveals Adverse Development For Recent Prior Years: Assured Research
Twelve of the top-25 insurance groups reported adverse reserve development for accident-years 2010 and 2011 during calendar-year 2012, according to new research conducted by Assured Research LLC. In ...
Snapshot: Who Are America’s Small Business Entrepreneurs?
About one third of America's entrepreneurs are women, many are between the ages of 30 and 49, and 60 percent spent more than six months working on their business idea before forming their entity. ...
Construction Insurance Opportunities On The Rise
Rising construction employment and private projects—residential and nonresidential—mean improved growth prospects ahead for commercial insurers, says Robert Hartwig, the president of the ...
Economic Indicators For Brazil (2010-2013)
With a gross domestic product of $2.42 trillion, Brazil is already the world's sixth largest economy—bigger than the UK. A diversity of trading partners, as well as a mix of agriculture, raw ...
Reserve Patterns Persist Post-SOX
The ability of property/casualty insurers to set loss reserves has not changed as a result of the enactment of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, according to researchers from Illinois State University ...
Housing Collapse Drives Premiums Declines
Nevada was one of the states that was Ground Zero for the housing collapse, which explains why commercial lines premiums evaporated in the states, according to Robert Hartwig, president of the ...