Data & Research
Nearly 1 in 5 Car Crashes Caused by Phone Distractions: Study
Despite education programs and state laws, phone-based driving distraction is still on the rise—and is likely responsible for far more accidents than widely reported, says a new study from ...
American Politics Has Become Increasingly Moralistic: Study
American politics has grown increasingly polarized for decades, but recently it's reached a tipping point, say researchers from Northwestern University. Rather than simply disagreeing about policies, ...
Q3 Global Commercial Insurance Pricing Rockets 20 Percent Higher: Marsh
Global commercial insurance pricing rocketed 20 percent higher on average in the 2020 third quarter, driven largely by rate hikes in three key lines, according to a new Marsh market update. Marsh ...
Small Business Market Opportunity Seen Among High-Net-Worth Families
The small business sector is widely acknowledged to be an important part of the commercial insurance market. However, this business segment's relationship to the high-net-worth market for personal ...
Set Aside 150 Years for P/C Insurers to Pay COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses
The world's property/casualty insurers would have to collect business interruption insurance premiums for 150 years in order to absorb the estimated $4.5 trillion global output loss inflicted by ...
Reinsurers’ Investment Strategies Help Them Tolerate COVID-19 Impact: S&P
A decade of low interest rates and tough underwriting conditions has led reinsurers to cautiously invest in riskier and more illiquid assets to generate additional return. The good news is that this ...
Insurers Make Major Strides in Beefing Up Customer Experience: IBM Survey
Insurers have made significant strides over the last decide in improving customer experience through new technology or other initiatives, a new IBM survey found. Approximately 85 percent of insurers ...
U.S. P/C Insurance Industry Net Income Plunges 26 Percent in H1
U.S. P/C insurance industry net income plunged 26 percent in the 2020 first half, as underwriting results and investment gains took a hit from COVID-19, catastrophes and other instabilities, ...