Data & Research
Global Insured Catastrophe Losses Jump to $31B in H1: Swiss Re
Global insured property losses from disasters were $31 billion in the first half of 2020, up from $23 billion during the same period last year, according to Swiss Re Institute's preliminary sigma ...
Companies Risk Substantial Loss of Annual Profit Due to Supply Chain Shocks
Companies risk losing more than 40% of annual profit once a decade in a world threatened by trade wars, cyber attacks, pandemics and climate change, according to McKinsey & Co., which estimates ...
Hurricane Isaias Insured Losses Will Surpass $4B: KCC
Hurricane Isaias likely caused $4 billion of insured losses in the U.S. and $200 million in the Caribbean, according to a new report from Karen Clark & Co. The estimates cover privately insured ...
COVIDigation Nation: Why So Many Cases? Are More Coming?
Let's get a few things out of the way. First, I am not a data scientist or an actuary. I am an attorney interested in data. More specifically, I am interested in using data from disparate sources to ...
Cyber Attacks and Identity Fraud Continue to Rise: Munich Re’s HSB
Consumer-focused identity theft, cyber attacks and online fraud are continuing to rise or remain at robust levels, a new national survey by Munich Re's HSB has found. Nearly 16 percent of individuals ...
COVID-19 Couldn’t Stop Robust Quarter for ILS Issuance: Aon
Usage of insurance linked securities the first six months of 2020 is already 20 percent higher than all of 2019, underscoring the sector's momentum and resilience even with the coronavirus pandemic, ...
U.S. P/C Insurers Saw Record Q1 Surplus Drop, but Fundamentals Remained Solid: APCIA/Verisk
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry saw its surplus drop by a record amount in the 2020 first quarter, thanks to stock market turmoil driven by the coronavirus pandemic's rapid arrival. But ...
InsurTech Financings Rebound in Q2; A Longer Recovery Remains in Question
InsurTech venture capital investments rebounded strongly in the second quarter after a pummeling earlier in the year due to growing pandemic-related uncertainty in the financial markets. Firms in the ...