Data & Research
Storm Ciara (AKA Sabine) Could Cause $2B in Insured Losses: RMS
Total insured property losses from storm Ciara, which was named Sabine in Germany, could be between 1.1 billion and 1.8 billion euros ($1.2 billion-$1.95 billion), catastrophe risk modeling firm RMS ...
Average Commercial Insurance Prices Jumped 11 Percent in Q4: Marsh
Global average commercial insurance prices increased 11 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the Global Insurance Market Index released by insurance broker Marsh. The fourth-quarter ...
Global Natural Disasters Caused Economic Damages Surpassing $3B in January: Aon
U.S. storms, Australian bushfires and hailstorms, and floods in various countries across the globe caused more than $3 billion in economic damages during January, according to Aon's Global ...
Leaders Can Accomplish More by Doing Less
It seems contradictory, but leaders can actually get more done by doing less. That's a central argument in a recent posting at the Let's Grow Leaders blog. That decision to do less is part of a ...
Insurance Industry M&A Deals Hit $12.92B in December: GlobalData
Total insurance industry merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in December 2019 worth $12.92 billion were announced globally, according to GlobalData's deals database. The value marked an increase ...
Coronavirus Will Cause Limited Losses in China’s P/C Insurance Market: AM Best
Ratings firm AM Best said it expects that China's non-life insurance market will experience limited losses from the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The analysts based their outlook on factors including ...
Insurance Value Chain Poised for Big Changes From Data-Driven Business Models
Digital transformation empowers consumers to be more informed and independent, and equips insurers with the tools to develop new tailored products and services and refine existing ones, said the ...
InsurTech Investments Reach New Highs, Even as Many Startups Quietly Shut Down
InsurTech investments reached an historic high in 2019, according to a new briefing on the sector from Willis Towers Watson. But 2019 also capped a three-year period where many InsurTech startups ...