Data & Research
Global Insurers, Reinsurers Face Coronavirus Outbreak Exposures: Moody’s
Global insurers and reinsurers are exposed to the coronavirus outbreak directly through a potential spike in claims, and indirectly through the impact on economic growth and the resultant financial ...
Dearly Departed InsurTechs: Expect Their Numbers to Rise
For every Lemonade and Root that launches with great fanfare, attracts hundreds of millions of dollars in venture funding and publicizes every facet of its growth, there are many InsurTechs that ...
Fossil-Fuel Production May Generate Much More Methane Than Scientists Thought
Fossil-fuel production may be responsible for much more atmospheric methane than scientists previously thought, according to new research published today in the journal Nature. The results, if they ...
Most Insurers Plan to Add Employees or Maintain Current Staffing: Jacobson/Aon Study
Most insurance companies plan to either maintain current staffing or add new employees over the next 12 months, The Jacobson Group and Aon plc have found. At the same time, their new Semi-Annual U.S. ...
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 ...