Data & Research
Global Natural Catastrophe Insured Losses Reached $52B in 2019: Munich Re
Natural catastrophes caused overall losses of $150 billion during 2019, including insured losses of about $52 billion, which matches the average of the past 30 years, according to Munich Re's ...
Jan. 2020 Reinsurance Renewals Vary Widely
The January 2020 reinsurance renewals saw significant variation in pricing and capacity depending on geography, line of business, cedents' loss record and client relationships, according to two ...
Tesla Loses Effort to Block Lawsuit Claiming Racism at California Factory
A federal judge rejected Tesla Inc's effort to dismiss claims by two former workers that the California electric car factory where they worked was a hotbed of racial hostility, clearing the way for a ...
2019 Insured Losses Reach an Estimated $56B: Swiss Re
Global insured losses in 2019 dropped to an estimated $56 billion, from $93 billion in 2018 and below the annual average $75 billion of the previous 10 years, according to preliminary sigma estimates ...
$584B at Risk From Cat Events in 2020: Cambridge Study
Providing an annual update of its study of the impact of catastrophic events on global GDP, researchers from the University of Cambridge find that roughly $584 billion could be wiped from the global ...
Robust Personal Auto Insurance Market Will Slow in 2020: Fitch Prediction
Don't expect the U.S. personal auto insurance market to continue in 2020 with the strong results seen in 2018 and likely for 2019, Fitch Ratings said in a new report. Fitch said that "shifting market ...
U.S. Commercial Lines Market Has Stable Outlook for 2020: A.M. Best
The market outlook on the U.S. commercial lines industry for 2020 is stable. according to analysts at ratings firm A.M. Best who cite "improved market conditions and solid levels of risk-adjusted ...
U.S. P/C Insurers Should See Small Underwriting Profit Gains for 2020: Fitch
The U.S. property/casualty insurance sector should see small improvements in underwriting profits in 2019 and 2020, thanks largely to commercial lines price increases, Fitch Ratings predicts in a new ...