Data & Research
Carriers Increasingly Dinged by ‘Secondary’ Catastrophe Perils : Swiss Re
The insurance industry must wake up to the growing cost of "secondary" catastrophe perils, which amounted to more than 60 percent of the $76 billion price tag for insured natural catastrophe losses ...
Business Interruption Worries Driving Cyber Insurance Acquisition Surge: Marsh
There's been a surge in the purchase of cyber insurance over the last few years as clients increasingly acquire it to confront business interruption risk, Marsh asserts in a new report. "As risk ...
Most Midwest Homes Lack Flood Insurance: A.M. Best
States hit hardest by recent Midwest flooding — including Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota — generally have National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) insured rates of less than 1 percent, ...
U.S. Led the Catastrophe Pack With Major Flood Damage in March
Damage from flooding in March 2019 reached $8 billion from events across the globe, with much of the damage happening in the U.S., according to Aon's "Global Catastrophe Recap – March 2019." "The ...
Populist Politics,Terrorism Are Adding New Risks for European Businesses: Aon
Europe faces an increasingly complex security environment, as Islamist and far-right terrorism creates new vulnerabilities for businesses and communities, according to new research from the broker ...
InsurTech Carrier Growth Slows in 2018
The three property/casualty venture-backed U.S. InsurTech startups—Lemonade, Metromile and Root—finished 2018 with pretty good results. Quarterly growth was the slowest ever, but all three paid ...
Finance Companies in the UK Make Little Progress in Reducing Gender Pay Gap
Women working in the U.K.'s financial-services industry are seeing little improvement in their pay parity with male colleagues, according to the latest batch of disclosures as this year's reporting ...
Brexit Continues Pushing UK Financial Jobs Out of the Country: Think Tank
Financial firms in Britain continue to shift business to new European Union hubs and won't stop unless Brexit is canceled, a think tank told British lawmakers on Wednesday. William Wright, head of ...