Data & Research
Marriott Data Breach Could Cost at Least $200 Million: AIR Worldwide
Marriott International Inc. will be dealing with direct cyber incident losses from its massive data breach of between $200 million and $600 million, according to an AIR Worldwide estimate. Marriott ...
At $79B, 2018 Global Insured Losses Hover Near Record Territory: Swiss Re
Total economic losses from natural and man-made disasters in 2018 are down from the previous year, but insured losses are hovering near record territory. Swiss Re's latest sigma report calculated an ...
Executives On The Move at Alliant and Insurance Information Institute
Alliant hired a Willis Towers Watson veteran as Senior Vice President. The Insurance Information Institute hired a new Vice President and Senior Economist, who will handle areas including research, ...
U.S. P/C Insurers’ Interest in Hedge Fund Investments May Be Waning: Fitch
U.S. property/casualty insurer interest in hedge fund investments may be waning, according to a new Fitch report. Fitch said that the industry's investment position in other alternative investments ...
Cyber Attacks on Connected Cars See Substantial Increase
Hopping into an Uber or a Car2Go is a great way to get around. Unfortunately, hackers agree, exploiting weaknesses in apps to go on "phantom rides" with someone else's profile. From such trips—like ...
Between an Ant and a Grasshopper, Lemonade’s Results ‘Most Improved’
The three U.S. venture-backed InsurTech carriers we have been tracking for several quarters have more money, more premium and more losses as we head into the last quarter of the year. During the ...
Can an InsurTech Startup Compete With Progressive and GEICO?
The most common refrain of startups is that insurance is broken and their solution will fix it. Oui, c'est vrai. But two companies have their act together more than almost any other insurers: GEICO ...
Startups vs. Incumbents Revisited: Q32018
We first pointed out in a second quarter analysis of VC-backed startups Root, Lemonade and Metromile that companies run or led by well-known underwriters were growing slowly but far more profitable ...