Data & Research
U.S. P/C Insurance Underwriting Income Reflects a Big Rebound in H1: A.M. Best
The U.S. P/C insurance industry saw its net underwriting income rebound substantially in the first half of 2018, according to a new A.M. Best special report. That number reached $5.3 billion for H1 ...
Reinsurance Consolidation Won’t Let Up Anytime Soon: Standard & Poor’s
Expect more reinsurance M&A deals in the coming months as reinsurers seek to remain competitive through tough market conditions, S&P Global Ratings predicts in a ...
Major Cyber Event Could Produce Significant Losses for Some Major Carriers: A.M. Best
Three of the top 20 cyber insurance providers could face "meaningful to significant gross losses" from a single-event cyber catastrophe, according to an A.M. Best report based on modeling conducted ...
Japan Floods Leave Behind Up to $4B in Insured Losses: AIR Worldwide
Massive flooding in Japan earlier this summer will be costly, with insured losses landing between an estimated $2 billion and $4 billion, according to AIR Worldwide. As the catastrophe modeling firm ...
Small Biz Customers Rank Nationwide As Top Insurer; Travelers, Hartford Lag
Nationwide Insurance came up on top of J.D. Power's 2018 customer ranking of small commercial insurers, vaulting up from the middle of the carrier pack in 2017, while overall satisfaction scores for ...
Insurance Premiums From InsurTech to Exceed $400B by 2023
Insurance premiums generated by emerging InsurTech services will exceed $400 billion by 2023, up from an estimated $187 billion in 2018, according to a new study from U.K.-based Juniper Research. The ...
Indiana University Research Reveals Problems of Fewer Financial Reports
President Donald Trump on Friday indicated that he has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to review changing its reporting requirements, away from quarterly reports to semi-annual reports. ...
Insurers’ H1 Featured Spike in Downgrades, But Upgrades Still Came Out on Top: A.M. Best
Catastrophic weather events in 2017 helped spur an increase in rating downgrades for the U.S. property/casualty industry during the first half of 2018, according to an A.M. Best report. But the ...