Data & Research
U.S. Customers Not Widely Aware of InsurTechs Just Yet: J.D. Power
InsurTechs may be trying to transform how carriers, brokers and agents do business, but customers aren't widely aware of their existence just yet, J.D. Power has determined. J.D. Power's 2018 U.S. ...
Many Global Insurers Plan to Beef Up Private Equity Investments: Goldman Sachs
Thirty-two percent of insurers plan to maintain or increase their investments in private equity in the next 12 months to boost returns, a survey of 300 executives overseeing more than $10 trillion in ...
Cyber Insurance Is Quite Profitable at the Moment: PwC
Most carriers say that cyber insurance is quite profitable for them at the moment, and a majority are also using reinsurance to manage their exposures, PwC found in a new global survey of specialist ...
Carriers Still Don’t Get Dinged Much From Distracted Driving Costs: Analysis
Insurance companies are finally putting a price on the risk of distracted driving, and it's relatively cheap. Last year, a ticket for using a mobile phone while driving added $226 to the average ...
No Gender Pay Gap for CEOs at Large U.S. Corporations: University Research
The popular press regularly publishes articles about gender pay gap in the workforce, and it has recently started talking of a "female premium" in CEO compensation, according to research from the ...
Plenty of Reinsurance Capacity Remains for Mid-Year Renewals: Aon Benfield
Global reinsurer capital continued to rise in 2017, despite the $136 billion in insured losses from natural catastrophes last year, according to a reinsurance market report published by Aon Benfield. ...
U.S. Small Businesses Hammered by Uninsured Losses From 2017 Storms
Small businesses in the United States struggled with uninsured damages and lost revenue following a record-breaking year of hurricanes and wildfires, according to a Federal Reserve survey published ...
Cloud-Based Business Email Accounts at Increased Risk of Hacking
Cyber criminals are targeting business email accounts at an accelerated rate, particularly at organizations using cloud-based programs, says a new report from specialist insurer Beazley. The top two ...