Data & Research
Thunderstorms Slammed the U.S. in April, While Africa Floods Claimed 78 Lives
Five separate weather systems caused severe thunderstorms across the United States in April, the strongest of which affected the Plains, Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, with ...
AI Could Boost Insurer Revenue and Jobs, But Resistance to Change Remains: Accenture
Artificial intelligence could create significant boost for insurers in both revenue and employment, but they risk missing out if they don't switch soon, according to a recent Accenture report. That ...
U.S. P/C Insurers Have Huge Data/Analytics Plans; Limited Understanding a Challenge: Willis Towers Watson
Property/casualty insurers in the U.S. have big plans to boost their use of advanced analytics and data in their businesses in multiple ways, but there are potential roadblocks, according to a new ...
Recent Crashes Are Slowing Self-Driving Automobile Development
A series of high-profile accidents involving self-driving cars are slowing the mad rush into the autonomous vehicles business, according to a report issued Wednesday. The accidents, some of them ...
With $3.6B in Global Cat Bond Issuance for Q1, Another Record Is Broken
Global catastrophe bond issuance broke a first-quarter record, come in at nearly $3.6 billion for Q1 2018 as the market expanded into new areas, Aon Securities said in its latest report. The $3.58 ...
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 ...