Data & Research
Wage-Loss Workers Comp Benefits Fall Short: WCRI Study
Adequacy of income benefits is one of the long-standing concerns about the performance of workers compensation systems. However, there is little known about whether income benefits (also called ...
Cyber Liability Rate Renewals Dipped in Q1 as Coverage Capacity Soars: Marsh
Cyber coverage has been a rapidly growing business segment for P/C insurers for years. But much more capacity may have led to this: U.S. cyber liability renewal rates declined during the 2017 first ...
$3 Billion: May’s Insurance Bill for Severe U.S. Weather Outbreaks
Public and private insurers forked over nearly $3 billion to cover claims related to severe weather outbreaks in the U.S. for May. Overall aggregated economic losses: more than $4 billion, Aon ...
U.S. Businesses Say They’re Ready for Cyber Attacks; Employees Have Different Answer
U.S. employees remain unprepared for cybersecurity incidents even as most of the companies they work for insist they're highly protected from threats, according to a new Willis Towers Watson survey. ...
Reinsurance Rates Continue Their Tumble at June 1 Renewals
Reinsurance rates fell for the sixth consecutive year at the June 1, 2017 renewals, according to a market commentary published by JLT Re. JLT Re cited its Risk-Adjusted Florida Property-Catastrophe ...
New Consumer Tech Drives Opportunities for Novel Personal Insurance Products: Conning
Innovation often opens the door to new products that would never have been possible. Conning asserts in a new report that this is happening with personal lines insurance, thanks to consumers' ...
The Downward Trend Continues for U.S. Commercial Auto Insurance Losses
U.S. commercial auto insurance losses have already been high for some time. They grew even worse, in 2016, hitting depths the sector hasn't seen in 15 years. A primary bellwether: the commercial auto ...
P/C Insurers Can Handle U.S. 2017 Hurricane Season: Fitch Analysis
The 2017 U.S. hurricane season may be here, but property/casualty insurers should be able to handle the challenges it brings. Fitch Ratings said in a new report. "Fitch currently has a negative ...