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Energy Insurance Market Could Contract in Wake of Oil Price Crash
Signs are increasing that fallout from the oil price crash could lead to a contraction of the energy insurance market. Willis Towers Watson asserts in a new report that a "perfect storm" of ...
Can Computers Predict When Your Time Is Up? UK Actuaries Fund Big Data Project
Statisticians, computer scientists and medics from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, UK are launching a new project to predict how long you will live. They will use big data to predict ...
Lloyd’s Is Vulnerable to Harm if UK Leaves EU: Survey
Approximately 70 percent of London market insurers, brokers, and service providers contacted in a new survey believe Lloyd's of London faces harm or severe damage if the U.K. leaves the European ...
Turn Departing Employees Into Opportunities for Improvement
Losing a worker can be a setback, but the silver lining is that exit interviews can offer employers the opportunity to obtain useful feedback to help them improve their organizations and avoid ...
April Renewals Reflected Slowing Price Cuts, Rising Reinsurance Demand: Willis Re
While the April 1 renewals saw a continuation of the softening market, there are encouraging signs that price cuts are slowing and reinsurance demand is rising, according to a Willis Re report. For ...
Tianjin Explosions Top 2015 Insured Losses With Estimates Up to $3.5B: Swiss Re
Overall, 2015 was a below-average year for disaster losses, according to the latest sigma study from Swiss Re. Swiss Re counted 353 disaster events in 2015, with total economic losses of $92 billion, ...
Cyber Risk and Low Interest Rates are Top Insurer Worries: A.M. Best
Cyber risk has emerged as a top insurance industry concern, though the low interest rate environment remains as a significant worry, A.M. Best found in a new report. Thirty-one percent of respondents ...
Insurance Group Blasts Safety of U.S. Car Headlights
Headlights on a third of U.S. midsize car models do a poor job, and only one, the Toyota Prius v, performed well enough with an optional upgrade to earn a good rating from the Insurance Institute for ...