Research
Workers Comp Writers Using More Mobile Device Apps and Other Tech Advances
Workers compensation insurers are increasingly turning to mobile device applications and other technology innovations in their bid to remain a force in the industry and serve their clients, Novarica ...
Well-Connected CEOs Lead Companies into Bad M&A Deals
Chief executive officers with extensive social connections to board members, executives at other firms, bankers and other financial market participants initiate mergers and acquisitions more ...
If Economy is Strong, Customers Want Better Service: Univ. Research
Customers care more about their past experiences with service firms when the economy is doing well, according to a research team from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State ...
Hundreds of Ohio Quakes Tied to Fracking in New Study
A new study suggests fracking triggered hundreds of small, unnoticeable earthquakes in eastern Ohio late last year, months before the state first linked seismic activity to the much-debated ...
Aon Benfield: India, Pakistan Flooding 2014’s Costliest Weather Event So Far
The costliest weather event so far 2014 involved torrential monsoon rains and catastrophic flooding in India and Pakistan in September, Aon Benfield concluded in a new report. The firm's September ...
No New Property-Cat Bonds in Q3: Verisk
There wasn't a single new property-catastrophe bond issued in the 2014 third quarter, the first time that's happened this time of year in at least a decade, Verisk Insurance Solutions asserts in its ...
Inside Hackers: $40B Threat for U.S. Employers
Fired from a job as a technology contractor for a Toyota Motor Corp. factory in Kentucky, Ibrahimshah Shahulhameed went home, logged into the company's computer network and attacked it with ...
Customer Experience, Stock Performance Linked: Watermark Consulting
Public companies ranked poorly by customers also saw their stock market values decline over the past seven years while leaders in customer experience soared past the S&P 500, a consulting firm ...