Research
Top D&O Risks Include Cyber Attacks and Data Loss: WTW Survey
Cyber attacks and data loss are the top two risks facing directors & officers, with pandemic-related changes in working practices heightening these concerns, according to a global survey from ...
Without Mitigating Action, Climate Change Could Shrink Global GDP 18% by 2050: Swiss Re
If no mitigating action is taken, global temperatures could rise by more than 3°C in the next 30 years and the world economy could shrink by 18 percent, reveals a new Swiss Re Institute report. But ...
Reinsurers Still Made Money in 2020 Despite Catastrophe and Investment Losses: Aon
Despite the combined effects of around $25 billion of pandemic and natural catastrophe-related losses as well as compromised investment returns, a group of reinsurers studied by Aon reported positive ...
Small Insurance M&A Deals Create More Value: McKinsey
McKinsey analysts believe insurers focused on large one-off deals undertaken to scale their companies and those who stick to organic growth are both headed down unfruitful paths if outsized ...
Premium Givebacks Among U.S. P/C Insurers in 2020 Reached $13B: AM Best
U.S. property/casualty insurers returned nearly $13 billion in premiums in 2020 thanks to reduced exposures from the COVID-19 pandemic, AM Best said in new commentary. What's more, a sizable part of ...By the Numbers: Highlights of ACORD U.S. P&C Value Creation Study
The ACORD U.S. P&C Value Creation Study summarized results for the two types of value creators—sustainable and hollow value creators—and for value destroyers by company size (premium volume), ...
Defining Value Creation
Cash flow in excess of cost of capital was utilized as the primary metric to measure the amount of value generated by each of the 100 carriers analyzed in "The ACORD U.S. P&C Value Creation ...
Auto Insurers Lead 2020 U.S. Property/Casualty Impairments: AM Best
Seven insurance company impairments were identified in the U.S. property/casualty industry in 2020, with five of the seven involving auto insurers, according to an A.M. Best special report. Last ...