Research
Insurance M&A Rebounds, With Trend Continuing Into 2021: PwC
Insurance M&A deals rebounded from COVID-19 challenges in the second half of 2020. The trend should continue well into 2021 as companies unload non-core assets and purse cost-effective ...
2020 Is Among the Insurance Industry’s Most Costly Years: Swiss Re
Insurance industry losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters across the globe amounted to $83 billion in 2020, making it the fifth-costliest year for the industry since 1970, according ...
Small Commercial Customers Largely Unaware of Insurer Pandemic Protection Efforts: J.D. Power
If commercial insurance providers are pursuing pandemic-fueled efforts to help their small business customers, many are largely unaware of their efforts, J.D. Power determined as part of a new ...
U.S. General Liability Insurance Assigned A.M. Best Negative Outlook
The U.S. commercial general liability insurance segment gets a negative outlook from A.M. Best, due to concern about social inflation, third-party litigation financing and other factors leading to ...
Eta and Iota Hurt, Causing $9B in Economic Losses: Aon
North American hurricane landfalls in November added about $9 billion to the total Atlantic seasonal financial toll in terms of catastrophe losses, Aon said in its latest Global Catastrophe Recap ...
‘Difficult Conditions’ Ahead for D&O Clients in 2021: Marsh
Buyers of directors and officers liability coverage are expected to face "difficult conditions" in the U.S. well into 2021, Marsh has concluded in a new report evaluating the sector. That means ...
Negative Outlook Continues for U.S. Commercial Lines: A.M. Best
U.S. commercial lines insurers will continue to be tarnished by an A.M. Best negative outlook, thanks to COVID-19 economic uncertainty, social inflation and other challenges. A.M. Best first revised ...
U.S. Air Pollution Monitoring Network Falls Into Disrepair: GAO Report
The U.S. air pollution monitoring network has fallen into disrepair after years of budget cuts and neglect, leaving tens of millions of Americans vulnerable to undetected bad air quality from events ...