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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 ...
Middle Market Businesses Represent Untapped Telematics Opportunity: Nationwide Survey
Most middle market business owners are more interested in vehicle telematics insurance products than their agents realize, a dynamic that reveals a significant opportunity to sell the technology more ...
External Cyber Attacks Cost More, but Employees Produce Biggest Number of Claims
The cyber insurance losses costing the most are coming from external attacks on companies. But employees are generating the most number of claims as they make mistakes and face technical problems, ...
Businesses Rank Cybersecurity as Top Worry in Risky Age: Marsh & McLennan CEO
Cybersecurity has emerged as the most pressing exposure for business confronting a new "age of risk," topping the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, in part because cybercrime is so pervasive, ...
Flex Work Drives 20% More Women Applying For Senior Roles: Zurich
Employers that embrace flexible working after the COVID-19 pandemic could boost applications from women for top jobs by as much as 20 percent, according to a study by Zurich Insurance. Between March ...
U.S. Insurers Made Slow Diversity Gains Over Last Decade: S&P Global
Diversity in the U.S. insurance industry has made only modest gains over the last 10 years, according to government data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence. S&P found that the ...
COVID-19 Driving Huge Claims Hike in U.S. Professional Liability Market: A.M. Best
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating varying levels of disruption for writers in the U.S. professional liability insurance market, with many expecting a sizable increase in claims, according to a new AM ...