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Dry Lightning Sparking Costliest California Wildfires: Research
A new study has found dry lightning outbreaks are the leading cause of some of the largest wildfire outbreaks in modern California history. Despite this, dry lightning has remained largely ...
Wildfires Disproportionately Impact Lower-Income Homeowners: Study
The 2022 wildfire season promises to be another record-breaker. Roughly 2 million acres burned last month, and major fires are currently scorching Idaho, Utah and California, threatening tens of ...
Conservatives More Satisfied With Product Buys Than Liberals: Research
Researchers from Catholic University of Portugal, Boston College, Korea University, University of Texas at San Antonio, and Rice University published a paper in the Journal of Marketing that ...
InsurTech Funding Levels Hold Steady in Q2 vs. Q1: CB Insights
Funding for the InsurTech sector held steady in the second-quarter of 2022, coming in at roughly $2.4 billion, the same as the overall funding figure recorded for first-quarter 2022, according to ...
Are MGAs Winning the Insurance Talent War?
With more than 1,000 managing general agents writing roughly $70 billion in direct premiums last year, researchers at Conning believe one growth driver is the fact that the MGA model attracts talent. ...
2021 Was Record Year For Insurance Cases: Report
With hurricane-related cases making up more than one-quarter of all insurance cases filed in federal district court last year, overall case counts neared 14,800. The number was 14,793, according to a ...
$7T in Premiums, Continued Hardening and Inflation’s Silver Lining: Swiss Re
Swiss Re's economists predict "inflationary recessions" hitting major world economies over the next 12-18 months, and while recessions spell less insurance demand and inflation means higher claim ...
How Nuclear War Would Affect the World: Simulation Study
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has brought the threat of nuclear warfare to the forefront. But how would modern nuclear detonations impact the world today? A new study published in early July provides ...