Research
‘Dangerous’ 103 Degree Heat To Hit Chicago 11 Times A Year By 2100: Study
What's considered officially "dangerous heat" in coming decades will likely hit much of the world at least three times more often as climate change worsens, according to a new study. In much of ...
Why Some Firms Beat the Post-IPO Innovation Slump
Researchers from Goethe University, Duke University, and London Business School published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explains why some companies remain innovative even after they go ...
Successful Women Make the Best Advocates to Help Other Women Move up the Ranks
Female job applicants with recommendations from other, highly tenured women have the strongest chance of getting a job offer, according to new research from the University of California San Diego's ...
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. ...