Research
U.S. Businesses Say They’re Ready for Cyber Attacks; Employees Have Different Answer
U.S. employees remain unprepared for cybersecurity incidents even as most of the companies they work for insist they're highly protected from threats, according to a new Willis Towers Watson survey. ...
New Consumer Tech Drives Opportunities for Novel Personal Insurance Products: Conning
Innovation often opens the door to new products that would never have been possible. Conning asserts in a new report that this is happening with personal lines insurance, thanks to consumers' ...
The Downward Trend Continues for U.S. Commercial Auto Insurance Losses
U.S. commercial auto insurance losses have already been high for some time. They grew even worse, in 2016, hitting depths the sector hasn't seen in 15 years. A primary bellwether: the commercial auto ...
P/C Insurers Can Handle U.S. 2017 Hurricane Season: Fitch Analysis
The 2017 U.S. hurricane season may be here, but property/casualty insurers should be able to handle the challenges it brings. Fitch Ratings said in a new report. "Fitch currently has a negative ...
AI Will Transform Insurance Industry, Execs Say: Accenture Report
Three-quarters of insurance executives believe that artificial intelligence will transform the overall industry within three years, although a slightly lower percentage foresee significant changes ...
Want to Innovate? Empower Low-Level Employees, NYIT Research Says
Companies that can quickly respond to external changes are more likely to achieve long-term success, and by this measure, small firms excel. New research by New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) ...
By the Numbers: S&P 500 CEO Pay Raises in 2017
The typical big company CEO raked in $11.5 million last year in salary, stock and other compensation, according to a study by executive data firm Equilar for The Associated Press. That's an 8.5 ...
New Business Goes to Auto Insurers With Strong Underwriting Results: J.D. Power Study
Insurers with the strongest new business yield rates also have strong combined ratios in personal auto in the "J.D. Power 2017 U.S. Insurance Shopping Study." We define new business yield rates as ...