Research
D&O Liabilities Are Becoming More Complex Around the Globe: Allianz Report
Company directors and senior managers across the globe are increasingly likely to face costly regulatory investigations, criminal prosecutions or civil litigation, which not only put their company's ...
Insurer Acquirers in M&A Deals See Their Stock Price Soar, Eventually
Mergers and acquisitions have consistently lifted the share price of insurers who pursued the practice, though it takes some patience for the phenomenon to happen. Acquirers have outperformed their ...U.S. P/C Insurers’ 2017 Prospects Earn Negative Sector Outlook From Fitch
The U.S. property/casualty insurance sector faces enough obstacles heading into 2017—everything from heavy competitive pricing to weaker profitability—that Fitch Ratings changed its fundamental ...
Cultivate a Culture of Security Awareness, and Other Corporate Cybersecurity Tips
In a world where insurers and their client companies alike must combat fast-shifting cybersecurity threats, experts cite practices that can at least minimize risk. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. does ...
7 Behaviors of Fast-Paced, High-Quality Leaders
For most highly effective leaders, making mistakes is not an option. Neither is slowing down. What does it take for a leader to keep up a fast pace while producing quality output? In a recent article ...
Verisk Acquires Data/Analytics Firm MarketStance for Undisclosed Price
Verisk Analytics disclosed it has snatched up MarketStance, a well-regarded firm that provides property/casualty insurance companies, brokers and agents market intelligence data and analytics. ...
S&P Prediction: InsurTech Will Become Part of Traditional Insurance Landscape
InsurTech has a complementary place in the traditional insurance world, despite remaining uncertainty in the industry about how it will function on a wide scale, Standard & Poor's said in a new ...
Small Business Cyber Risk Awareness Rises: Zurich Survey
One way to reduce cyber risks is to boost awareness of them. In that regard, Zurich Insurance Group says, there has been big progress in terms of getting the word out among small and medium-sized ...