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North American Specialty Insurer Operating Earnings Soared in 2015: Fitch
North American specialty insurers saw their aggregate operating earnings jump to $3.4 billion in 2015, up almost 11 percent versus the previous year. The data, from a new Fitch Ratings special ...
Is ‘Flat’ the New Buzzword for Commercial Insurance Pricing?
"Flat" is close to becoming the new buzzword for commercial insurance pricing. For the 2015 fourth quarter, pricing barely ticked up 1 percent, according to Willis Towers Watson's updated survey of ...
People Are Among the Biggest Emerging M&A Risks: Mercer
With global M&A on the upswing in multiple industries, Mercer says it has identified a major risk on the rise: people who work for the companies involved in combining operations. "More than ever, ...
Beazley Reports 60 Percent Surge in Data Breach Cases for 2015
For those tracking the continued surge of data breaches and other cyber crimes, a report by specialty insurer Beazley offers a stark example of how serious the problem has become. Beazley, a major ...
Watch This Video: How P/C Insurers Plan to Use Predictive Analytics
Two years from now, property/casualty insurers will be using predictive analytics in a much wider assortment of ways than they do now. A Willis Towers Watson survey found that expected jumps in ...
U.S. Small Commercial Insurance Sector Ripe for Competition: McKinsey
U.S. property/casualty insurers salivating for a market growth opportunity appear to have a clear target in sight: the small commercial sector. It turns out that small commercial has enjoyed steady ...
Graphic Insight from PwC CEO Study: How Insurers Will Attract Talent
While job cuts at a handful of insurance companies shrank the U.S. insurance carrier workforce by about 600 jobs last year, for the most part, property/casualty insurers are looking to increase or ...
Board Tech Inexperience Hampers Insurer IT Embrace: Novarica
Insurers speak loudly these days about embracing information technology as a tool to help grow their businesses. It turns out, however, that there is a disconnect: Their boards of directors are often ...