Surveys
82% of P/C Insurers Using Predictive Analytics: Earnix/ISO Research
A survey of North American insurance professionals reveals widespread use of predictive analytics in the property/casualty insurance industry, with as many as 82 percent responding that they use ...
New Geographic Markets to Drive Profitable Growth in 2014: Guy Carpenter Survey
Expansion into new geographic markets, new products and access to new distribution channels will be the primary drivers of profitable growth in 2014, according to a new survey released Thursday by ...
Could 2013 Be ‘Tipping Point’ in Cyber Risk Awareness?
Historians may look at the year 2013 as a "cyber tipping-point" -- the point at which businesses and governments finally realized the severity of the threats they were facing, according to Advisen, a ...
Recruiting and Retention in the New Economy
We made it! We survived the economic instability of the past few years and have more than rebounded. The insurance industry is well ahead of the greater economy; and the picture painted by our labor ...
Economists Say Washington Fiscal Politics Hurts Economic, Jobs Growth: Reuters Survey
U.S. economic growth this quarter is likely to be less robust than forecast last month given the erosion of confidence in the wake of the nasty fight over fiscal policy, a Reuters survey showed on ...
Top-Ranked Carriers Build Agent Satisfaction Into Culture: Consultant
Property/casualty insurance carriers that make their agents happiest—landing themselves repeatedly on top-10 rankings in agent surveys—are those that build the goal of doing so into their ...
CEOs Lacking Confidence; Benchmark Falls in Q3
A measure of CEO confidence took a tumble in the third quarter, according to two organizations which compile the quarterly benchmark. The Conference Board and PwC Measure of CEO Confidence, which had ...
P/C Claims Officers Say Workforce Management Is Primary Challenge
Chief claims officers with leading property/casualty insurers ranked workforce management as their top claim-related challenge, with 76 percent identifying it as a top-three business issue in a new ...