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PwC Will Establish Hybrid Post-COVID Work Schedule for UK Staff
PricewaterhouseCoopers will give UK staff Friday afternoons off this summer and allow them to choose the amount of time they spend working from home as part of a post-pandemic shakeup of working ...
Feds Could Step in to Fix Racial Bias in Insurance Pricing
If the National Association of Insurance Commissioners doesn't act this year to correct systemic racial bias in insurance ratemaking and other processes, Congress may pass anti-discrimination laws ...
Carrier M&A Activity Could Reach Record Levels in 2021: S&P
Carrier mergers and acquisitions could reach historic levels in 2021 based on early indications from a robust first quarter, according to a new Standard & Poor's report. U.S. and Bermuda-based ...
P/C InsurTech Venture Capital Surpasses $1B in Q1; Several Startups Raise Large Rounds
Property/casualty related InsurTech financings in the 2021 first quarter came together at a healthy clip, as startups focused on addressing needs in an insurance industry facing accelerated ...
First FEMA Flood Insurance Pricing Update in 50 Years Spikes Consumer Costs
Hundreds of thousands of Americans will pay significantly more to insure their homes in coastal areas and flood zones under new rules released on Thursday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
Data-Centric Products and Services on the Rise: Study
While the majority of insurers (71 percent) have portfolios that contain data-centric products and services, many are still uncertain when it comes to what data is essential to own, what data is ...
Australia’s Floods Will Hit Insurers’ 2021 Earnings, Lead to Reinsurance Rate Spike
Insured losses from Australia's March floods are expected to hit general (or property/casualty) insurers' underwriting margins and earnings in 2021, while putting more upward pressure on reinsurance ...
Catastrophes Cost Insurers $89 Billion in 2020: Swiss Re’s Sigma
Natural and man-made catastrophes cost the insurance industry $89 billion in 2020 – the fifth costliest year since 1970, according to a report from Swiss Re's sigma. Of that total, $81 billion ...