Personal Lines
The Risky Business of Insuring Shared Households
An estimated 79 million adults, or 32% of the adult population, lived in a shared household in 2017. This uptick in shared household living comes in many different types. According to recent Census ...
Claims Handling Errors Are Often the Source of Insurer Market Conduct Troubles
Mistakes by claims professionals were the most common reason for enforcement actions taken against U.S. property and casualty insurers in 2018, taking the No. 1 and No. 2 spot on a top ten list ...
CyberCube Analytics Pulls in $35M Financing, With Plans to Broaden Marketing Efforts
CyberCube Analytics, a cyber risk analytics startup focused on the insurance industry, pulled in a $35 million financing to help fuel further growth. The San Francisco-based InsurTech said it will ...
Insurers, Others Pressure Global Energy Watchdog Over Climate Change Fight
Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), faced renewed pressure on Monday from investors and scientists concerned about climate change to overhaul the agency's projections for ...
Fire Tornadoes Becoming More Common in Australia, Thanks to Climate Change
Fire tornadoes are set to become a more common feature of the Australian landscape as climate change takes hold later this century. That's according to new research from the University of New South ...
UK’s Aviva Decides to Keep China, Singapore Businesses After All
Aviva Plc, the U.K. insurer that's overhauling some businesses as part of its chief executive officer's turnaround plan, is to retain its Chinese joint venture as well as assets in its biggest ...
High Distribution Costs and How to Fix Them
The disruption currently taking place in insurance and reinsurance markets is at its most acute since the culmination of the financial crisis. Industry reserves, deteriorating earlier catastrophe ...
Leaders Succeed by Knowing Their Team Members’ Individual Strengths
Not every team at an organization succeeds in its mission. One strategy that can help: Leaders should be fully informed about team members' individual strengths. A recent posting at the Leadership ...