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Calif. Emission-Free Mandate Presents New Risks for Auto Insurers
A state mandate in California that will require all cars sold after 2035 to be emission free presents a formidable challenge for auto insurers to properly price and fully understand the risks ...
Droughts, Floods, Other Water-Related Disasters Could Cost Economy $5.6T by 2050
Worsening droughts, storms and torrential rain in some of the world's largest economies could cause $5.6 trillion in losses to the global economy by 2050, according to a report released on Monday. ...
Why Are the World’s Rivers, Canals and Reservoirs Turning to Dust?
Rivers across the globe are disappearing. From the U.S. to Italy to China, waters have receded, leaving nothing but barren banks of silt and oozing, muddied sand. Canals are empty. Reservoirs have ...
ILS Investors Could Help Fill Cyber Re/Insurance Protection Gap if Hurdles Are Overcome
The cyber re/insurance protection gap provides an opportunity for insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors, which historically have filled the gaps where traditional capital has either retrenched ...
With a Few Exceptions, Personal Insurance Shopping Subdued in Q2 2022
Auto insurance shopping was down 3 percent overall in second-quarter 2022 compared to the same period in 2021. That trend was primarily driven by a significant decrease by higher-risk consumers, ...
Tech Bytes: New Partnerships at CompScience, Ascend, Origami Risk
CompScience, a provider of video analytics as a service and data-driven recommendations for workplace safety, closed a $6 million seed round. It now covers 70 percent of the U.S. market. Investors in ...
Man-Made Crises Threaten P/C Markets, Says Joint Report From Trade Associations
Several insurance industry trade associations used the 30th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew—a storm that upended and transformed insurance and the manner in which communities prepare for natural ...
30 Years Ago Andrew Upended Florida, But Current Legal Storm May Be Worse
Thirty years ago Hurricane Andrew, the strongest storm to make U.S. landfall in more than two decades, gouged its way across south Florida, destroying more than 25,000 homes, by some estimates, and ...