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Domestic Politics, Not Inflation, Worry Insurance Co. Investment Pros
Investment decision-makers surveyed after U.S. elections in November last year ranked the domestic political environment as their top portfolio concern for the year ahead, bumping concerns about ...
Survey: Insurers Use of AI Continues to Increase, Adapt
The insurance industry is continuing its technological transformation utilizing Generative artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new report analyzing its uses in the industry. The results of a ...
U.S. Insurers Open to More Risk and AI Use in 2024 Investments: Survey
More than half (62 percent) of U.S. insurers are willing to take on more investment risk in 2024 despite mounting concerns about election year politics, fiscal and monetary policy, as well as ...
MGAs and Fronting Companies: Exploring the New ‘Asset-Light’ Frontier
Premiums underwritten by U.S. managing general agencies not affiliated with insurance companies reached $33 billion in 2022, and fronting companies wrote another $13 billion in the same year, a new ...
Conning: Cyber Insurance Market at a Critical Juncture
The next three years will be critical to the long-term growth prospects of the cyber insurance market, according to a scenario-led analysis of the market's dynamics report released by Conning, "Cyber ...
Conning: Fronting Market Growth Expected to Slow
The U.S. fronting market, where specialized carriers offer their financial strength rating, licensing and other services primarily to managing general agents (MGAs), has seen dramatic growth in ...
Conning: Embedded Insurance Market Could Exceed $70B in Premium by 2030
Embedded insurance – a concept in which insurance is wrapped into the purchase of a product at the point of sale - could exceed $70 billion in premium by 2030, according a new report by Conning. ...
Are MGAs Winning the Insurance Talent War?
With more than 1,000 managing general agents writing roughly $70 billion in direct premiums last year, researchers at Conning believe one growth driver is the fact that the MGA model attracts talent. ...