Conning News
The Inflation Specter Looms for Property/Casualty Insurers
Inflation, defined as the rate at which prices for goods and services are increasing, tends to occur when prices rise due to increases in production costs or when the demand for a product exceeds its ...
The Latest Launches From Conning, Berkshire Hathaway GUARD and Openly
Conning launched a new service designed to help institutional investors assess climate change risks for their portfolios. Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Companies added Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, ...
Workers Comp Risk Threats to Come: Labor Shortages, Aging Workforce, Contract Workers
A construction/transportation worker labor shortage, an aging workforce and the rise of gig workers could harm workers compensation insurers' performance in the future and cause long-term structural ...
Direct Distribution, Car Technology Advances Transforming Personal Auto Insurance
Technological advances in personal auto insurance distribution and vehicle safety are helping to drive significant transformation of the sector over the coming months and years, Conning said in a new ...
Industry Shocker: Reserves Still Adequate
Although analysts at Conning didn't actually use the word "shocked" in their latest report on the property/casualty industry's loss reserve position, the title of the report—and the image on the ...
Specialty, Niche Business Lines Are 2018’s Insurance M&A Targets: Conning
Targeted P/C insurance mergers and acquisitions should continue in 2018 after they slowed down to a trickle last year, Conning said in a new report. The predicted M&A behavior for the rest of ...
Crop Insurance Market Consolidation Shows No Sign of Stopping: Conning
Crop insurance was once a sector full of smaller players, but an M&A-driven push for efficiency and scale has left it dominated by fewer and larger carriers, and Conning predicts a continuation ...
New Consumer Tech Drives Opportunities for Novel Personal Insurance Products: Conning
Innovation often opens the door to new products that would never have been possible. Conning asserts in a new report that this is happening with personal lines insurance, thanks to consumers' ...