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Expense Ratio Analysis: AI, Remote Work Drive Better P/C Insurer Results
In separate reports last week, AM Best and Morgan Stanley analyzed P/C insurance industry expense ratios, with one reporting a 2.4-point drop over the past decade and the other projecting another ...
Worst Is Over: Most of Casualty Reserve Hole May Be Filled, Analyst Says
Predictions that the property/casualty insurance industry is in the midst of repeating the type of loss reserving cycle that accompanied the hard market of the beginning year of this century may be ...
Morgan Stanley Race Bias Lawsuit Sent Instead to Private Arbitration
A black former Morgan Stanley broker who filed a lawsuit accusing the bank of racial bias must pursue his claims in private arbitration, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge John ...
Q2 2018 Insured Cat Losses Land on the Low Side: Morgan Stanley
Insurers dealt with approximately $7.1 billion in global insured catastrophe losses during the 2018 second quarter, well below the historical average, Morgan Stanley estimates in a new research note. ...
Morgan Stanley Struck With New Lawsuit Alleging Persistent Racial Bias
Morgan Stanley has reneged on promises to stop discriminating against black employees, according to a lawsuit by a former broker who said he was fired after complaining about racial bias, including ...
Insurance/Reinsurance Rate Hikes in 2018 Are Increasingly Likely: Morgan Stanley
Rate hikes are on the way for reinsurers and insurers, Morgan Stanley asserts in a new research note, echoing predictions of others in the wake of record catastrophe losses for 2017. Morgan Stanley ...
Hurricane Maria Could Tip Scale Above $100B for Q3 Insured Losses: Morgan Stanley
Insurers and reinsurers alike will see Q3 insured losses that risk surpassing $100 billion in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria as well as two major earthquakes in Mexico, Morgan Stanley ...
Global Reinsurers Likely Exposed to Catastrophic Mexico City Quake: Morgan Stanley
Global reinsurers will likely face exposures from a massive magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Mexico City on Sept. 19, Morgan Stanley said in a new research note. This earthquake led to dozens of ...