Underwriting & Pricing
Insurers Challenged by ‘New Normal’ of Calif. Wildfires: A.M. Best
The 2019 California wildfire season has not been as active as the record-breaking 2017-2018 seasons, but A.M. Best warns that a "new normal" trend of severe wildfires continues to challenge insurers, ...
Auto Insurance Customer Loyalty Is Declining
Last year more than $6 billion in advertising was pumped into the marketplace to encourage consumers to shop and switch their auto insurance providers. Everywhere consumers look, they are being hit ...
Reinsurers Maintain Upward Pricing Momentum—But Will It Last?
Positive pricing momentum—it's the favorite phrase of many reinsurers, who are hoping that the momentum they've seen in 2019 will continue during the coming January renewals and beyond. The ...
Carrier Technology Shopping Lists
If this were the Christmas holiday season for insurance carriers, machine learning, big data, analytics and security would be high on their shopping lists. Insurer IT spending is growing for 2020, ...
Could Your USB Cable Connect You to Hackers? — and More CM Risk Alerts
Some of the technology meant to help in your daily life may be hurting you as well. A modified USB cable could leave you connected to the bad guys. Your virtual assistant may be opening the backdoor ...
How Humane Automation Leverages Claims Technology for Better Outcomes
Shortly after World War II, as the Ford Motor Company returned to making cars, one of its more innovative executives, Del Harder, mechanized entire segments of the production line with built-in, ...
Strong E&S Premium Growth in Response to Weak Results; Top 15 E&S Writers: Fitch
Direct written premiums in the U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) lines market during 2018 grew at its greatest rate since 2012, increasing 11 percent and representing the eighth consecutive year of ...
New Hampshire Is Most Affordable State for Auto Insurance: J.D. Power
The average cost of auto insurance has risen at twice the rate of median household incomes across the U.S. over the past decade, according to the J.D. Power 2019 U.S. Insurance Shopping Study. Not ...