Underwriting & Pricing
Most Young Insureds OK With Insurers’ Digital Spying If It Cuts Prices
The majority of people between 18 and 34 would be willing to let insurance companies dig through their digital data from social media to health devices if it meant lowering their premiums, a survey ...
Pathway to Safety: Actuarial Analysis
Recently, the Casualty Actuarial Society's Automated Vehicles Task Force (CAS AVTF) published a research report on its website: "Automated Vehicles and the Insurance Industry: A Pathway to Safety: ...
Actuarial Analysis of Automated Vehicles: How Much Premium Discount Is Justified?
The advent of automated vehicles (AVs) has been variously described as a cultural watershed moment that will change society in deep and meaningful ways, or as an overhyped flavor of the day—and ...
WCIRB: Calif. Workers Comp Written Premium to Be Down Again This Year
Lower workers compensation rates in California will bring down written premium once again this year, according to a forecast from the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. That revelation is ...
Insurers May Not See Revenue Plunge With Driverless Car Advance
It turns out robots need insurance too. As driverless vehicles reduce car ownership in coming years, insurers may not face the Armageddon that had been predicted, new research shows. "We do not ...
I Kind of Like Policy 2.0
If you're like me, it's pretty easy to get into a groove with work. Once you get used to a job, you kind of feel out the schedule and the flow. You start to figure out what works for you and what ...
Ryan Specialty Group Launches Reinsurance MGU RyanRe
Ryan Specialty Group LLC is expanding its managing underwriting strategy with the launch of reinsurance managing general underwriter RyanRe Underwriting Managers, or RyanRe. Working through ...
4 Ways Execs Can Increase Underwriters’ Embrace of Predictive Analytics
This is the second in a series of articles by Valen Analytics looking at the hurdles that insurers must overcome to effectively implement and gain value from data analytics programs. After deciding ...