Underwriting & Pricing
RMS Releases Latest Europe Windstorm and North Atlantic Hurricane Models
Catastrophe risk modeler RMS has released version 15.0 of its RMS Europe Windstorm and RMS North Atlantic Hurricane Models. Matthew Grant, general manager of models and data at RMS, said the updated ...
Changing Behavior of American Drivers and the Impact on Auto Insurance
Americans just love driving. They clocked 35,795,000,000,000 miles in 2014 and have far outstripped every other nation in driving mileage. Insurance companies historically have placed a great weight ...
Holes in the Market; Casualty Survey Finds Coverage Gaps to be Filled
While nearly 70 percent of risk managers surveyed are "very satisfied" with their casualty insurance programs, more than one-fifth report some gaps in coverage that they are unable to fill, a recent ...
Sizing Up the Casualty Insurance Market: Top Five Writers and Pricing Trends
While there are signs that general liability insurance prices started falling off for the largest accounts late last year, strong pricing over the past few years has fueled growth for casualty ...
D&O Insurance Pricing Down, EPLI Up in Q4: Aon
No matter how you slice it, overall program pricing for directors and officers liability insurance was down on average for the fourth quarter and the full year in 2014, according to the latest report ...
Calif. Tech, VC Firms Out in Front—This Time on Bias Suits in State Court
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers' decisive victory over Ellen Pao's gender bias suit doesn't mean Silicon Valley giants are off the hook. More lawsuits alleging gender discrimination, sexual ...
Plaintiff Pao Loses California Gender Discrimination Case
A jury soundly rejected Ellen Pao's claims of gender discrimination by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, in a case that riveted Silicon Valley for weeks and exposed how women fare in the ...
Supreme Court Revives Pregnant UPS Driver Case
The U.S. Supreme Court last Wednesday sided with a former driver for UPS Inc. by throwing out a lower court ruling blocking her lawsuit accusing the package delivery company of discrimination for ...