Underwriting & Pricing
Top 25 D&O Insurers Show Healthy Growth: SNL
Direct premiums written for the directors and officers liability insurance industry grew 7.35 percent year over year in the first half of 2014, rising to $2.91 billion, according to an SNL Financial ...
WCRI Study Looks at California’s Workers Comp Reforms
When California Senate Bill 863 took effect Jan. 1, 2013, it created several fee schedule changes in the California workers compensation system. The Workers Compensation Research Institute released a ...
Lessons of a Risk Modeler: RMS CEO Hemant Shah
Not many CEOs are willing to talk publicly about their biggest misfires and what they learn from them. Hemant Shah did not hesitate when confronted with the question. The co-founder and CEO of ...
Aon Benfield Study Sees Positive Return Outlook for U.S. HO Insurers
Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, has announced the release of its 2014 Homeowners ROE Outlook report, which sees trends emerging that support a ...
For P/C Carrier CFOs, It’s Time to Revisit Reinsurance Buying Strategies
Capital levels in the property/casualty insurance sector can be ambiguous. As in other industries, capital can be fungible or trapped, liquid or illiquid, affected by prevailing asset values, ...
Big Data Analytics: What Are You Waiting For?
The era of "big data" has arrived in the reinsurance sector, yet many firms insist on taking a customary "wait and see" approach—not only with big data but in-house small data automation as well. ...
Following the Science on Fracking, the Environment and Human Health
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) combined with horizontal drilling has unleashed a huge oil and gas boom in the United States and redrawn the world energy map. But could this new technology result in ...
National Weather Service Launches Advance Warning Disaster Model
Neighborhoods about to be hit by tornadoes and pilots heading into turbulence will get more warning from the National Weather Service starting today. At least, that's the promise of a new forecast ...