Underwriting & Pricing
Usage-Based Products On Way to Being Standard Auto Insurance Offering
Technology is spurring innovation and altering risk scenarios throughout the economy including in auto insurance. While advanced auto safety features, the shared economy and driverless cars promise ...
Munich Re Seeking Rate Hikes Due to Flood, Hailstorms in Germany
Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, said rates in Germany need to rise following this year's floods and hailstorms. "It just took another 10 years to see another centennial flood in Germany," ...
Price Optimization: A Dangerous Method?
Last year, right around Halloween, I started noticing some odd goings on at the professional association for actuaries, the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS). As a Fellow in the CAS, I was receiving ...
Florida Enters Era of Workers’ Compensation Market Stability
Florida's workers' compensation system has reached a rare state of rate stability, according to insurers and officials. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), filed for a one percent ...
Does, Should, Will TRIA Cover Cyber Terrorism?
The insurance industry will count on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) if there is a terrorist strike on the United States, but will the program respond if the act of terrorism is a cyber ...
Economists Say Washington Fiscal Politics Hurts Economic, Jobs Growth: Reuters Survey
U.S. economic growth this quarter is likely to be less robust than forecast last month given the erosion of confidence in the wake of the nasty fight over fiscal policy, a Reuters survey showed on ...
Spending on Ads Beats Spending on Auto Insurance Agents: Researchers
Research published by Nomura Equity Research in mid-October shows that GEICO has overtaken Allstate to become the nation's second-biggest auto insurer, and that agency-writer Progressive is losing ...
Icebergs, Insurance Hamper Top of the World Shipping Route
The new shipping route opened up through the Arctic by climate change will not be crowded any time soon. Cargoes of coal, diesel and gas have made the trip but high insurance costs, slow going and ...