The State of Obesity in U.S. September 11, 2014 After decades of rising obesity rates among adults, the rate of increase is beginning to slow, but rates remain far...
Millennials Aspire to Be Workplace Leaders; Seek Training: Survey September 11, 2014 As the 80 million millennials (ages 18-33) start to play a larger role in the U.S. workplace, they aspire to...
How Strong Is Florida’s ‘Revived’ Homeowners Market? September 11, 2014 By Barbara Liston As Florida seeks to revive its private home insurance market after almost a decade without a hurricane, homeowners are pouring...
Botet Joins ACE as A&H Business Development Director for Catalonia & Balearics September 11, 2014 The ACE Group announced the appointment of Joan Torradeflot Botet as Director of Business Development for its Accident and Health...
Foreign Accents Drive Smart Cars’ Voice Technology Crazy September 11, 2014 By Keith Naughton Colin and Rachel Britton have a failure to communicate when they slip into their $95,000 Mercedes GL500. Not with each...
Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting Adds PERILS’ Exposure Data to Europe Model September 11, 2014 By Charles E. Boyle The PERILS Windstorm Exposure data for Europe is now available in the Impact Forecasting ELEMENTS format. In a telephone interview...
Reinsurance Alternative Capital Now 20% of Cat Market: Aon Benfield ILS Report September 11, 2014 Alternative capital has captured approximately a 20 percent market share of property catastrophe reinsurance volume. That news came our of...
Havoc in Pacific amid Atlantic Calm Points to Tale of Two Oceans September 11, 2014 By Brian K. Sullivan For all the Atlantic Ocean’s composure this hurricane season, the eastern Pacific is turbulent after already producing its 15th storm....
Baloise Shopping for Insurers at Home and Abroad in Europe September 11, 2014 By Carolyn Bandel and Jan Schwalbe Martin Strobel, CEO of Baloise Holding AG, said the insurance company may consider buying firms in Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and...
Wright Specialty Promotes Beer to President, Profit Center Leader in N.Y. September 10, 2014 Wright Specialty Insurance in Uniondale, New York, has promoted Kevin C. Beer to president and profit center leader from senior...