AI-Based Risk Score Predicts Prognosis of Outpatients with COVID-19 October 28, 2020 A new artificial intelligence-based score considers multiple factors to predict the prognosis of individual patients with COVID-19 seen at urgent...
Q3 Insurtech Fundraising Breaks Records, but Some Mid-Tier Firms See Funding Gap October 28, 2020 Insurtech funding saw the largest number of deals and the highest amount of funding since data recording into insurtech began,...
Pandemic Having LittIe Effect on Insurance Agency M&A Activity: OPTIS Partners October 27, 2020 There were 170 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the third quarter of 2020 compared to 173 for the...
Workers’ Compensation Should See Profit This Year But Maybe Not in 2021: Fitch October 27, 2020 Despite the economic challenges from the coronavirus pandemic, the workers’ compensation insurance market is likely to report strong profitability in...
Remote Workforce to Double in 2021 Due to Improved Productivity: CIO Survey October 26, 2020 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss The percentage of workers around the world that is permanently working from home is expected to double in 2021 as...
Scientists Identify Nuclear Plants Facing Highest Risks From Earthquakes October 26, 2020 By Timothy Gardner The U.S. nuclear power reactors facing the highest risks of a meltdown from earthquakes are not in tremor-prone California, but...
Auto Insurance Claims Satisfaction Continued to Rise During Pandemic October 22, 2020 Having fewer auto insurance claims during the coronavirus pandemic appears to have given insurers time to refine their customer experience...
AM Best’s Estimates for U.S. Insurers’ Asbestos & Environmental Losses Unchanged October 22, 2020 AM Best said its estimates of $100 billion in asbestos losses and $46 billion in environmental losses for the U.S....
1 in 4 Businesses Has Experienced Cyber Event, Travelers Survey Finds October 22, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield Nearly one in four respondents (22%) out of more than 1,200 business leaders surveyed in 2020 Travelers’ Cyber Risk Index...
Nearly 50% of UK Firms Less Prepared for Brexit Because of Coronavirus: Survey October 21, 2020 By Joe Mayes About half of UK firms are less prepared for Brexit compared to last year due to the impact of the...