P/C Insurers Score Low for Innovation, While Reinsurers Do Better: AM Best March 18, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane In an initial test of its new innovation assessment scores, AM Best found that only 1 percent of rated property/casualty...
Study Finds Bias Against Job Candidates Motivated by Pay, Benefits March 18, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson People with work they are passionate about say it doesn’t even feel like a job. But that doesn’t have to...
Innovation, Economic Growth Depend on Taking Risks, Tolerating Failure: Viewpoint March 17, 2020 While concerns loom over an impending recession caused by the spread of COVID-19, policymakers and business leaders have implemented radical...
After Australia’s 2019 Floods, Insurers Begin to Bail, Banks Keep Lending March 16, 2020 By Swati Pandey, Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop Only a year after losing their homes to floods in parts of Australia’s north eastern coast of Queensland, people are...
P/C Insurers Expect Smaller M&As to Continue in 2020 March 13, 2020 Despite a sharp decline in M&A activity in 2019 and continuing economic uncertainty, more than half of the property/casualty insurance...
Return-to-Work Rates on the Rise in Texas Workers’ Comp System: Report March 12, 2020 The return-to-work (RTW) rate for employees in the Texas workers’ compensation system who received temporary income benefits (TIBs) for their...
Drugs Found in 1 in 4 Pilots Killed in Crashes March 12, 2020 More than one in four pilots involved in fatal crashes have drugs in their system, and the number is up...
U.S. Commission Explains Why It Thinks Insurance Is Failing Cybersecurity March 11, 2020 The following excerpt is from the new report, “A Warning from Tomorrow,” on U.S. cybersecurity strategy by the Cyberspace Solarium...
U.S. Cybersecurity Report Calls for Major Government Role in Cyber Insurance March 11, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson A major government report on cybersecurity that warns the nation is seriously underprepared for cyber attacks calls for the creation...
Australia Faces Worsening Bushfires Without Climate Change Action: Report March 11, 2020 By Rob Verdonck Australia risks worse wildfires than this season’s record-breaking blazes unless it reduces emissions and phases out fossil-fuel exports, climate scientists...