How Independent Agents Fared in 3Q and the Past 4 Years November 9, 2018 Independent insurance agents and brokers can celebrate a four-year growth trend, reports Reagan Consulting. in its third-quarter Organic Growth and...
Can Commercial Auto Insurers Get to Profit Before Autonomous Vehicles Arrive? November 9, 2018 By Susanne Sclafane Commercial auto insurance hasn’t produced an industrywide combined ratio below 105 in the United States since 2010, according to a...
Tallying Losses from October’s Global Catastrophes November 8, 2018 October was a deadly and costly month due to natural catastrophes, with the the U.S. and Europe being hit particularly...
Ending Major Threat of Drug-Resistant Deadly Superbugs for $2 Per Person November 8, 2018 By Kate Kelland Halting the rise of deadly drug-resistant “superbug” infections that kill millions around the world could cost just $2 per person...
Casualty Losses Provide Impetus for 2019 Rate Firming: Willis Towers Watson November 7, 2018 By L.S. Howard Commercial insurance buyers are facing upward pricing pressure across most lines of business in 2019, driven in part by escalating...
Some UK Insurers May Be Forced to Adjust Motor, Home Insurance Prices: Fitch November 7, 2018 Some UK insurers may be forced to change how they set their prices for motor and home insurance as a...
Insurance Linked Securities’ Issuance Reaches Record $1.6B in Q3: Willis Re November 6, 2018 The issuance of non-life insurance linked securities during the third quarter reached a record $1.6 billion, according to a report...
U.S. Agencies Split Over Cell Phone Cancer Risk November 6, 2018 By Lauran Neergaard and Seth Borenstein Two U.S. government agencies are giving conflicting interpretations of a safety study on cell phone radiation: One says it causes...
Weather, Wildfire Claims an Increasing Share of Home Insurance Losses October 31, 2018 U.S homeowners insurers saw an increase in both the number of losses and the percentage of those losses that resulted...
No-Deal Brexit Could Push UK into Lengthy Recession, Warns S&P October 31, 2018 By Andy Bruce A no-deal Brexit would be likely to tip Britain into a recession as long as the downturn that followed the...