Oil & Gas Industry Faces More Frequent & Sophisticated Cyber Attacks: Deloitte June 27, 2017 By Giacomo Tognini Three out of four oil and natural gas companies fell victim to at least one cyber attack last year as...
Survey: Agents Suggest How Carriers Can Move from ‘Good’ to ‘Great’ June 23, 2017 One would expect to see high levels of satisfaction between an independent agency and its top carrier, but that isn’t...
Weed Warning: Legalizing Marijuana Tied to Rise in Crashes in 3 States by HLDI June 23, 2017 Legalizing recreational marijuana use in Colorado, Oregon and Washington has resulted in collision claim frequencies that are about three percent...
Reinsurance Rates Continue to Soften with No End in Sight: S&P June 23, 2017 The global reinsurance sector is poised for yet another full year of declining rates, ensuring that a hoped-for bottom of...
Cyber Insurance Premium Volume Grew 35% to $1.3 Billion in 2016 June 23, 2017 Property/casualty insurers wrote $1.35 billion in direct written premium for cyber insurance in 2016, a 35 percent jump from 2015,...
Drone Delivery Fleets Counting on Hyperlocal Weather Forecasts June 22, 2017 By Thomas Black Imagine a weather report so precise it provides wind-gust forecasts for individual city blocks. Such micro-weather data may soon become...
Why Drivers Fear Driverless Cars June 22, 2017 By Keith Naughton Davy Andrews is so adept at technology that he’s become the de facto IT troubleshooter in his office. But there’s...
WCRI Researchers Compare States on Injured Workers Returning to Work June 21, 2017 From 10 to 18 percent of injured workers never reach “substantial return to work,” according to new research by the...
Rocket Ship, Flying Vehicle or Driverless Car? Guess Which Americans Fear Most June 20, 2017 If the future were now, American travelers would feel safer on a rocket to space than being a passenger in...
How Advertising Spend, Underwriting Results Relate to Auto Insurers’ New Business Yield: J.D. Power June 19, 2017 By Jessica McGregor and Megan Sutela Insurers with the strongest new business yield rates also have strong combined ratios in personal auto in the J.D. Power...