Burand’s State of P/C Insurance Industry Part 2: How to Pick Winners as More Carriers Consolidate or Waste Away July 9, 2017 By Chris Burand Editor’s Note: This is the second of two articles by Burand based on his most recent 50-page whitepaper, State of...
5.4M U.S. Homes at Risk from Sea Level Rise, Report Using Census Data Shows July 6, 2017 By Don Jergler Nearly 10 million people living in 5.4 million homes have a high risk from rising sea levels and will be...
Global Premium Growth Slows in 2016 – with China as Exception: Swiss Re July 6, 2017 By L.S. Howard Global insurance premiums increased by 3.1 percent in real terms during 2016, down from growth of 4.3 percent reported in...
Could Global Warming Be Speeding Up? It’s Likely, Say Harvard Scientists July 6, 2017 By Eric Roston Two climate scientists suggest they’ve come closer to resolving a critical debate about how quickly human activity will heat up...
UK Risks Losing Status as Europe’s Top Finance Center After Brexit: Report July 6, 2017 By Andrew MacAskill and Huw Jones Britain will lose its status as Europe’s top financial center unless it keeps borders open to specialist staff, improves infrastructure...
How Consumers Pay Their Insurance Bills: Aite Group July 5, 2017 Aite Group study finds that on average consumers will pay their auto insurance eight times per year and their property...
Fearless Brokers on Disruption by Insurtech: ‘Bring It On’ July 5, 2017 By Susanne Sclafane Executives of retail and wholesale property/casualty brokers, who have heard predictions about disintermediation for years, are not worried about the...
Increase in P/C Insurers’ Losses in 2017 Will Again Be Driven by Auto: S&P June 29, 2017 Private auto net incurred losses will increase by nearly 7 percent in 2017 to a new record of approximately $154...
Auto Insurance Market to Shrink by 70% by 2050: KPMG June 29, 2017 Autonomous vehicle technology, a rise in on-demand transportation and a shifting of liability to manufacturers will shrink the auto insurance...
Opioids, Distracted Driving Cited in Rise of Preventable Accidents June 29, 2017 By Natasha Rausch More than 130,000 Americans are killed annually by preventable causes, and the number has been climbing at a faster rate...