10 Things Young Insurance Agents Like, and Don’t Like, About Their Jobs April 27, 2016 By Andrea Wells Overall, young agents are happy with their career choice. They enjoy the freedom and challenges that come with being independent...
Global Insurance Fintech Investment Grew by 237% in 2015: Accenture Research April 27, 2016 While insurance historically has been a laggard in the fintech race, it is increasingly a high-growth investment area in the...
Reuters Special Report: How Google Is Winning Acceptance of Driverless Vehicles April 27, 2016 By Alexandria Sage, David Shepardson and Paul Ingrassia The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Plaza in Austin, Texas is a strip mall with a pet-accessories store, a Thai restaurant and...
New York Among States With Highest Rate of Motorcycle Theft April 27, 2016 The New York Insurance Association (NYIA) advises that motorcycle thefts in New York increased by 23 percent from 2014 to...
Who Wins, Loses In a Driverless Car Economy? April 26, 2016 By Joseph White and Paul Ingrassia The automotive and tech companies pursuing the driverless car share a utopian belief: Autonomous vehicles will benefit society, eventually saving...
Rental Car Firms Losing Out to Ridesharing April 22, 2016 By Olivia Zaleski Taxis aren’t the only ones that may be stressing out about Uber Technologies Inc. Transactions from the ride-hailing startup have...
Employers Pay As 32% of Opioid Prescriptions Are Abused: Report April 21, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson Nearly one out of every three (32 percent) opioid prescriptions, which are subsidized by America’s employers, is being abused, according...
Willis, Aon and Verisk Agree: Q1 Cat Bonds Hit Record Issuance April 21, 2016 There’s more evidence that catastrophe bond issuance hit record territory again during Q1. This time, Aon Securities and a division...
Unaddressed Cultural Clashes Cause Many M&A Failures: Willis Towers Watson April 20, 2016 Many insurers see cultural integration as a major post-deal challenge, but few use employee engagement as an indicator of integration...
Catastrophe Exposure Grows with Selective Use of Alternative Capital: A.M. Best April 20, 2016 Insurers in the London, Europe and Bermuda markets writing catastrophe-exposed business take a different approach to retention of risk at...