ILS Market Hits New Record of $70B in 2015: Willis Capital Markets & Advisory January 20, 2016 Total non-life insurance linked securities (ILS) capital reached a record $70 billion at year-end 2015 – topping the previous record...
U.S. Reports on Cyber Attacks on Manufacturing, Other Industries January 15, 2016 By Jim Finkle U.S. Department of Homeland Security investigations of cyber attacks on the nation’s critical manufacturing sector nearly doubled in the year...
Attention Insurance Marketers: Is Your Brand a ‘Servant’ or ‘Partner’ for Consumers? January 14, 2016 Marketers have long known that consumers react in a favorable way when products and services are given human attributes, or...
Insured Nat Cat Losses 31% Below Average During 2015: Aon Benfield Report January 14, 2016 Global natural disasters in 2015 caused a combined total insured loss of $35 billion – 31 percent below the 15-year...
Nations Must Wake Up to Catastrophic Potential of Pandemic Risk: Report January 14, 2016 By John Tozzi In October of 2000, an Ebola outbreak was detected in Gulu, Uganda. The virus spread across the country, infecting 425...
60% of P/C Execs See 2016 Much Like 2015; 55% Expect Democrat to Win White House January 13, 2016 Leaders of the property/casualty insurance industry expect 2016 to be a profitable year much like 2015 but do not see...
Crash Rates Lower for Self-Driving Cars: Virginia Tech Study January 11, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson Crash rates for self-driving cars are lower than the national crash rate of conventional cars, according to a new report...
Outlook for U.S. Commercial P/C Insurance Still Negative: A.M. Best January 8, 2016 Rating agency A.M. Best said it is maintaining its negative outlook on the commercial lines segment of the U.S. property/casualty...
Its Own Scientists Question EPA Claim Fracking Is Safe for Drinking Water January 7, 2016 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy A landmark study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that concluded fracking causes no widespread harm to drinking water is...
Risk of ‘Brexit’ Pushes U.K. Services Firms’ Confidence to 3-Year Low January 7, 2016 By Jill Ward Confidence among U.K. services firms slid to a three-year low last month as the risk of Britain exiting the European...