Buyer-Friendly April Reinsurance Renewal Bodes Well for Mid-Year Renewals: Brokers April 4, 2025 By L.S. Howard The April reinsurance renewals saw a competitive, buyer-friendly market with plentiful capacity and price reductions for loss-free accounts – in...
UK Financial Services Industry Slow to Hire Women to Top Roles, Report Finds April 4, 2025 By Nell Mackenzie Britain’s financial industry has made little progress in recruiting more women to top positions, a new report from the UK...
Japan Warns Potential Megaquake Could Kill Nearly 300,000 April 1, 2025 By Alice French A long-feared megaquake off Japan’s southern coast could result in almost 300,000 deaths, according to a new model released by...
Young Agents: Last Chance to Share Your Thoughts on Insurance Industry March 31, 2025 Are you a young insurance agent, 40 years old or younger? Do you know a young insurance agent? This is...
IRC Finds Personal Auto Insurance Affordability Better Than in the 2000s March 31, 2025 According to a new report from the Insurance Research Council, auto insurance is more affordable now than at the start...
Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Record Winter Low as Earth Heats Up March 28, 2025 By Danielle Bochove The Arctic Ocean likely had the smallest winter ice cover in 47 years of satellite records this season, with just...
Finland Ranks World’s Happiest Again With US at Worst-Ever Level March 19, 2025 By Kati Pohjanpalo Finland’s unbroken streak as the world’s happiest country continued for an eighth year while the US fell to 24th place,...
Extreme Weather in 2024 Forced Biggest Displacement of People in 16 Years March 19, 2025 By Aaron Clark Extreme weather last year including typhoons, heatwaves and flooding led to the biggest displacement of people since 2008, and exacerbated...
US Property/Catastrophe Reinsurance Rates Likely to Stabilize During Midyear Renewals March 14, 2025 By L.S. Howard Reinsurance renewal rates continued dropping during this year’s January renewals, but US property/catastrophe reinsurance pricing is likely to stabilize during...
Europe’s Winter Storms Will Get Worse as Emissions Rise, Study Says March 14, 2025 By Joe Wertz Global carbon emissions are amplifying a North Atlantic wind pattern that drives northern Europe’s biggest winter storms, new research shows....