Climate Reckoning Is Coming for the World’s Government Debt October 5, 2021 By Jill Ward For years climate scientists have warned about the ferocious wildfires and hurricanes that are now overwhelming many communities. Today alarms...
Workers’ Compensation Reserve Redundancy Reaches $14 Billion, Reports NCCI October 4, 2021 By Jim Sams Workers’ compensation insurers continue to stow away more money than necessary in reserves, even as reported loss ratios continue to...
Global Construction Industry Faces Climate Change Challenges, Opportunities: Marsh October 1, 2021 By L.S. Howard Climate change and the race to net zero greenhouse gas emissions (net zero) are arguably the greatest challenges that face...
1 in 4 Large Firms Has Vaccine Mandate for Employees, With More Coming: Gartner October 1, 2021 By Matthew Boyle One in four companies has instituted a vaccine mandate for U.S. workers, a sharp increase from last month, following President...
Workers’ Compensation Underwriting Results Again Beat Other Lines in 2020 September 30, 2021 Workers’ compensation underwriters have been consistently generating better underwriting profits than other property/casualty lines of business, and did so again...
Re/Insurance Cyber Rates Could Double Before 2023, as Attacks Skyrocket: S&P September 30, 2021 By L.S. Howard The pandemic caused economic and insured losses from cyber attacks to skyrocket, which has heightened awareness of the risk and...
UK Financial Services Sector Calls for Eased Visa Requirements to Keep Competitiveness September 30, 2021 By Huw Jones LONDON — Britain’s financial sector has called on the government to ease visa requirements on overseas staff who want to...
‘Once Traffic Goes Away, People Speed.’ Study Analyzes Pandemic’s Fatal Crashes. September 29, 2021 With fewer people on the road during the early days of the pandemic, more drivers were speeding and driving recklessly,...
Climate Change Ranks as Top Concern for Insurers, Replacing Pandemic September 29, 2021 By Alexandre Rajbhandari Climate change has returned to the top of the list of insurers’ biggest concerns as the vaccine roll-out and gradual...
Workers’ Comp Pays More Than Group Health to Treat Similar Injuries: NCCI Study September 29, 2021 Workers’ compensation pays more than group health to treat comparable injuries, according to a research brief issued by the National...