Business Insurance Customers’ 3 Top Asks and 5 Top Buying Reasons July 15, 2021 Almost half (48%) of business insurance buyers say their trust in insurance has increased since the start of the pandemic,...
P/C Insurers Plan to Boost Their Use of Automation: Willis Towers Watson July 15, 2021 Property/casualty insurers plan to accelerate their use of automation for actuarial work, a new Willis Towers Watson survey found. What’s...
Individual Results of Climate Stress Tests Should Not Be Disclosed: Oversight Group July 14, 2021 By Marc Jones Climate change financial ‘stress tests’ will need to be improved with better data and modeling, a new paper by a...
How Transportation Could Be Safer, Cleaner and Cost Efficient by 2050 July 13, 2021 A Cornell University-led research team has calculated that by the year 2050, vehicle electrification, driverless cars and ride sharing could...
Europe, U.S. and Canada Slammed by Record Weather Catastrophes in June: Aon July 12, 2021 June 2021 left Europe with its costliest severe storm period on record. Meanwhile, over in the U.S. in Canada, record-setting...
P/C Agency Mergers Rise 10% in First Half of 2021: OPTIS Partners July 9, 2021 There were 339 announced property/casualty insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first half of 2021, up from 307 in...
Employers Must Contend with Shrinking Population of Working-Age People July 7, 2021 By Christopher Rugaber As America’s job market rebounds this summer and the need for workers intensifies, employers won’t likely have a chance to...
Workers More Likely to Get COVID Vaccine When Employer Encourages It July 1, 2021 As more employers return to in-person work, the latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor report shows that workers are more likely...
Global Cyber Reinsurance Rates Soar by as Much as 40% During July Renewals: Willis Re July 1, 2021 Global cyber reinsurance rates have soared by up to 40% in the July renewal season, reinsurance broker Willis Re said...
COVID-19 Vaccines Promise Long Lasting Immunity: Washington University Research June 29, 2021 By Tamara Bhandari The first two COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employed a technology that...