All the headlines from our Trends Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 3 2022 // LONDON — Britain will ban Russian companies from the multi-billion dollar aviation and space insurance market in London, the world’s largest commercial and speciality insurance center, the finance ministry said on...
Mar 2 2022 // As cyber threats have continued to grow, one segment of the market that has been especially impacted is education, according to guests on the most recent episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast.“This is a segment that...
Mar 2 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.The insurance industry is riding a wave of insurtech and other digital advancements because there is a dire need to transform manual processes that have long hampered...
Mar 1 2022 // American International Group said it is committing to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions within its underwriting and investment portfolios by 2050.“AIG is focused on the realities of climate change,” said Peter...
Mar 1 2022 // An Indian court has blocked Future Enterprises from selling its stake in its general insurance joint venture business with Italy’s Generali, following a legal challenge by a group representing bondholders, two...
Feb 24 2022 // Insurance rating agency AM Best said it expects the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry to record an increase in surplus in 2021 thanks to investment income and capital gains improvements despite booking an...
Feb 24 2022 // Indonesia’s peatlands, California’s forests, and, now, vast swathes of Argentine wetland have all been ravaged by extreme wildfires, heralding a fiery future and the dire need to prevent it.With climate change...
Feb 24 2022 // The insurance industry is ringing alarm bells about the cost of social inflation again, this time with the help of an actuarial analysis that concludes the phenomenon added more than $20 billion to the cost of commercial...
Feb 23 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Energy Transfer LP’s Dakota Access Pipeline, letting stand a ruling that required a new federal environmental analysis and left the pipeline vulnerable to being shut...
Feb 23 2022 // Following a pause to stabilize the vessel, the cyber market is poised for a wave of growth that could make it larger than the property catastrophe market by 2040, said Gallagher Re.In fact, if the cyber market continues to...
Feb 23 2022 // German reinsurance group Munich Re on Wednesday forecast a 14% jump in profit this year as it reported a bounceback in 2021 from the coronavirus pandemic despite big claims from natural disasters.Marked by devastating...
Feb 22 2022 // Just 3% of white collar workers want to return to the office five days a week, according to a poll by management consultancy Advanced Workplace Associates, which warned employees will quit if bosses force them back...
Feb 21 2022 // Salaries and total compensation rose in 2021 for all levels of empoloyees reporting in the Insurance Journal Agency Salary Survey.But while insurance agency personnel on average made more money last year, their...
Feb 21 2022 // The two possessions that most concern insurers — homes and motor vehicles — happen to be the largest contributors to the historic 7.5% inflation rate.Perhaps that should be no surprise. “It’s the...
Feb 21 2022 // The number of U.S. traffic deaths surged in the first nine months of 2021 to 31,720, keeping up a record pace of increased dangerous driving during the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. government reported.The estimated...
Feb 17 2022 // Climate change could result in the financial toll of flooding rising by more than a quarter in the U.S. by 2050, according to new research.The research, led by the University of Bristol and published in Nature Climate...
Feb 16 2022 // Ratings for the U.S. property/casualty industry returned to pre-pandemic levels with some companies strengthening balance sheets and improving operating results, said financial strength rating agency AM Best.In 2021 the...
Feb 16 2022 // Just when insurers saw signs that last year’s reform legislation may be having an impact on claims litigation, bad news appeared in the inbox Wednesday.CaseGlide, the maker of litigation management software, which...
Feb 15 2022 // There were 418 completed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide in the insurance sector in 2021, up from 407 the previous year, according to a report published by law firm Clyde & Co.Activity was driven by a...
Feb 15 2022 // Just 3% of white collar workers want to return to the office five days a week, according to a poll by management consultancy Advanced Workplace Associates, which warned employees will quit if bosses force them back...