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2020 FireLine Risk Reports

Verisk has released updated 2020 FireLine Risk Reports that provide statistical snapshots of the wildfire risks for Arizona, California and Colorado. Each report includes the FireLine wildfire hazards map that is color-coded to show areas in the stat...

Posted: Jul 20, 2020

Motor vehicle fatality rates rose 23.5 percent in May, despite quarantines

Preliminary estimates from the National Safety Council show that the motor vehicle fatality rate per mile driven increased by a stunning 23.5 percent in May 2020 compared to the previous year. Due to the pandemic the number of miles driven in May dro...

Posted: Jul 20, 2020

COVID-19 and Shipping Risk

Posted: Jul 20, 2020

Wrap-up: COVID-19 and Workers Comp

Posted: Jul 17, 2020

World insurance: Riding out the 2020 pandemic storm

According to this report, the COVID-19 pandemic "will spark the deepest recession since the 1930s," and it is forecast that that global gross domestic product (GDP) will contract by about 4 percent in 2020, leading to a "slump" in insurance demand fo...

Posted: Jul 08, 2020

Based on gas consumption, we’re nearly back to driving at pre-pandemic/recession levels

By Dr. Steven Weisbart, Chief Economist, Insurance Information Institute

Posted: Jul 07, 2020

Social Inflationand COVID-19

Posted: Jul 06, 2020

Latest report shows job stability for the insurance industry

By Dr. Steven Weisbart, Chief Economist, Insurance Information Institute

Posted: Jul 03, 2020

Reaching the next normal of insurance core technology

This lengthy compendium of sixteen articles examines the ways that insurers are reimagining their use of technology, developing new approaches to the delivery of technology and making certain that their core technology will meet their needs in the fu...

Posted: Jul 01, 2020

Understanding FEMA and other flood maps

On June 29 the First Street Foundation, a nonprofit research firm, rel...

Posted: Jul 01, 2020

My floodiversary

Posted: Jul 01, 2020

2020 Insurtech Trends Report

Growth in the cyber insurance market stabilized in 2019 as the cyberthreat landscape expanded and the awareness of risk increased as the world entered the era of the coronavirus pandemic. Hackers continued their attacks on businesses and insurers, an...

Posted: Jun 30, 2020

Insurance Careers Corner: Q&A with Mary Jo Hudson, Squire Patton Boggs

Triple-I’s “Insurance Careers Corner” series was created to highlight trailblazers in the insurance industry and to spread awareness on the career opportunities within the industry. This month Kris Maccini, director, social media, Triple...

Posted: Jun 29, 2020

Highlights From "The First National Flood Risk Assessment"

The First Street Foundation, a nonprofit research firm, released an analysis of the state of flood risk in the continental U.S. The findings are the result of the firm's new Flood Model, a climate adjusted model that assesses flood risk at the indivi...

Posted: Jun 28, 2020