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Will COVID-19 Foul Up Our Weather Forecasts?

Airlines have had to dramatically cut flight schedules due to the coronavirus pandemic, and some experts believe this has begun to hurt weather forecasting. What?! It turns out that forecasting models depend heavily on data col...

Posted: Mar 27, 2020

States’ COVID-19 Experiences Vary as Testing Takes Hold

Coronavirus cases in the United States surged past 55,000 on Wednesday, while the death toll has climbed past 800, with 354 recoveries, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. ...

Posted: Mar 25, 2020

2020 spring outlook

The National Weather Service's 2020 spring flood outlook indicates that a third of the U.S.—128 million in 23 states—is at risk for flood. The previous year was one of the worst seasons for spring flooding on record but flooding in 2020 is not expect...

Posted: Mar 18, 2020

Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIS) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand

The world has been broadly challenged by the COVID-19 virus, and the related threat to public health makes the new virus the most serious respiratory illness since the influenza pandemic of 1918. This study shows the results of the epidemiological mo...

Posted: Mar 15, 2020

Barbara Bufkin, an Insurance Maverick

By Loretta L. Worters, Vice President, Media Relations, Insurance Information Institute

Posted: Mar 13, 2020

2020 Consumer Cyber Insurance and Security Spotlight Survey

As consumers own more internet-connected devices and buy more products online and businesses use more electronic data and online storage, cyberattacks continue to occur. Only about one in 10 connected Americans say they have insurance to help them re...

Posted: Mar 11, 2020

Women’s History Month: Honoring Women in the Insurance Industry

By Loretta L. Worters, Vice President – Media Relations, Insurance Information Institute

Posted: Mar 11, 2020

COVID-19 Meets Cyberrisk

Posted: Mar 10, 2020

US property/casualty rating downgrades outnumber upgrades in 2019

Ratings downgrades in 2019 were marginally higher than upgrades in the U.S. property/casualty sector for the first time in five years. The factors contributing to the downswing included losses related to weather, the narrowing of pricing in competiti...

Posted: Mar 08, 2020

Long thought safe, San Diego faces major quake threat

A new landmark study released March 4 by the San Diego chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute indicates that the Rose Canyon Fault underneath central San Diego, an area previously deemed to be relatively safe, is a serious threat. R...

Posted: Mar 04, 2020

Insurance Industry Charitable Giving Nears $600 Million Annually, IICF/McKinsey Study Finds

By Loretta Worters, Vice President, Media Relations, Insurance Information Institute

Posted: Mar 04, 2020

Global macro and insurance outlook: Q1 2020

COVID-19’s impact on global growth and the insurance industry is likely deeper and wider than the current consensus, and could last well into Q3 and beyond, according to this report. Key findings include: economic impact likely to continue into Q3/Q4...

Posted: Mar 03, 2020