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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

COVID-19: Learn From History to AddressThe Current Outbreak

By Dr. Steven Weisbart, CLU Dr. Steven Weisbart COV...

Posted: Mar 02, 2020

2020 insurance M&A outlook

More than half of the property/casualty insurance executives surveyed by Deloitte continue to expect to complete a merger and acquisition (M&A) deal over the next two years, even though M&A activity declined sharply last year due to prolonged uncerta...

Posted: Feb 29, 2020

Comparing Physician Services in Workers Compensation and Group Health

This paper continues and extends a series of NCCI studies comparing costs for treating comparable injuries between Workers Compensation (WC) and Group Health (GH)—research that goes back over the last 10 years. Findings include: WC pays more than GH...

Posted: Feb 25, 2020