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Natural disasters caused an estimated $112 billion in losses in the first half of 2026, with only $44 billion insured, leaving a 60% protection gap, according to Munich Re.
Durable medical equipment and certain professional services without fee schedule rates are consuming a growing share of payments, the Workers Compensation Research Institute found.
Workplace violence has risen steadily across most major industry sectors since 2011, with health care and social assistance remaining the epicenter of the problem, according to the NCCI.
Captive insurance structures can offer companies greater control and transparency over their risk — but only when the fit is right. Here’s what first-time buyers need to understand.
With up to $15 billion in capacity available, Willis says the real challenge is knowing how much coverage data infrastructure actually needs.
As construction projects grow more complex and contractual requirements intensify, contractors are seeking efficient ways to meet their coverage obligations without sacrificing protection
Neglected maintenance is one of the largest and most overlooked challenges in the insurance and property sectors, with a strong correlation to eventual insurance claims.
AM Best maintains a stable outlook for the global cyber insurance segment, citing robust demand and favorable profitability even as premium growth slows and competition intensifies.
Court holds that informing jurors about workers’ compensation subrogation would improperly prejudice deliberations.
he latest people news in the industry today.
Artificial intelligence has the potential to reshape distribution, underwriting and productivity in ways that decades of digitization never did, according to McKinsey & Company.
Agency and brokerage acquisitions fell to 292 in the first half of 2026, the weakest start to a year in a decade, according to OPTIS Partners.
Global insured natural catastrophe losses totaled at least $46 billion in the first half of 2026, 28% below the 10-year average, Gallagher Re reports.
Total real premium growth will ease sharply from 2025’s cyclical peak even as insurers become more critical shock absorbers in a fracturing global economy, Swiss Re Institute found.
Insurers posted a $431 million underwriting loss in 2025 as incurred losses and expenses reached 102% of earned premium, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California found.
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