Lloyd’s of London generated a 22.0% return on capital in 2025, even as A.M. Best warns that softening market conditions could pressure results in the years ahead.

Nearly 25% of claims adjusters are expected to retire by the end of 2027 while carriers struggle to scale AI and manage escalating catastrophe losses, according to Sedgwick.

Global reinsurance capital climbed to $688 billion in H1 2026 even as premium volumes shrank, deepening a supply-demand imbalance, according to Gallagher Re.

M&A activity has concentrated premium volume among fewer, larger brokerages forcing carriers to rethink distribution strategy, according to RSM US.

Older construction workers report lower rates of diabetes and high cholesterol than the overall workforce, according to CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training.

Bad actors are intercepting confused policyholders the moment they turn to a search engine for help, often steering them to sue their insurers rather than file a claim.

Five years of Labor Day data show a 70% surge in incidents and a growing shift toward identity-based fraud, according to Verisk CargoNet.

The US P&C industry’s net underwriting gain nearly tripled in the first half of 2026, up from $11.6 billion in the first half of 2025, according to Verisk and the AAPCIA.

Medical service costs per claim in California’s workers’ compensation system climbed 5% in 2025, driven largely by rising prices and growing utilization of services outside fee schedule caps, according to WCIRB.

Rising exposure, demand surge and climate shifts are pushing the global insured average annual loss from natural catastrophes to $171 billion, according to Verisk.

New security flaws surged 36% this spring, but the way criminals actually break in — stolen passwords on remote-access systems — barely budged, according to Beazley Security report.

The U.S. casualty market is leaving billions of dollars in adverse reserve development to accumulate largely undetected until it surfaces in financial statements, according to Moody’s.

Swiss Re report finds premium growth holding at 5% CAGR even as AI-driven threats and a widening protection gap push insurers to rethink coverage adequacy

Abundant capital pushed reinsurance and insurance-linked securities pricing lower at mid-year renewals, according to AM Best.

Construction spending topped $2.17 trillion in April 2026 amid labor shortages, rising claim severity and a bifurcated insurance market, according to Gallagher.

Nearly half of insurance companies expect to add staff over the next 12 months, but headcount growth over the past year trailed projections, per The Jacobson Group and Aon.

Agents prefer carriers with simple digital workflows over high commissions, with 90% saying friction has led them to shift business, according to Ivans.

Recalled units across five industries jumped to 941.2 million in H1 2026 from 211.3 million in H1 2025, putting 2026 on pace to top 1 billion units for the first time since 2022, according to Sedgwick.

Speed to care and triage still separate high-performing claims programs even as AI adoption accelerates, according to CorVel.

The line has outperformed the broader property & casualty industry by more than 20 percentage points annually over the past four years, according to AM Best.