More than eight in 10 U.S. executives say they are more worried about their business’s future at midyear than they were at the end of 2025, Sentry reports.
Medical inflation softened broadly in the second quarter, with the NCCI Workers Compensation Weighted Medical Index falling to 1.0% year over year in June.
The Baldwin Group’s Q2 Market Pulse ties the property downturn to falling reinsurance costs and a quiet hurricane outlook, even as litigation and tariffs keep casualty severity high.
Underwriters are increasingly distinguishing between NFPA 13, 13R and 13D sprinkler systems when pricing senior living risk, according to Gallagher Property Risk Engineering.
Underwriting performance at AM Best-rated US captives continues to beat commercial casualty peers, generating an estimated $8.2 billion in savings for captive owners between 2021 and 2025.
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.