Insurance & Investing
The US Excess and Surplus (E&S) property market has entered one of its most buyer-favorable cycles in years. With premiums for the E&S market reaching approximately $100 billion in 2024 and…
On July 1st, security researchers at Sysdig published something they had never documented before. A ransomware attack that ran from start to finish without a single human directing it,…
A reader asks: I have a question about reconciling two very famous market parables. Ben, your story of “Bob, the World’s Worst Market Timer” perfectly illustrates the power of…
Abundant capacity and disciplined underwriting are giving buyers greater leverage over pricing and structure, though risk differentiation increasingly determines outcomes, according to Risk Placement Services. Abundant capital and intensifying…
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Starbucks of defrauding shareholders by intentionally concealing declining sales in the United States and China, its largest markets. U.S. District Judge John…
REFERENCES AND SOURCES [1] NAIC Exhibit of Premiums and Losses (Statutory Page 14), LINE_NO 1 (Fire), 2019–2024, all 50 US states. Direct premiums written, direct premiums earned,…
A U.S. Department of Labor investigation concluded that a Houston utility construction company exposed employees to safety hazards after an excavation collapse hospitalized a worker. The department’s Occupational Safety…
Average premium growth slowed to just 0.2% in the first half of 2026, signaling an end to the hard market, according to Alera Group. Average overall premium growth across…
Motorists’ misuse of driver-assistance technology and drivers being distracted by in-vehicle features, rather than mechanical problems, are the biggest risks for road safety, according to a survey of transport…
India has directed ship owners, ship managers and recruitment agencies to stop deploying the country’s seafarers on vessels going through the Strait of Hormuz following an upsurge in attacks….
