Personal Property
Freezing weather and burst pipe claims: Are insurers prepared for another ‘Beast from the East’?
UK insurers saw a significant spike in escape of water and weather-related claims during the first quarter of 2018 when Anticyclone Hartmut struck Great Britain and…
New credit-based insurance score taps two powerful resources
Verisk and Equifax have joined to create Inflection, a credit-based insurance score powered by a trended-credit model to increase its predictive potential.
E-scooter rentals reshape urban micromobility (part one)
How dangerous are e-scooters? We explore the latest research on e-scooter risk.
Wildfire around the world: A threat without borders
Firefighters around the world are struggling with wildfire seasons that seem to grow longer and more destructive every year.
Reconstruction cost trends diverge between U.S., Canada
Verisk recently released its latest 360Value® Quarterly Cost Update, which offers an overview of current reconstruction cost trends at the national and state/provincial…
Consumer sense of cyber threat: High concern, low confidence
Two-thirds of consumers worry about possible cyberattacks, based on a recent Verisk survey, and nearly one in three report experiencing a threat or attack.
Simplifying home inspection for customers with OneXperience™
OneXperience from Verisk is a new InsurTech home inspection solution to help insurers quickly and efficiently gather accurate, current property risk data.
Wildfires Drive California Maintenance Higher
California housing activity experiences notable growth in wildfire-impacted regions. Verisk analyzes increases in housing activity in these areas.
Death by a thousand cuts: Why Lloyd’s underwriters need better data for attritional losses
Not understanding the true nature or quality of a risk can lead to poor attritional loss ratios, which is why it's paramount that Lloyd’s underwriters not lose out to…
Five Actions for a More Inclusive Insurance Workforce
Here are five steps the insurance industry can take to ensure that it's recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Reconstruction cost growth steadies after slowing last year
Verisk recently released its latest 360Value® Quarterly Cost Update, which offers an overview of current reconstruction cost trends at the national and state/provincial…
Kincade, Tick, and Getty Fires spread damage in California
Three major wildfires caused damage and widespread evacuations in California. Verisk has preliminary analysis of the risk distribution in affected ZIP codes.
Subsidence, heave, and other risks beneath: Why insurers can’t rely on just one data source
By developing rating plan for subsidence and other ground movement risk, insurers can rate policies more accurately, increase market share, reduce loss ratios, and lower…
Ensuring coverage measures up by cost per square foot
Verisk is adding a useful new feature to the 360Value replacement cost estimating platform to help underwriters spot potentially undervalued homes.
Verisk 2019 wildfire risk analysis highlights evolving peril
Verisk’s 2019 wildfire risk analysis shows ongoing elevated activity in the western United States and Canada, backed by data from Verisk’s FireLine tool.