Description: This report provides a general introduction, a brief summary and a list of references that include various articles, papers, program proposals and legislative notes that provide additional insight into the following topics related to Business Interruption Insurance and the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on its current and future state of coverage: • General Information on Business Interruption Insurance • Legal Actions • State and Federal Legislation • Proposed Private/Public Partnerships for Future Pandemics as they Relate to Business Interruption Insurance • Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses, Insurers and Reinsurers: Magnitude of Losses and Future Business Interruption Coverage • Future of Insuring a Pandemic

Description: The research provides a modeling framework for assessing the inundation risk of properties and their expected flood damages, thereby laying a foundation for flood insurance pricing. The researchers studied over 50 years of claims data from the National Flood Insurance Program with 2.5 million records and identify property characteristics that predict flood damages for inundated properties. The development of a private flood insurance market benefits from insurers’ ability to better understand and price flood risk. This research takes a closer look at flood risk modeling and flood insurance pricing.

Description: This report provides a general introduction, a brief summary and a list of references that include various articles, papers, program proposals and legislative notes that provide additional insight into the following topics related to Business Interruption Insurance and the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on its current and future state of coverage: • General Information on Business Interruption Insurance • Legal Actions • State and Federal Legislation • Proposed Private/Public Partnerships for Future Pandemics as they Relate to Business Interruption Insurance • Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses, Insurers and Reinsurers: Magnitude of Losses and Future Business Interruption Coverage • Future of Insuring a Pandemic

Description: Updated Auto Loss Costs for 2019.

Description: This report provides a comprehensive guide for actuaries, insurance companies and regulators to understand the scope and challenges of earthquake risk and insurance in the U.S. It also looks at Canada and Puerto Rico due to their proximity.

Description: This report provides methodological tools for an insurer to better understand the potential losses incurred by autonomous vehicles in the context of rollover risk.

Description: Auto Loss Trends, Q2 2019 HTML file.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute commissioned a study to understand how insurers are responding to the framework used for climate disclosure practices, attempting to identify current practice and best and emerging practice. Used by firms to ensure they manage climate risk appropriately, the framework from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) focuses on disclosure of governance, risk management, strategy, and metrics.

Description: This report identifies and makes recommendations regarding possible exposure measures for pricing and analyzing the risks in cyber insurance. Cyber insurance is an insurance product that is designed to provide protection against the financial consequences of a failure or compromise of an organization’s information system as a result of a cyber event.

Description: The personal auto insurance industry is constantly changing. There are small and steady changes over time (e.g., inflation affecting the cost of repairs or general progress in the safety of vehicles) and sharp spikes (e.g., disasters and legislation). That change has never been more apparent with the Covid-19 pandemic, civil unrest, and driverless cars all presently having a significant impact on personal auto insurance.