Claim Denial Rates by Line of Business (2026)
UK motor rejects about 1% of claims. US homeowners closes 31% without payment. The gap is mostly definitional, not behavioural.
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UK motor rejects about 1% of claims. US homeowners closes 31% without payment. The gap is mostly definitional, not behavioural.

EEA insurers wrote about 1.6 trillion euros in 2025. The harder question is which countries the number actually covers.

Global flood losses came in at $3.4 billion against a $15.4 billion five-year average. Swiss Re calls that variability, not a smaller hazard.

One research firm sizes the global takaful market at $39.6 billion. The IFSB reports $71.1 billion of Islamic insurance assets. Both are right.

Medical expenses are about a third of UK travel claims and more than half the money paid out. The averages hide a case that passed a million pounds.

US P&C insurers closed 2025 on a 92.9% combined ratio and a $68.7bn underwriting gain. Net income fell anyway. Both numbers are correct.

34 million telematics policies are in force across Europe and North America, and roughly 10 million of them are in Italy.

Hurricane Melissa paid Jamaica's cat bond in full while insurers had their quietest half-year since 2020. The 2026 climate reports say not to trust the quiet.

Insurance technology's flagship future went insolvent in Zurich in 2022. This piece grades the last decade's predictions before making five of its own, each falsifiable.

No institutional premium series exists for cannabis insurance. What is measurable: licensed businesses are down 13% in two years while property rates rose up to 40%.

US cyber premium fell 7% in 2024, the first decline in the market's history, while policy count held flat and loss ratios stayed strong. A price correction, not a retreat.

Total losses have fallen by nearly two thirds in a decade. In the same window one container ship cost the market $2.8bn. Frequency and severity have come apart.

In the same quarter, US property rates fell 13% and US casualty rates rose 7%. Calling that a soft market is costing people money. Here is what each half is doing.

Market size, adoption rates, ROI data, and funding trends showing where AI is delivering real value across the insurance industry in 2026.

The latest car insurance data showing how premiums vary by state, age, gender, and vehicle brand, plus what's driving rising costs in 2026.

The five insurtech trends shaping 2026: embedded distribution, targeted generative AI, parametric insurance, digital twins, and specialty lines.

Market size, ownership rates, the protection gap, product mix, and average costs shaping the global life insurance market in 2026.

Pet insurance is scaling fast: North American premiums topped $5.2B in 2024 and the global market is projected to reach ~$79.6B by 2033.

Where generative AI actually delivers value in insurance today, what early pilots taught the industry, and how to adopt it responsibly.

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