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Arctic Winter Ice Covers 2nd Smallest Area on Record, Opening Region to Shipping
Mar 28 2018 // Winter sea ice on the Arctic Ocean covered the second smallest area on record this year, part of a thaw that is opening the region to shipping and oil exploration and may be disrupting weather far to the south, scientists...
European Insurtech Investment Growth Surpasses North America in 2017: Accenture
Mar 22 2018 // Global investment in the insurance technology (insurtech) industry surged in 2017, with Europe emerging as a new insurtech hub outside the U.S., according to new research from Accenture. The research, which includes new...
Moody’s Projects Stable Outlook for Global Insurance Brokers
Mar 22 2018 // The 2018 outlook for insurance brokers is stable, reflecting good product demand, low capital requirements, significant variable costs, and healthy EBITDA margins and cash flows, which will continue to attract investors,...
Outlooks Revised to Stable for Louisiana’s Stonetrust Commercial Insurance
Mar 21 2018 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb” of workers’ compensation insurer,...
Survey: Houston, Dallas Worst Cities for Towing Hassles
Mar 19 2018 // Houston and Dallas rank number one and two on the list of U.S. cities with the most hostile towing markets for consumers, and Texas is the state most in need of pro-consumer towing reforms, according to a national towing...
HR Pros Prep for Rise in Sexual Harassment Complaints
Mar 19 2018 // Seven in 10 human resource professionals said they believe sexual harassment complaints at their workplaces will likely be “higher” or “much higher” in 2018 compared to previous years. An HR...
Cyber to Top $6.2B in Written Premium by 2020: Verisk
Mar 19 2018 // The total commercial cyber liability market will reach $6.2 billion in written premium by 2020, Verisk predicts in a market analysis titled, Sizing the Standalone Commercial Cyber Insurance Market. Standalone commercial...
Private Flood Insurance Market Is Getting Bigger, More Competitive, Less Profitable
Mar 18 2018 // The U.S. market for privately written flood insurance grew by 51.2 percent last year, with state-level markets growing both more competitive and less profitable, according to 2017 statutory insurance filings compiled by...
Flood Damage Surveys Ongoing in Indiana, Michigan
Mar 15 2018 // Officials say flooding last month in northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan damaged more than 2,000 homes. The South Bend Tribune reports the update comes as communities collect information on flood damage to line up...
London’s Future as Financial Center Uncertain Due to Brexit: UK Regulator
Mar 15 2018 // London’s future as a global financial center is uncertain because of Brexit and Britain faces a tough task to secure European Union market access for its banks and insurers, a top UK regulator said on Wednesday as he...
U.S. Population Trends: Elders to Outnumber Youth; More Ethnic, Racial Diversity
Mar 14 2018 // There will soon, within a few decades, be an important demographic turning point in U.S. history. By 2035, there will be 78.0 million people 65 years and older compared to 76.4 million under the age of 18, according to the...
A Third of Nevada Drivers Could See Auto Insurance Rates Rise
Mar 13 2018 // About one in three Nevada motorists, or as many as 600,000 people, could face a 9 percent jump in auto insurance rates this summer when the state raises the basic required minimum levels of bodily injury and property...
Commercial Insurance Prices Were Up Only Slightly in Q4
Mar 13 2018 // Prices for overall commercial insurance lines in the U.S. inched upward in the fourth quarter of 2017, although workers’ compensation and directors and officers liability prices actually declined and commercial auto...
HR Managers Braced for Increase in Sexual Harassment Complaints
Mar 12 2018 // Seven in 10 human resource professionals said believe sexual harassment complaints at their workplaces will likely be “higher” or “much higher” in 2018 compared to previous years. An HR...
Commercial Cyber Liability Market to Reach $6.2B in Written Premium by 2020: Verisk
Mar 8 2018 // The total commercial cyber liability market will reach $6.2 billion in written premium by 2020 after annual growth rates of 20-30 percent, Verisk predicts in a market analysis. “Cyber liability risk is rapidly...
Iron-Starr Excess Agency Increases Capacity for Property Risks
Mar 7 2018 // Iron-Starr Excess Agency Ltd. (Iron-Starr), an excess specialty insurance lines managing general underwriting agency operated by Ironshore, has expanded its relationship with Oil Casualty Insurance Ltd. (OCIL) to...
Bipartisan Momentum Building in Congress for Cryptocurrency Regulations
Mar 5 2018 // Jolted by the global investment craze over bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, U.S. lawmakers are moving to consider new rules that could impose stricter federal oversight on the emerging asset class, several top lawmakers...
Up, Down & Flat: Workers’ Compensation Pricing in 2018
Mar 5 2018 // Workers’ compensation rates in 2018 will be mixed, with some programs seeing pricing flat to down and others seeing spikes, according to a market prediction from the broker USI. In other words, market trends should...
Surplus Line Premium Increased by 6.4% Nationwide in 2017
Mar 5 2018 // All 15 surplus lines service offices across the United States experienced increases in excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance premium in 2017, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reports. U.S. surplus...
Tennessee Insurance Consumer Complaints Down Slightly in 2017
Mar 5 2018 // Insurance complaints decreased again in 2017 and remained the last of the top 10 consumer complaint categories, according to the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Division of Consumer...
