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Agents Seek Mobile Apps for Customer Self-Service, Sales Help: Survey
Mar 21 2013 // Independent agents and brokers want their customers to be able to “self-serve” on mobile devices, and sales and quotes are key capabilities for agent-facing applications on tablets, according to preliminary...
Best Affirms Hallmark Financial and Subs Ratings; Outlook Stable
Mar 21 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of the members of Hallmark Insurance Group, headquartered in Fort Worth,...
Medical Care Costs for Injured Workers Rising in Indiana: Report
Mar 20 2013 // The costs of medical care for injured workers in Indiana have been growing rapidly at an annual rate of 8 percent, a faster growth rate than most states, according to a 16-state study by the Workers Compensation Research...
Insurance Claim-Padding OK with 24% of Americans: Survey
Mar 20 2013 // Twenty-four percent of Americans believe it is acceptable to increase an insurance claim by a small amount to make up for deductibles they are required to pay. That is lower than the 33 percent found in 2002, according to...
Munich Re Study Sees Asia Pacific Dominating Insurance Growth by 2020
Mar 20 2013 // “Asia-Pacific will be the dominant driver of world insurance growth by 2020,” according to a study published by Munich Re’s Economic Research Department. The report forecasts that premium income for the...
Survey: Rate Increases Ahead for Architects, Engineers Despite Stable Market
Mar 19 2013 // For the second consecutive year, the insurance market for architects and engineers professional liability insurance continued its firming trend as a number of leading insurance companies providing this specialized coverage...
Aon Unveils 2013 Interactive Political Risk Map; Focus on Emerging Markets
Mar 19 2013 // To complement its print version, Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has unveiled a new online and interactive political risk map with data going back more than 15 years. Aon explained the...
Report Makes Chilling Forecast On Northwest Quake
Mar 18 2013 // More than 10,000 people could die when – not if – a monster earthquake and tsunami occur just off the Pacific Northwest coast, researchers told Oregon legislators . Coastal towns would be inundated. Schools, buildings...
Fitch: P/C Insurer Profit Up in 2012; Reinsurers Recover
Mar 18 2013 // Property/casualty insurers’ operating profits improved in 2012, driven by reduced incurred losses from natural catastrophes and core loss ratio improvements from recent underwriting and pricing actions. Fitch...
Fitch: Survey Finds P&C Insurers’ Profits Up; Reinsurers Recovering
Mar 18 2013 // “Property/casualty insurers’ operating profits improved in 2012, driven by reduced incurred losses from natural catastrophes and core loss ratio improvements from recent underwriting and pricing actions,”...
Report Warns of Rise in Maritime Crime in South East Asia
Mar 18 2013 // UK’-based marine intelligence provider, Dryad Maritime, is releasing a special report – “Special Advisory Southeast Asia. Disorganized theft to organized crime” – which will focus on the rise...
ACE Private Risk Survey: High Net Worth Families Overpaying to be Underinsured
Mar 14 2013 // Most wealthy individuals and families who insure their assets with carriers geared primarily for the average U.S. household overpay for coverage that leaves their wealth unnecessarily exposed to the risk of severe...
Best Affirms Chubb Corp. and Subs ‘A++’ Ratings; Outlook Stable
Mar 14 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A++’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa+” of the property/casualty subsidiaries of The Chubb Corporation, also known...
Carnival Reviews Entire Fleet; Cruise Ship Industry Retains Rosy Outlook
Mar 13 2013 // Carnival Corp. has launched a comprehensive review of its entire fleet after a fire crippled one of its ships last month, and will share its findings across the industry, Carnival Cruise Lines’ chief executive told a...
President Obama Meeting with CEOs Over Increasing Cyber Threats
Mar 13 2013 // Cyber security threats against the United States are growing, President Barack Obama said before a meeting on Wednesday with corporate leaders about the issue, as concerns rise about hacking attacks emanating from...
Capital Growth Outpaced P/C Premiums In 2012: Moody’s
Mar 13 2013 // Moody’s Investor’s Service reported that the property/casualty insurance industry’s capital growth outpaced premium growth last year, and that earnings for the year jumped nearly 50 percent over...
Suspicious Roofing Claims in Texas Increase 50% Since 2010
Mar 12 2013 // Long known for its epic weather-related events, a report released today by the National Insurance Crime Bureau indicates that some Texas insurance fraud might also be prompted by weather. Since 2010, questionable roofing...
New York’s Fracking Health Study Results Likely Years Off
Mar 11 2013 // A health study cited by leading environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as pivotal in helping persuade Gov. Andrew Cuomo to hold off on plans for limited gas drilling is likely years away from conclusions about whether the...
Gallup: Texas Uninsured Rate Rises, Sets Record
Mar 11 2013 // A new Gallup poll reports that Texas has the highest percentage of people ever recorded without health insurance at 28.8 percent. The poll released comes one year after the U.S. Census Bureau reported 24.4 percent of...
Japan’s Clean-Up from 2011 Tsunami, Nuclear Accident Lagging
Mar 11 2013 // Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan’s northeastern Pacific coast, debris containing asbestos, lead, PCBs — and perhaps most worrying — radioactive waste...
