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Corps: Flood Protection Plan for Souris River Could Cost Up to $1B
Nov 8 2016 // The Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Souris River flood protection project in North Dakota’s Ward County and is accepting public comments through Dec....
Alabama Couple Accused of Burning Down Home to Claim Insurance
Nov 3 2016 // Authorities say a man and a woman face felony charges after setting their house on fire and then trying to claim insurance for all of their belongings. Police detective Rick Whitfield tells The Birmingham News the...
Number of Minnesota Fire Deaths Decrease Dramatically from 2015
Oct 31 2016 // Fire deaths in Minnesota have decreased this year, down dramatically from 2015. State Fire Marshal Bruce West told Minnesota Public Radio News that there have been 24 deaths from fires so far this year, compared with 49 at...
Drought in Southeast States Wreaking Havoc on Crops, Increasing Fire Risk
Oct 31 2016 // Six months into a deepening drought, the weather is killing crops, threatening cattle and sinking lakes to their lowest levels in years across much of the South. The very worst conditions – what forecasters call...
Public Sector Workplace Injuries, Illnesses Decline in Oklahoma
Oct 27 2016 // Oklahoma public sector employers have reduced the rate of employee injury and illness to 3.8 per 100 workers, down from 4.0 in 2014, the Oklahoma Department of Labor reported. With the recent reduction, Oklahoma has seen a...
Homeowners Insurance Claims, Loss Costs Declining, LexisNexis Report Finds
Oct 27 2016 // A study of home insurance trends reveals good news for home insurance carriers: homeowner claims continue to decrease and loss costs are flat or on the decline. The 2016 LexisNexis Home Trends Report notes that while the...
U.S. Homeowners Insurers’ Premiums Growing But Return on Equity Down: Aon
Oct 26 2016 // The U.S. homeowners insurance market is on track for continued growth in direct premiums for 2016 despite a decreasing return on equity for insurers. U.S. homeowners premium is set to surpass $90 billion for the first...
Foresters Say New Hampshire Drought Has Increased Threat of Wildfires
Oct 26 2016 // Drought conditions are making it harder to fight wildfires and New Hampshire residents should be vigilant about the increased threat, state forestry and fire officials say. Conditions range from abnormally dry to extreme...
Unemployment Claims on Rise in Louisiana
Oct 25 2016 // First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Oct. 15 increased from the previous week’s total. The state labor department figures show the initial claims rose to 2,674 from the...
Homesharing Giant Airbnb Faces Rising Legal, Regulatory Risks in Big Cities
Oct 24 2016 // Airbnb, the online lodging service that investors now believe is worth $30 billion, faces a reckoning. In eight years of torrid growth, the company has often clashed with local public officials seeking to minimize the...
It’s Official: Florida Workers’ Comp Rates Going Up Nearly 15%
Oct 24 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has issued a final order granting approval to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for an overall combined statewide average rate increase of 14.5 percent....
Special Report: 6 Cyber Security Trends to Watch in 2017
Oct 24 2016 // As 2016 winds down and the insurance industry begins to adjust its business and marketing strategies for the new year, cyber criminals are doing exactly the same thing – reviewing their successes and failures, attempting...
Q2 Report: P/C Insurers’ Direct Premium Written Up 3.6 Percent
Oct 24 2016 // Direct premium written (DPW) for property/casualty insurance companies continues to increase, albeit gradually. At year-end 2015, approximately $585 billion DPW was reported, a record-high. For 2015, total DPW for all P/C...
State Regulators Say Pennsylvania Health Insurance Premiums to Rise
Oct 20 2016 // State regulators say the cost of health insurance premiums will be going up sharply next year for residents who buy individual plans. The state Department of Insurance said Monday that insurance company rates, based on...
Earthquake Policy Sales up, and May Continue to Rise Following ShakeOut
Oct 17 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv It’s still a few days until the annual Great ShakeOut earthquake drills during which people in homes, schools, and organizations practice what to do during earthquakes – the events...
10 Takeaways from the Future of Insurance and InsureTech Connect Conference
Oct 17 2016 // You’ve probably heard. There is tremendous investor interest right now in technology-first insurance startups, or insurtech firms. The first InsureTech Connect Conference in Las Vegas in early October attracted an...
Kansas Traffic Fatalities in 2016 Up 16%
Oct 13 2016 // Kansas transportation officials say more than 300 people have died in traffic accidents this year, a 16 percent increase over the same period in 2015. Kansas Department of Transportation traffic safety manager Chris Bortz...
Emerging Markets to See Strong Non-Life Premium Growth in Years Ahead: JLT Re
Oct 12 2016 // Despite recent slowdowns, emerging economies are expected to outperform advanced markets over the next five years, according to a report published by JLT Re. The emerging economies examined in the JLT Re study are also...
Workers’ Comp Rates in Idaho to Decrease for 2017
Oct 11 2016 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has received a proposal from the National Council on Compensation Insurance for an overall rate drop of 1.2 percent percent in workers’ compensation insurance to become effective...
It’s Official: Florida Workers’ Comp Rates Going Up Nearly 15%
Oct 11 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has issued a final order granting approval to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for an overall combined statewide average rate increase of 14.5 percent....
