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Survey: Risk Managers Report Modest Premium Decreases in Q4
Jan 21 2009 // Insurance premiums for businesses continued a five-year trend of falling rates during the fourth quarter of 2008, but recent data suggest a reversal of this trend may soon be underway. Rates for property, general...
Auto Thefts Down in Tulsa
Jan 20 2009 // Police in Tulsa, Okla., say that a 30 percent drop in auto thefts last year is largely due to officers targeting thieves who snatch cars to make quick cash from scrap metal. Roughly 2,500 vehicles were reported stolen in...
Aon UK Survey Finds ‘Risk Ignorance’ to be Greatest 2009 Challenge
Jan 16 2009 // 70 percent of UK risk managers have declared that making sure the employees in their organization are risk savvy is their biggest challenge in light of new pitfalls according to research conducted by Aon. “The risks...
Older Drivers’ Fatal Crashes Trend Down Even as More Seniors Drive
Jan 14 2009 // Despite growing numbers on the road, fewer older drivers died in crashes and fewer were involved in fatal collisions during 1997-2006 than in years past, a new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study reports. Crash...
Hawaii Auto Insurance Fraud Convictions Increase 61%
Jan 14 2009 // The Insurance Fraud Investigation Unit of the Hawaii State Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs experienced a 61 percent increase in criminal convictions for motor vehicle insurance fraud in 2008 over the previous...
Fatalities on New Hampshire Roadways Increased in 2008
Jan 11 2009 // Fatal motor vehicle crashes are on the rise for the second year in a row according to the New Hampshire Department of Safety. The numbers released include all fatalities from Jan. 1 to Dec. 22, 2008. A fatality includes...
Study: Deadliest Hotspots for Teen Crashes on New Year’s Holiday
Jan 11 2009 // Some have called New Year’s Eve “amateur hour” on the roads. That couldn’t be more true for teen drivers, who, even if they haven’t been drinking, lack experience behind the wheel. A recent...
California Workers’ Compensation Premiums Down in 2008
Jan 11 2009 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has completed its report summarizing insurer loss and premium experience through Sept. 30, 2008. WCIRB said: “California written premium (gross of...
Washington Workers’ Comp Insurance Premiums Increasing 3%
Jan 11 2009 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) said premiums for workers’ compensation insurance will go up, on average, 3 percent in 2009. Individual employers could see their rates go up or down,...
California Workers’ Compensation Insurers File for Rate Increases
Jan 11 2009 // The California Department of Insurance has approved rate increases for several workers’ compensation insurers. California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner had recommended a 5 percent increase in his rate...
New Employment Laws, Power Shift in Washington May Increase the Risk of Workplace Charges
Jan 11 2009 // What Insurance Professionals Need to Know to Protect Their Commercial Clients As the economy continues to falter and a new Administration takes over in Washington, the workplace is being seeded with new legal hazards for...
New Jersey Workers’ Comp Rates Drop, Benefits Rise
Jan 5 2009 // New Jersey’s workers’ compensation insurance premiums will drop by roughly 1 percent in 2009, saving the state’s employers an estimated $33 million. “There are a number of factors that affect...
Association of British Insurers Warns of Increasing ‘Front End Fraud’
Dec 31 2008 // The Association of British Insurers has issued a warning that, “people are increasingly putting their insurance cover at risk by cheating to get a better deal.” The ABI said its members, which include most of...
Fatalities on New Hampshire Roads up in 2008
Dec 31 2008 // Fatal motor vehicle crashes are on the rise for the second year in a row according to the New Hampshire Department of Safety. The numbers released on Monday include all fatalities from Jan. 1 to Dec. 22, 2008. A fatality...
Workers’ Comp Assigned Risk Rate to Rise in Minnesota
Dec 31 2008 // Minnesota’s Commerce Commissioner has issued a rate order approving a 2.6 percent increase in the overall level of the assigned risk rates for workers’ compensation insurance. The increase is effective April 1,...
Catastrophe Losses Up 7% in 2008, Making It One of Costliest Years for Insurers
Dec 30 2008 // The high frequency and severity of Atlantic hurricanes in 2008, coupled with other weather-related and man-made losses, placed the year among the costliest on record for insured catastrophe losses. That’s according...
Study: Deadliest Hotspots for Teen Crashes on New Year’s Holiday
Dec 30 2008 // Some have called New Year’s Eve “amateur hour” on the roads. That couldn’t be more true for teen drivers, who, even if they haven’t been drinking, lack experience behind the wheel. A recent...
Munich Re 2008 Catastrophe Report Cites Role of Climate Change
Dec 30 2008 // Munich Re has released its analytical report on the natural catastrophes that occurred in 2008, which the reinsurer describes as, “one of the most devastating years on record.” 2008’s major catastrophes...
Survey: Insurance Ranks No. 2 as Most Important Bill to Pay On-Time
Dec 30 2008 // Insurance bills rank as the second highest priority bill for Americans to pay on time, according to a new survey on the bill payment patterns of U.S. households. The third in a series, the survey of more than 1,000...
Marsh Expects Rise in UK Fraud Insurance Coverage
Dec 23 2008 // Marsh’s London office has issued a bulletin indicating that it “expects a sharp rise in the number of UK companies buying fraud insurance protection next year, as the world economy continues to deteriorate....
