Insurtech Startups Take Note: Traditional Insurers Score Highest Ever Satisfaction Grades April 3, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson Those uppity insurtech startups might want to take note: About one of every 15 U.S. homeowners insurance policyholders files a...
Rutgers Law School Project Addresses ‘Use It And Lose It’ in Homeowners Insurance April 3, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield A new report by the Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law School in Camden, N.J., in cooperation...
Young Agents Enjoy Career Choice But Worry About Future Hiring April 3, 2017 By Andrea Wells Despite sentiments about technology lags, the vast majority of young agents responding to Insurance Journal’s 2017 Young Agents Survey believe...
Homeowners Insurance Increase Denied by Delaware Insurance Commissioner April 3, 2017 A request by Windsor-Mount Joy Mutual Insurance Company (WNMJ) to increase insurance rates on more than 2,000 manufactured housing policyholders...
California Workers Comp Medical Review Volume Hit a Record in 2016 April 3, 2017 The California workers’ compensation independent medical review process used to resolve medical disputes found that in 2016 IMR physicians once...
New York’s Cybersecurity Rules: Things Insurance Professionals Should Know April 3, 2017 By JillAllison Opell and Ron Lebow The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued cybersecurity requirements for financial services companies (cyber rules) that went...
2 California Congressmen Introduce Earthquake Mitigation Tax Incentives April 3, 2017 A pair of Congressmen from California in late March introduced the Earthquake Mitigation Incentive and Tax Parity Act of 2017...
CDI Issues Directive on New Workers’ Comp Law Pertaining to Excluded Employees April 3, 2017 The California Department of Insurance has notified the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of its concern that some insurers may...
NetVu’s Kitty Ambers on Making the Case for Innovation March 20, 2017 By Kitty Ambers Have you noticed how technology is rapidly eliminating tasks? We can bank remotely or have goods delivered to our doorstep...
Ranchers in Midwest Assessing Damage After Wildfires March 20, 2017 Thousands of livestock are estimated to have been killed in the wildfire that spanned two counties along Kansas’ southern border...