No big suprise here. Those states represent 36% of the population and have the big cities and have been hit harder by the economy than most other states. Now if VT, WY, ND, MT and SD were in the top five, then we would have a story!
Makes me wonder what percent of all property casualty premiums are generated by the same states? How about some information to put the report into proper perspective?
Texas has a strong economy. I don’t think the issue is the economy; I think it’s the culture of entitlement and corruption that’s developed all over the US. It’s distressing.
Ditto on GL and Michael’s comments. We need a denominator. and Instead of total questionable claims, we need to know the RATIO of questionable to total claims on a state-by-state or MSA to MSA basis.
Detroit is definately not the most densly populated, and probably has one of the highest crime per capita rates. There is a level of corruption here. Sure the economy has an impact, but not a justification. I agree with Shel, there is a growing “culture” of corruption, but perhaps this culture or attitude is more prevalent in some areas than others by social acceptance with a distorted attitude growing over time than manifests into higher crime rates per geographic area. I would be interested to see if there is a correlation between crimes committed by elected politicians versus the population they represent. Particular Detroit and New Jersey Mayors come to mind.
No big suprise here. Those states represent 36% of the population and have the big cities and have been hit harder by the economy than most other states. Now if VT, WY, ND, MT and SD were in the top five, then we would have a story!
Makes me wonder what percent of all property casualty premiums are generated by the same states? How about some information to put the report into proper perspective?
Texas has a strong economy. I don’t think the issue is the economy; I think it’s the culture of entitlement and corruption that’s developed all over the US. It’s distressing.
Ditto on GL and Michael’s comments. We need a denominator. and Instead of total questionable claims, we need to know the RATIO of questionable to total claims on a state-by-state or MSA to MSA basis.
What percentage of the total claims do these states account for? My guess is 35% but more info is needed
Detroit is definately not the most densly populated, and probably has one of the highest crime per capita rates. There is a level of corruption here. Sure the economy has an impact, but not a justification. I agree with Shel, there is a growing “culture” of corruption, but perhaps this culture or attitude is more prevalent in some areas than others by social acceptance with a distorted attitude growing over time than manifests into higher crime rates per geographic area. I would be interested to see if there is a correlation between crimes committed by elected politicians versus the population they represent. Particular Detroit and New Jersey Mayors come to mind.