How Much Credit Score Effect on Home Insurance Premiums Varies by State August 14, 2014 Homeowners with poor credit pay 91 percent more for homeowners’ insurance than people with excellent credit, according to a study...
Nationwide Mutual P/C Felt Pain of June Storms August 14, 2014 By Mark Hollmer Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.’s property/casualty arm performed solidly in the 2014 second quarter, despite the Polar Vortex and major storm...
FICO to Downplay Medical Debt in Credit Scores August 14, 2014 By Amrutha Gayathri and Emily Stephenson A move by personal credit score provider FICO to leave out or discount medical debt from its scores will boost...
10 Years After Hurricane Charley: A Lesson in Strong Building Codes August 13, 2014 By Dr. Tim Reinhold It has been 10 years since the record-breaking 2004 Atlantic hurricane season when four major hurricanes – Charley, Frances, Ivan...
Why Is Pacific Outpacing Atlantic This Storm Season? August 13, 2014 By Brian K. Sullivan It’s almost the middle of August, and the Pacific has been cranking out hurricanes and typhoons all over the place....
IRC: Uninsured Motorists a Perplexing, Pervasive Concern August 12, 2014 By Don Jergler A new report shows there hasn’t been much ground gained in the battle to reduce the number of uninsured motorists...
K&K Insurance Group Launches Online Insurance Option for Walk/Run Events August 12, 2014 K&K Insurance Group, Inc. has launched a new website offering coverage for groups organizing walk or run events. The website,...
The Promise of Telemedicine to Pare Health Costs August 12, 2014 Telemedicine could potentially deliver more than $6 billion a year in health care savings to U.S. companies, but only if...
States Look to Kill-Switch Laws to Stem Smartphone Thefts August 12, 2014 By Sharon Bernstein All smartphones sold in California would have to come with a “kill switch” to render them inoperable if lost or...
House Republicans Not Planning to Address Export-Import Bank Reauthorization August 12, 2014 By Mark Felsenthal Reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank was left off a list of items that the No. 2 Republican in the...