How ACA Healthcare Law Could Affect P/C Insurance Costs and Claims February 21, 2014 By Andrew G. Simpson The property/casualty insurance industry is likely to face cost shifting by hospitals, physicians and other medical providers due to the...
U.S. Patent Office Moves to Curb Patent Litigation February 21, 2014 By Diane Bartz The White House announced steps on Thursday designed to reduce frivolous patent lawsuits by trying to make it easier to...
Allstate Beefs Up Agency Force February 21, 2014 By Alexandria Baca Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, increased its agency count for the first time since...
Ironshore Enters Yacht Insurance Sector February 20, 2014 Ironshore Inc. is now covering high-end pleasure craft, yachts and mega yachts on a global basis. James G. Bishop, Jr.,...
State Farm $3M Gift Creates Wilson Chair at American Enterprise Institute February 20, 2014 State Farm has donated $3 million to the conservative, pro-business think tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, D.C. to...
Allstate: Catastrophe Losses in January Reached $277M February 20, 2014 Allstate Corp. said estimated catastrophe losses for the month of January were $277 million. The cost is $180 million after...
Greenberg’s Post-AIG Empire Looking Like Mini-Berkshire February 20, 2014 By Greg Roumeliotis Since his ouster from American International Group Inc. in 2005, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg has been quietly building an insurance and...
Crop Insurance Now Farmers’ Main Safety Net February 20, 2014 By Christine Stebbins U.S. farmers and bankers have almost a year to get ready for major changes in 2015 as crop insurance rather...
Predicting Crime with Big Data Without Breaking the Bank February 20, 2014 Researchers at Rutgers’ School of Criminal Justice have developed commercial technology that public safety practitioners and researchers worldwide are using...