Allstate’s Esurance Hopes Bundling Auto, Home Coverages Will Separate It From Geico November 12, 2013 By Noah Buhayar Esurance, the online car insurance seller owned by Allstate Corp., is betting that bundling auto and home policies will help...
Food Stamp Gridlock Hurting Chance of Congress Passing Farm, Crop Insurance Bill November 12, 2013 By Christine Stebbins The chances of the U.S. Congress passing a five-year farm bill by year’s end are a little better than 50/50...
Dodd-Frank Swaps Rule Could Impact Insurers’ Risk Management, Ratings: S&P November 11, 2013 Ratings analysts at Standard & Poor’s say that a Dodd-Frank provision having to do with derivatives could improve insurers’ risk...
Partner Perspective Founder mode for agency owners: Stay hands-on, not the bottleneck Presented by EZLynx Key Takeaways Founder mode means staying hands-on with what matters, not doing every task yourself. Insurance’s slow, committee-driven culture is...
Doctor Training Questioned in Wake of Robotic-Surgery Deaths, Injuries November 11, 2013 By Robert Langreth A rising number of reports about deaths, injuries and malfunctions linked to the robotic surgery system made by Intuitive Surgical...
Alabama Oil Train Derailment Raises New Crude-by-Rail Safety Questions November 11, 2013 By Anna Louie Sussman The second explosive oil-train derailment this year, which has finally burned out in rural Alabama, may raise new questions about...
Appeals Court Blocks Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate November 10, 2013 By Andrew Harris and Joel Rosenblatt A requirement of President Barack Obama’s health-care law that group insurance plans cover contraceptives was ordered blocked by a federal...
Insurance Kiosks the Wave of the Future? November 8, 2013 By Amy O'Connor Milk…check; Eggs…check; Bread…check; Car insurance…wait, what? Most Americans’ grocery lists don’t typically read this way, but a new approach to...
Association Recommends Insurance Guidelines for Carsharing Operations November 8, 2013 An association for operators of car sharing services has developed guidelines for what insurance they should make available to consumers...
Federal Safety Regulators Criticized for Missing Bus Safety Hazards November 8, 2013 By Jeff Plungis U.S. bus regulators are overlooking or not catching serious safety hazards before fatal crashes and need to change their auditing...
Endurance Specialty Names CEO of U.S. Insurance Division November 7, 2013 Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property/casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced Douglas Worman will join the company...