Personal Auto Insurance Rates Fall Across the County: Value Penguin January 8, 2021 Auto insurance rates are falling across the country an average 1.7 percent, with drivers in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Arkansas and...
Earth Draws Closer to Climate Change Tipping Points After Another Year of Record Heat January 8, 2021 By Jonathan Tirone Another year of record-high heat punctuated a decade-long increase in global temperatures that has placed the Earth’s economies dangerously close...
1 in 100,000 Had Severe Allergic Reaction to COVID Shot: CDC January 7, 2021 By Robert Langreth and Emma Court Roughly 1 in 100,000 people have had a severe allergic reaction to the first Covid-19 vaccine, a rate that’s higher...
Global Natural Catastrophes Cost $210 Billion in 2020: Munich Re January 7, 2021 Natural catastrophes around the world resulted in $210 billion in damage in 2020, with the United States especially hard hit...
COVID Lawsuits by State and Key Trends in Workplace Litigation for 2021: Seyfarth January 7, 2021 The coronavirus pandemic contributed to a spike in workplace lawsuits in 2020 and the number is only expected to grow...
Final Insured Losses for Australian Bushfires of 2019/2020 Estimated at A$1.866B January 6, 2021 Insured losses for the Australian bushfires of 2019/2020 rose to A$1.866 billion (US$1.441 billion), according to estimates issued by PERILS,...
January Renewals Saw Some of Sharpest Price Hikes in Recent Years: Howden January 6, 2021 Lower investment yields, adverse catastrophe loss development, higher loss cost trends, concerns over climate change, and, of course, the pandemic...
Riskiest Counties for Natural Disasters Are Not Always Where People Think January 5, 2021 By Seth Borenstein Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her...
World’s Largest Insurers 2020: AM Best Ranks UnitedHealth, Allianz on Top January 5, 2021 UnitedHealth Group Inc. takes the top spot in AM Best’s ranking of the world’s 25 largest insurance companies for a...
Global Aviation Deaths Rose in 2020, Although Number of Crashes Fell January 4, 2021 By David Shepardson The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, even as the number...