Roads Are Emptier But Riskier During Coronavirus Quarantine. Fatality Rate Up 14%. May 21, 2020 As Americans have been driving less and covering fewer miles, the emptier roads have become more lethal. Preliminary data from...
Show Them the Money: Cyber Attackers Desire Financial Gain More Than Espionage May 19, 2020 By Arriana McLymore Money trumped spying as the top motivator for data breaches last year, according to Verizon’s annual report on cyber crimes...
How Coronavirus Has Affected Auto Insurance Shopping May 19, 2020 This year began with auto insurance buyers shopping around more than ever but by mid-March shopping began to slow down...
Risk Managers Expect Prolonged Recession From COVID-19: World Economic Forum May 19, 2020 Risk managers expect a prolonged global recession as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a report by the World Economic...
Study: Sharp Drop in California Workers’ Comp Independent Medical Reviews May 18, 2020 The number of Independent Medical Review determination letters, a process used to resolve California workers’ compensation medical disputes, fell sharply...
Study Finds State, Local Measures Have Reduced Coronavirus Cases by 34 Million May 15, 2020 A new report titled, “Strong Social Distancing Measures in the United States Reduced the COVID-19 Growth Rate” finds that steps...
Commercial Insurance Rates in Q1 Rise 14%, Even Before Impact of COVID-19: Marsh May 12, 2020 Global average commercial insurance prices increased 14% in the first quarter of 2020 – but the rate hikes were not...
Small Businesses See Coronavirus Effect Lasting 12-16 Months May 12, 2020 By Andrea Shalal Eighty-one percent of small U.S. companies surveyed by Veem, a global payments network, expect the new coronavirus pandemic to affect...
REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT: When Cops Kill, Redress Is Rare, Except in Famous Cases May 11, 2020 By Lawrence Hurley and Andrea Januta The 2014 shooting death of black teen Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, prompted angry protests...
For Global Insurers, Pandemic Likely to Erase Profits Until 2021 Second Half: Fitch May 11, 2020 While insurance rates have risen for nine consecutive quarters due to large catastrophe losses and accelerating claims inflation, Fitch Ratings...