Drone Delivery Fleets Counting on Hyperlocal Weather Forecasts June 22, 2017 By Thomas Black Imagine a weather report so precise it provides wind-gust forecasts for individual city blocks. Such micro-weather data may soon become...
Why Drivers Fear Driverless Cars June 22, 2017 By Keith Naughton Davy Andrews is so adept at technology that he’s become the de facto IT troubleshooter in his office. But there’s...
WCRI Researchers Compare States on Injured Workers Returning to Work June 21, 2017 From 10 to 18 percent of injured workers never reach “substantial return to work,” according to new research by the...
Rocket Ship, Flying Vehicle or Driverless Car? Guess Which Americans Fear Most June 20, 2017 If the future were now, American travelers would feel safer on a rocket to space than being a passenger in...
How Advertising Spend, Underwriting Results Relate to Auto Insurers’ New Business Yield: J.D. Power June 19, 2017 By Jessica McGregor and Megan Sutela Insurers with the strongest new business yield rates also have strong combined ratios in personal auto in the J.D. Power...
Insurance Research Finds Many Homeowners Don’t Understand Deductibles June 15, 2017 Almost five years after Superstorm Sandy, one third of homeowners in several coastal states are still unaware of hurricane deductibles...
Report: California Wage Increase Will Require Hike in 2018 Comp Benefits June 14, 2017 California’s State Average Weekly Wage rose more than 3.6 percent to $1,206.92 in the year ending March 31, which the...
Shipping Losses Fall to Lowest in 10 Years as Technology Drives Safety June 13, 2017 Large shipping losses have declined by 50 percent over the past decade and last year saw the lowest number of...
Protectionism, Cloud Accumulation, Water Stress Among 20 Emerging Risks Facing Insurance Industry: Swiss Re June 13, 2017 Reduced market access, regulatory fragmentation, the return of inflation and cloud risk accumulation pose the largest challenges with the highest...
Burand’s State of P/C Insurance Industry, Part 1: Agencies Facing Paradigm Shift June 13, 2017 By Chris Burand Editor’s Note: This is the first of two articles by Burand based on his most recent 50-page whitepaper, State of...