Why 27% of U.S. Firms Have No Plans to Buy Cyber Insurance May 31, 2017 A full 50 percent of U.S. firms do not have cyber risk insurance and 27 percent of U.S. executives say...
Report: Climate Change to Increase Insured Losses from Windstorms in the U.K. May 25, 2017 By Don Jergler Climate change will drive up wind losses in the U.K. in coming years, according to a recent report from the...
Insured Losses for Europe’s Windstorm Thomas Rise to $279.2M: PERILS May 23, 2017 The latest property insured loss estimate for Windstorm Thomas, which on Feb. 23-24 hit the British Isles, the Netherlands, Belgium...
Today’s Climate of Crime, Safety and Security at Schools, Colleges May 23, 2017 By Maria Danilova One in every 5 middle and high school students has complained of being bullied at school and the number of...
Cyber Insurance Sales Continue to Grow, Prices Stabilize, Brokers Report May 23, 2017 Businesses are buying more cyber insurance and prices for the coverage are stabilizing, according to the latest survey by The...
Patients on Opioids Before Knee Surgery Have Worse Pain Outcomes May 23, 2017 Six months after knee replacement surgery, pain outcomes were not as good for patients who previously took prescription opioids, according...
California’s Comp Insurers Had 5.1% More in Direct Written Premium in 2016 May 22, 2017 California workers’ compensation insurers wrote $12.96 billion in direct written premium last year, an increase of $628 million, or 5.1...
Injured Worker Attorney Involvement Varies Widely by State May 18, 2017 There is a wide variation in the percentage of claims with worker attorneys involvement across state workers’ compensation systems, according...
Report: New Medical Coding System Not Yet An Improvement in California Comp May 17, 2017 A new report shows that an updated medical coding system that went into effect in California a year-and-a-half ago hasn’t...
Soft Reinsurance Prices to Continue Until Year-End – at Least: Fitch May 16, 2017 The soft pricing in the global reinsurance market will continue, at least, for the rest of the year, Fitch Ratings...