Patients’ Pre-Surgery Opioid Use Contributes to Higher Costs, Complications March 20, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson Surgery patients often go home from the hospital with a prescription for painkillers to take as they recover. But a...
Self-Driving Cars to Transform Motor Insurance in Liability Shift: Fitch March 17, 2017 Widespread use of autonomous vehicles will completely transform the motor insurance sector over the long term when liability begins to...
Black Pedestrians at Higher Risk Than Whites at Crosswalks from Motorists Not Stopping March 17, 2017 Motorists approaching mid-block crosswalks are less likely to yield for black pedestrians than white pedestrians and the pedestrian bias is...
High-Net-Worth Individuals Concerned About Underinsurance: Chubb March 17, 2017 More than half (54 percent) of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) are concerned that they are underinsured, with many worried their coverage...
Take This Lemonade and Startups: Insurers Garner Record High Satisfaction Grades March 14, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson Those uppity insurtech startups might want to take note: About one of every 15 U.S. homeowners insurance policyholders files a...
100 Cities Ranked by Home Fire Risk: The Hartford March 14, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson According to The Hartford Home Fire Index, which ranks 100 cities based on their home fire risk, the top five...
Report: High Volume, Low Costs For Comp Claims in Northernmost California March 13, 2017 California’s northern most counties accounted for 1.1 percent of the state’s workforce but 3.3 percent of the job injury claims,...
What’s Been Happening with Commercial Insurance Prices: Willis Towers Watson March 13, 2017 Most commercial insurance prices in the U.S. were nearly flat during the fourth quarter of 2016, although prices continued to...
‘Globesity’ Reaches Pandemic Levels: Aetna International Report March 13, 2017 Urgent action is required to limit the global fallout from rising obesity levels, according to a report published by health...
Top 10 Highest-Performing Large Commercial Insurers: J.D. Power March 13, 2017 XL Catlin was 2016’s highest-performing large commercial insurer in terms of customer satisfaction, according to the latest J.D. Power study....