How Flood Risk in U.S. Is Changing: Increasing in North, Decreasing in South December 30, 2016 The risk of flooding in the United States is changing regionally, and the reasons could be shifting rainfall patterns and...
Chinese M&A to Continue Despite Regulatory, Policy Hurdles: A.M. Best December 30, 2016 While Chinese companies have been increasing their overseas merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in recent years, there are signs that...
How Agents Feel About Their Compensation from Carriers… and Other Matters December 30, 2016 On a first quarter results call W.R. Berkley Corp. President and CEO Robert Berkley cited a growing and alarming level...
New Year’s Day Is Deadliest For Alcohol-Related Crashes: IIHS December 29, 2016 New Year’s evokes visions of celebrations and fresh beginnings but the holiday has a more somber side when it comes...
Why Young Insurance Agents Are So Optimistic December 29, 2016 By Andrea Wells It’s no secret that the insurance industry is facing a huge talent gap. Almost half of all insurance professionals are...
33% of Canadians Admit to ‘Dangerous Habit’ of Texting at Red Lights December 29, 2016 One third (33 percent) of Canadians admit they have texted while stopped at a red light in the last month,...
Study Shows Growth in Virginia’s Medical Payments per Workers’ Comp Claim December 28, 2016 Virginia’s medical payments per workers’ compensation claim with more than seven days of lost time increased 26 percent for claims...
Update on the Opioid Epidemic in U.S. December 28, 2016 Drug overdose deaths, including opioid overdose deaths, continue to increase in the United States, according to new data from the...
Top 12 Insurance Trends and News Stories of 2016: Countdown December 27, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson In the year 2016, as in past years, there were the familiar or continuing stories including reinsurers still wishing and...
East Regulation Report Card: Vermont Ranks Best for 3rd Straight Year December 22, 2016 By Elizabeth Blosfield The R Street Institute, a nonprofit public policy research organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., has found that Vermont has the...