Why Customer Satisfaction Is Falling for Large Auto Insurers, Rising for Small: J.D. Power June 21, 2016 After climbing in each of the past two years, customer satisfaction is falling among the nation’s largest auto insurers, while...
Don’t Expect Surge of Private Flood Insurance Products: S&P June 21, 2016 Opening U.S. flood insurance to private insurers won’t lead to a surge of new market entrants, Standard & Poor’s asserts...
PEMCO Poll: Nearly Half of Northwest Drivers Use Phones Behind the Wheel June 20, 2016 Seattle-based PEMCO Insurance announced that nearly half of Northwest drivers admit they illegally use their phones while driving – and...
Insurers Ignore FinTech Revolution at Their Long-Term Peril: PwC June 17, 2016 By L.S. Howard While 90 percent of insurers fear they will lose business to a FinTech start-up, only 43 percent say they have...
How Much Teen Drivers Add to Parents’ Auto Insurance Bill by State June 16, 2016 Teenagers are risky drivers who are very expensive to insure but rates for insuring teens have come down, according to...
Persistent Soft Market Begins to Hit Reinsurer Stock Prices: A.M. Best June 15, 2016 By L.S. Howard While global reinsurers are continuing to withstand challenging market conditions, their stock prices, on average, are starting to take a...
Opioid Deaths Continue to Rise in Maryland: Report June 14, 2016 New data from the Maryland Department of State and Mental Hygiene shows that overdose deaths from the synthetic opioid fenantyl...
Storm Model Forecasts Beach Changes and How Far Ocean Will Overrun June 14, 2016 By Martha Waggoner When John Couch is certain a storm will hit Hatteras Island, he goes into action, moving merchandise in his auto...
Ongoing Soft Market Tops Reinsurers’ Concerns: Xuber Survey June 14, 2016 By L.S. Howard Soft market conditions continue to be the biggest concern for the industry, followed by regulation, competition from third party capital,...
Commercial Insurance Pricing Inched Up in Q1: Willis Towers Watson June 13, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson Commercial insurance prices increased only a bit in aggregate (less than 1 percent) during the first quarter of 2016, according...