Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.: Study May 4, 2016 Medical errors in the U.S. account for more than 250,000 deaths per year, which makes them the third leading cause...
What Are Risky Drivers Thinking? May 3, 2016 Road crashes are the world’s leading cause of preventable death and injury in people under 35, accounting for 5 million...
Public, Private Insurers Picking Up More of Opioid Drug Costs May 3, 2016 According to a study released by Centers for Disease Control (CDC), consumer out-of-pocket spending on opioids has declined, with insurers...
The Hartford: St. Louis Small Businesses Seek Significant Growth May 3, 2016 The Hartford says a recent survey shows that St. Louis small business owners are looking for significant growth this year....
Commercial Auto Insurance Remains a Loser on the Whole: Fitch May 3, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson While the property/casualty industry has reported three consecutive years of significant underwriting profits, the commercial auto market as a whole...
S&P Expects UK to Vote to Stay in EU by Small Majority; Warns About Brexit May 2, 2016 Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s said on Friday it expected Britons to vote to remain in the European Union by...
Large Insurers Eager But Cautious About Drone Insurance Market April 29, 2016 A growing number of insurance companies envision a large, robust insurance market for liability and property coverage associated with drone...
Young Consumers More Trusting of Autonomous Vehicles: J.D. Power April 29, 2016 Trust in automation technology including driverless cars is very much age dependent, as younger consumers have a notably higher level...
Why People Overestimate the Risk of Black Swan Events April 29, 2016 By Noah Smith, Bloomberg Opinion In his 2007 book “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable,” finance writer Nassim Nicholas Taleb attempted to...
Some Senior Drivers Have Higher Crash Risk April 27, 2016 By Denise Johnson Older drivers with a history of falling have a 40 percent higher risk of being involved in motor vehicle crashes....