Insurer’s Hospital Claims Study Corroborates High Death Risk from Medical Errors May 10, 2016 Death claims are the most common hospital liability claims, according to an insurance company study released after researchers at Johns...
Taking Stock of D&O Insurance Market: Capacity, Coverage and Culpability May 10, 2016 By Young Ha The directors and officers (D&O) liability marketplace continues to find softening rates and intense competition especially in excess layers, according...
Costly Alberta Wildfires to Hit Q2 Results; Insurers Are Resilient: Ratings Reports May 9, 2016 By L.S. Howard While the wildfires raging through northern Alberta and the city of Fort McMurray could bring one of the largest catastrophe...
Global Reinsurer Profits Expected to Dip in 2016 as Soft Market Takes Toll: Fitch May 9, 2016 Global reinsurance sector profits in 2016 will fall below 2015 levels as soft market rates, low investment income and an...
Workers’ Compensation Market Improved, Grew Premium in 2015: NCCI May 6, 2016 The workers’ compensation market is healthy and profitable. This year’s “State of the Line” report, published by the National Council...
Natural Disaster Losses Hit Five-Year High in April: Aon Catastrophe Report May 5, 2016 The global economy suffered the worst April natural disaster losses for five years, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe...
U.S. Insured Catastrophe Losses from 13 Events in Q1 Add Up to Worst in Decade May 5, 2016 Catastrophe activity in the U.S. led to $3.8 billion in insured losses in 29 states during the 2016 first quarter,...
Q1 Saw Rate Decreases Continue in Commercial P/C: The Council May 4, 2016 Commercial property/casualty rates decreased across all size accounts in the first quarter of 2016, continuing a trend that has been...
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...