Employers Pay As 32% of Opioid Prescriptions Are Abused: Report April 21, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson Nearly one out of every three (32 percent) opioid prescriptions, which are subsidized by America’s employers, is being abused, according...
Willis, Aon and Verisk Agree: Q1 Cat Bonds Hit Record Issuance April 21, 2016 There’s more evidence that catastrophe bond issuance hit record territory again during Q1. This time, Aon Securities and a division...
Unaddressed Cultural Clashes Cause Many M&A Failures: Willis Towers Watson April 20, 2016 Many insurers see cultural integration as a major post-deal challenge, but few use employee engagement as an indicator of integration...
Catastrophe Exposure Grows with Selective Use of Alternative Capital: A.M. Best April 20, 2016 Insurers in the London, Europe and Bermuda markets writing catastrophe-exposed business take a different approach to retention of risk at...
States with Ignition Lock Laws Curb Drunk Driving Deaths by 15% April 19, 2016 State laws that require drivers who’ve been convicted of drunk driving to pass a breathalyzer-type test before starting their cars...
Why Employers Are Sending Retirees to Exchanges for Health Insurance April 18, 2016 By Mark Miller Planning for retirement is tough enough – and it gets even tougher when retirement benefits you expect to receive from...
U.S. Lags Belgium, France, Other Nations in Domestic Security April 18, 2016 By Sangwon Yoon The U.S. is less capable of managing security issues within its borders than 32 other nations, including France and Belgium,...
Where Prescription Drug Prices Are Headed in U.S. April 15, 2016 Spending on medicines increased by double digits for a second year in 2015 and reached $425 billion based on invoice...
Top 10 Most Stolen Motorcycles April 15, 2016 The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports that motorcycle theft rose six percent in 2015. A total of 45,555 motorcycles...
RIMS 2016: Captives See Business Interruption as Top Cyber Threat April 15, 2016 The costs of business interruption due to a breach is the top cyber risk concern for businesses across all industries,...