Reinsurance Industry Faces Uncertain Future as Time Moves On July 2, 2015 By Charles E. Boyle It’s around two months until the annual Reinsurance Rendezvous in Monte Carlo, where the reinsurers, brokers, carriers, lawyers, accountants and...
Affordable Care Act Attracting Younger, Healthier Insureds July 1, 2015 By Danielle Burger Obamacare is attracting younger and healthier people to its coverage plans this year, according to research by Express Scripts Holding...
ILS Products Are Changing Reinsurance Industry Norms: ‘Acts of God’ Author July 1, 2015 By L.S. Howard Second of two articles In the first article in this series, Paula Jarzabkowski, professor of Strategic Management at Cass Business...
Loyalty to Insurer Doesn’t Always Pay Off for Drivers June 30, 2015 By Mitch Lipka When Jonathan G. Stein became unhappy with his long-time car insurance carrier earlier this year, the 41-year-old lawyer from Elk...
How Terrorism Reinsurance Law Uncertainty Affected Market June 29, 2015 After a slight dip in the wake of the brief lapse of the terrorism reinsurance program in early 2015, terrorism...
Study: Social Posts Provide Clues to Millennials’ Attitudes June 26, 2015 By Stephanie K. Jones A study of social media posts of millennials — those aged 20 to 35 — found that when this group...
How Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling Affects Employee Benefit Plans June 26, 2015 Following the historic Supreme Court decision that same-sex couples have a national right to marry, employers offering domestic partner benefits...
How Supreme Court Marriage Ruling Affects Gay Couples’ Finances June 26, 2015 By Margaret Collins and Richard Rubin The Supreme Court’s decision to allow same- sex marriage nationwide will remove tax and personal finance headaches that have bedeviled...
4 of 10 Mid-Sized Firms Have Had Data Breach: Survey June 26, 2015 Forty-three percent of mid-sized businesses say they have experienced a data breach in the past three years and 13 percent...
Reinsurance Market’s Evolution Could Affect Its Stability: ‘Acts of God’ Author June 26, 2015 By L.S. Howard First of Two Articles The reinsurance market is moving from coverage of acts of God to one that covers commoditized...