Red-Light Cameras: Safety Measure or Money Grab? February 25, 2014 By Tim Jones and Mark Niquette The shutters clicked, the grainy photos were sent to the red-light violators and St. Louis raised $4.1 million last year....
Northeast PIA Survey Shows Prices Rising, But at Slower Pace February 24, 2014 In the first month of 2014, the PIA affiliates in Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York conducted their...
Urbanization, Mobility, Gridlock and Predictions of ‘Peak Car’ February 24, 2014 By Jeff Green and Keith Naughton The world that Henry Ford put on wheels is poised for a stall. In the globe’s growing megacities, pollution and...
Insurance Journal Co-Sponsors Agency Research Project February 21, 2014 Channel Harvest Research, in partnership with Insurance Journal, has launched a new study of the independent agency system, probing agents’...
How ACA Healthcare Law Could Affect P/C Insurance Costs and Claims February 21, 2014 By Andrew G. Simpson The property/casualty insurance industry is likely to face cost shifting by hospitals, physicians and other medical providers due to the...
Predicting Crime with Big Data Without Breaking the Bank February 20, 2014 Researchers at Rutgers’ School of Criminal Justice have developed commercial technology that public safety practitioners and researchers worldwide are using...
More Employers to Move to Private Health Insurance Exchanges February 19, 2014 By Caroline Chen One-third of U.S. employers plan to move their workers’ healthcare coverage to a private exchange in the next few years,...
Over Decade, Crash Deaths Among Children Have Dropped 43% February 14, 2014 By Mike Stobbe Children are dying less often in traffic accidents: Over a decade, the number who died in crashes dropped by 43...
Study Looks at Options to Depopulate Texas Coastal Wind Insurer February 13, 2014 By Stephanie K. Jones Loss exposure for Texas’ wind and hail insurer of last resort along the coast increased by around 319 percent between...
Independent Agencies Post Performance Highs: Reagan February 11, 2014 Independent insurance agents and brokers posted new highs in revenue growth and profitability in the fourth quarter of 2013, according...