Congressional Study Finds Inconsistency in Nuclear Safety Enforcement October 17, 2013 By Jeff Donn The number of safety violations at U.S. nuclear power plants varies dramatically from region to region, pointing to inconsistent enforcement...
Study: Michigan Auto Costs Can Drop if Lifetime Care Stays October 16, 2013 By David Eggert Michigan can lower auto insurance premiums without making major changes to the state’s no-fault system proposed in legislation that has...
Univ. of Louisiana-Lafayette Gets Grant for Disaster Database October 16, 2013 A research center at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette has received a $1.3 million grant to build a tool to educate...
D&O Liability Insurance Rates Fell in Q2: Marsh October 10, 2013 U.S. publicly-traded clients paid 4.9 percent more on average for their primary directors and officers liability (D&O) coverage in the...
P/C Stock Valuations Unlikely to Improve Much in Near Term: Conning October 10, 2013 While property/casualty insurance stock valuation levels are finally exceeding book values after four years of below-book levels, a near-term return...
Top 10 Market Conduct Complaints by Regulators Against P/C Insurers October 9, 2013 Failure to handle claims within specified time frames and using unapproved forms and rates are the top two criticisms of...
Forecast for 2014 Commercial P/C Pricing: Willis October 9, 2013 Commercial property insurance buyers could see prices fall from 10 to 20 percent on non-catastrophe risks in 2014 thanks to...
Marketing, Not Medicine, Boosts Robotic Surgery, Misrepesents Safety October 9, 2013 By Robert Langreth Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver announced last year that Warren Kortz, a general surgeon on the medical staff, was the...
Commercial Rates Up 5% in September: MarketScout October 7, 2013 U.S. businesses buying property/casualty insurance in September saw a five percent rate increase on average, according to the latest index...