Crop Insurance, High Crop Prices Leading to Eco-Catastrophe: Environmental Group July 31, 2013 By Alan Bjerga Sustained high prices for corn, soybeans and wheat combined with record U.S. crop-insurance payouts are encouraging farmers to plow fragile...
Insurers, Customers Were Kept Safe from 2008 Financial Crisis: GAO Report July 30, 2013 By Andrew G. Simpson At a time when efforts are underway to require additional supervision of some large insurers, a new government report concludes...
Dead Farmers Get Millions in Federal Crop Insurance Payouts July 30, 2013 By Charles Abbott The U.S. Agriculture Department paid out $32 million in soil conservation payments and crop insurance aid to dead farmers from...
Survey: Healthcare Reform Driving Demand for Provider Excess Insurance July 30, 2013 Evolving reimbursement models for healthcare providers are fueling a surge in demand for provider excess insurance with industry experts forecasting...
Study: ‘Alarming’ Rise in Children Injured by Falling TVs July 26, 2013 By Lindsey Tanner Falling televisions sent nearly 200,000 U.S. children to the emergency room over 20 years, and the injury rate has climbed...
Insurance Journal Co-Sponsors MarshBerry Market & Financial Survey July 24, 2013 How are agencies targeting new business today? What do agencies want most from carriers? And just how much are agencies...
One-Third Fail to Activate Theft Prevention Measures on Their Homes July 24, 2013 Almost of a third of American homeowners who have anti-theft devices on their homes don’t use them — even during...
Fast-Growing Craft Brewers Slow to Adopt Workplace Safety July 15, 2013 By M.B. Pell Welder Mark Moynihan crawled down a narrow tube into a space the size of a car interior to seal the...
New Jersey Report Links Corrupt Doctors to Drug Abuse July 12, 2013 The buzz came mostly by word-of-mouth but also from flyers circulated among New Jersey’s homeless Medicaid recipients and drug addicts....
In Past Decade, World Experienced Unprecedented Climate Extremes: WMO July 3, 2013 By Alister Doyle The world suffered unprecedented climate extremes in the decade to 2010, from heatwaves in Europe and droughts in Australia to...