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By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 22, 2012
Preliminary data shows no improvement in motorcycle fatalities in 2011 despite a strengthening economy and rising gas prices, says the Governors Highway Safety Association.
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By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 13, 2012
Know anyone with autism? Statistically speaking, you probably will soon -- maybe even at work.
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By Staff Writer |
February 2, 2012
Medical costs per workers’ compensation claim with more than seven days of lost time are rising faster in Virginia than in other states that were part of a 16-state study, according to the Worker Compensation Research Institute.
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By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com, Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 17, 2012
While the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on risk-retention groups (RRGs) recommends that Congress pass legislation clarifying certain provisions of the Liability Risk Retention Act (LRRA), it doesn’t go far enough, according to an industry expert.
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By Peter R. Kensicki |
December 1, 2011
When an insurance commissioner denies a rate increase, what is the ethical response for insurers and their employees?
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By Caitlin Fairchild |
November 12, 2011
About half of all states allow agricultural employers to provide little or no workers’ compensation coverage for migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 10, 2011
The Treasury Department has
announced the 15 members of the Federal Advisory Committee on
Insurance (FACI), which is charged with advising the newly created Federal
Insurance Office—but state legislators are upset they aren’t being represented.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 2, 2011
Officials of Chubb and Liberty Mutual and consumer advocate Birny Birnbaum are among 15 people named today to the Treasury Department’s Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com, Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
September 29, 2011
U.S. insurers continue to release information on 2011 weather-related losses, with State Farm saying it has paid policyholders $5 billion so far during the year.
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By Peter R. Kensicki |
September 29, 2011
The Dilemma: An adjuster has established an honest opinion of a claim with the maximum indemnity value in the range of 80 percent of policy limits. An offer of settlement within that range has been rejected—with a lawsuit filed instead of a counteroffer. The adjuster believes defense costs, in addition...
