Americans celebrate their independence by traveling, barbecuing and watching fireworks. Here are some stats on how Americans celebrate the Fourth of July.

There are a wide range of new services that insurers might offer to both personal and commercial lines customers based on telematics data, like those already offered in other countries.

The number of Homeowners insurance claims from lightning strikes in the U.S. fell in 2015. However, a new analysis by the New York City-based Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.)found that the total insurers paid on claims$790 million to nearly 100,000 policyholdersrose by nearly 7%.

With driverless cars, drones and mobile response RVs during natural disasters, insurance is at the center of a technology renaissance that will fundamentally change how we do business, and what our workforce looks like.