Data & Research
FTC Urges Congress To Lift Veil on Data Broker Activity
Companies known as data brokers collect and sell information about "nearly all" U.S. consumers, drawing potentially harmful conclusions about them largely without their knowledge, U.S. regulators ...
More than One-Quarter of Small Businesses Still Don’t Buy Insurance: Hiscox
Last week, global specialty insurer Hiscox published results of a survey of small business owners, revealing that 29 percent have no insurance protection, even though 13 percent have suffered a ...
RAA Results: Q1 Premiums, Combined Ratios Nearly Unchanged for Group
The Reinsurance Association of America's latest quarterly survey of statutory underwriting results for U.S. property/casualty reinsurers reveals that first-quarter 2014 net written premiums came in ...
Lloyd’s America U.S. Chief Agrees ‘Climate Change is Here’
Despite risking offense to non-believers, Hank Watkins didn't hesitate when he was asked if climate change was upon us. Watkins, president of Lloyd's America, talked about an extensive report Lloyd's ...
British Researchers Studying Childhood Brain Development Impact of Mobile Phone Use
British researchers are launching the largest study in the world to investigate whether using mobile phones and other wireless gadgets might affect children's brain development. The Study of ...
Medical Cost Inflation Worries Businesses Most: Travelers
Regardless of size, American businesses say medical cost inflation, legal liabilities and technology risks are among their top concerns, according to the baseline findings of a new annual Business ...
Insured Disaster Losses Higher in Oklahoma Than in Any Other State in 2013
May 20, 2014, marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly tornado outbreak in Moore, Oklahoma, which contributed to the state's designation as the site of the costliest U.S. natural disasters in ...
Has Online Shopping for Auto Insurance Peaked?
Shopping over the internet for auto insurance is down for the second year in a row, says a survey by a company that tracks the behavior of consumers with credit history. The latest TransUnion Auto ...