Data & Research
Foreign Workers See U.S., Britain As Most Desirable Work Spots: Poll
Britain has leapfrogged Australia to become the world's second most desirable location for professionals looking to live and work abroad, trailing only the United States, a survey found on Wednesday. ...
How They Rank: Fitch Reports On Top D&O Insurers
Directors and officers liability insurance premium rates were previously lagging the market recovery in the broader commercial lines segment, but pricing trends are now catching up, Fitch Ratings ...
Study Finds Link Between High Upfront Compensation & CEO Success
How much CEOs are compensated is often a subject of angst in the media and among the public. When a company's board of directors hires a new chief executive, it's often perceived that the level of ...
Cell Phone Distracted Driving Crashes Under-Reported
Large state-by-state variations in the number of reports of fatal auto crashes that involve cell phone use are just one indication that these cases of distracted driving are under-reported, the ...
When Money Talks, Employees Walk to Trim Health Insurance Costs
It was a controversial move when a health insurer began requiring people who were obese to literally pay the price of not doing anything about their weight – but it worked, a new study finds. When ...
Tips For Getting More Twitter Followers
Looking at a half-million tweets over 15 months, a first-of-its-kind study from Georgia Tech has revealed a set of reliable predictors for building a Twitter following. The research was performed by ...
Column: Twilight for the Middle Class in America?
It's evening in America. That is the worrying news from the latest Heartland Monitor Poll, conducted quarterly and sponsored by the insurer Allstate and National Journal. The researchers made a ...
Seniors Driving With Their Dogs Get In More Auto Accidents: University Study
Senior drivers who always take a pet in the car are at increased risk for being involved in a motor vehicle collision, said University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers. In a study published ...