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Insurer, Contractors Allege Staged Injury Claims Scheme Under New York Scaffold Law
A construction industry captive insurer along with three construction contractors have filed a lawsuit alleging a massive New York fraud scheme involving staged workplace accidents and bogus workers ...
AM Best Improves Outlook on U.S. Personal Auto Segment to ‘Stable’
Insurance rating agency AM Best said it has shifted its outlook of the U.S. personal auto insurance segment to stable from negative thanks to improving loss ratios of the top 20 carriers this year. ...
Florida Citizens’ Brass Tired of ‘Clickbait’ News on Its Hurricane Claims Denials
Officials with Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp. took issue Thursday with a number of national and Florida news reports that have suggested the insurer has the "worst rate" on paying claims ...
Global Non-Life Insurance Rates ‘Plateauing’ but Nat Cat Losses Delay Market Softening
Global non-life premiums are expected to hit a decade-high growth level of 4.3 percent in 2024, following the repricing of risk over the past several years in response to elevated claims, according ...
Quantifying Social Inflation: How Swiss Re Developed an Index
Swiss Re Institute (SRI) made a significant contribution to the literature on social inflation and its impacts on insurers, reinsurers and their customers with the calculation of a new measure—a ...
Commercial Lines Profit Growth: Execution Matters More Than Portfolio Mix
It is "how" commercial lines carriers execute their underwriting strategies, not "what" lines they write that is key to profitable growth for top performers, according to new research from McKinsey. ...
Struggling Businesses at Corner Where George Floyd Was Murdered Sue Minneapolis
Several business owners at the struggling corner where George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020 are suing the city to demand it take over their properties and compensate ...
Bumps Ahead as Disruption Drives Changes in Auto Insurance
There is no doubt the auto insurance industry is in a state of flux. Rising repair costs, poor driving behavior and advancing auto technology has disrupted the market, and there are no signs it will ...