Is Risk the Main Ingredient in Ultra-Processed Food?
Convenience often dictates daily choices, as demanding schedules make it easy to rely on packaged snacks or ready-made foods to keep busy households moving. For decades, ...
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Reinsurance Program Could Wipe Out Need for Calif. FAIR Plan: Legal Exec
Merritt Farren, a former high-ranking legal executive at Disneyland and Amazon, has launched a bid to become California's next insurance commissioner. His platform ...
A 10-Year Wait for Autonomous Vehicles to Impact Insurers, Says Fitch
Fitch Ratings said it does not expect autonomous vehicles (AVs) to "have any meaningful impact" on insurers in the next decade. Therefore, impacts to credit ratings will be modest. However, over ...
Telematics and Trust: How Usage-Based Insurance Is Transforming Auto Coverage
What if your car insurance reflected how you actually drive, not just who you are?
That question is no longer hypothetical.
Insurance Broker Stocks Sink as AI App Sparks Disruption Fears
U.S. insurance broker stocks were pummeled Monday as the launch of an artificial intelligence tool from privately held online insurance shopping platform Insurify sparked fears about the industry ...
Nationwide Acquiring Renewal Rights for Surety, Fidelity Biz From Main Street America Insurance
Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide announced yesterday that it entered into an agreement to acquire the renewal rights for surety and fidelity bonds issued by Main Street America Insurance, a unit of ...
After Falling 6% in 2025, Average Auto Insurance Cost Will Stabilize in 2026, Says Insurify
Consumers of auto insurance in the U.S. received a respite overall from several years of premium increases, but don't tell that to drivers in some states and don't look for it to continue. According ...
Q4 Global Commercial Insurance Rates Drop 4%, in 6th Quarterly Decline: Marsh
Global commercial insurance rates declined by 4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of rate decreases, after seven years of increases, according to the Global ...
Insurance Groundhogs Warming Up to Market Changes
Spring is not around the corner. It's more than a month away, Punxsutawney Phil predicted on Monday. But what is going to happen to conditions in the property/casualty insurance market? What lines ...
Earnings Wrap-Up: Expanding Geographies. But First, Underwriting Profit at Selective
Will property/casualty insurers be profitable in 2026? Will market conditions soften? Looking for clues to answer these questions, Carrier Management listened to fourth-quarter 2025 earnings ...