Personal Lines
Usage-Based Insurance Apps: Opportunity or Obstacle?
It's been almost a decade since Progressive launched its usage-based insurance (UBI) program, Snapshot, aimed at more closely aligning driving behavior with auto insurance rates. And although other ...
2017 Atlantic Hurricane Prediction: A Slightly Below-Average Season
Colorado State University hurricane researchers are predicting a slightly below-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2017, citing the potential development of El Niño as well as recent anomalous ...
A Surge in Dog Bite Claims Stems Partially From Larger Settlements
Fido's getting more aggressive. Insurance claims for dog bites jumped 18 percent to 18,123 last year in the U.S., according to an industry group. The average attack cost $33,230, a decline from 2015, ...
Insurance Insiders Voice Optimism About Trump’s Tax, Regulatory Positions
Less than 100 days into the U.S. Presidency of Donald Trump, the ultimate shape of regulatory and tax reform remains very much in question. P/C insurance trade associations have expressed hope that ...
NY Regulator: States Should Use Its Cybersecurity Rules as Template
A group of U.S. state insurance regulators should use New York's sweeping cyber security rules as a model for how insurers must protect their networks from hackers and when they must disclose cyber ...
U.S. Storms Cost Insurers More Than $2B in March: Aon
The U.S. was hit by a series of severe weather events in March, leading to extensive damage in central and eastern parts of the country and aggregated insurance losses expected to exceed $2.0 ...
ProPublica, Consumer Reports Respond to Criticism of Report on Auto Insurance Prices in Minority Areas
ProPublica and Consumer Reports have issued a response to the opinion column by Insurance Information Institute's James Lynch criticizing their report, Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Car Insurance ...
Executives On The Move at Chubb, QBE North America and More
QBE North America hired a former AIG and Attune executive in a leadership role focused on multinational offerings. Chubb has a new senior vice president focused on North America commercial insurance. ...