Personal Lines
Rideshare Apps Slug It Out vs. Each Other, Taxis and World in New York
Uber and Lyft are among the tech companies pushing back at proposed rules by New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission to regulate car service apps. Uber says the rules break federal law because ...
Farmers Rolls Out Broad Ridesharing Endorsement for California
Farmers Insurance will become the first large California insurer to start offering a ridesharing insurance product on Thursday. In an announcement made at the Los Angeles office of California ...
Insurer Website Rankings: Service Aspects for Existing Customers Lag, J.D. Power Says
Whether they are updating customer profiles, printing ID cards or simply viewing policy information, auto insurance customers are less satisfied with their online self-service experiences this year, ...
U.S. Population Affected by Heat Waves Could Quadruple by 2050: Research
U.S. residents' exposure to extreme heat could increase four- to six-fold by mid-century, due to both a warming climate and a population that's growing especially fast in the hottest regions of the ...
8 Trends Tied to How Millennials Differ from Prior Generations
As the largest generation in U.S. history, millennials have a lot of potential to change the investment landscape. A couple of weeks ago Goldman Sachs sent out a research note detailing which ...
Milliman’s Pixel Gives Insurers Custom View of Competition’s Impact
Consulting and actuarial firm Milliman announced the availability a competitive intelligence tool for insurance companies last week called Pixel. According to Milliman, Pixel is a web-based, ...
Wind and Hail Fuel Allstate’s April Catastrophe Costs
Allstate Corp. reported low catastrophe losses in the 2015 first quarter, but preliminary April results showed some subsequent uptick. The nation's largest publicly traded personal lines insurer ...
Takata U.S. Air Bag Recall Doubles to 34 Million, Making (Sobering) History
]Air-bag maker Takata Corp. gave in to U.S. regulators on Tuesday, agreeing to what will be the largest automotive recall in history as investigators continue to search for the root cause of a defect ...