Personal Lines
Making the Economics of Telematics Work for Auto Insurers
The crossroads of auto insurance these days is telematics, the use of an electronic device to monitor how an automobile is being driven. The device monitors where a car is and how it is being driven, ...
If Cars Drive Themselves, How Will Actuaries Make Sense of Data to Price the Risks?
Scientists and engineers predict the day is near when cars drive themselves, but that doesn't mean that traveling on the highway will be entirely carefree. There will be accidents, and someone will ...
Farmers’ New Consumer Web Portal Has Auto Buyers In Mind
Farmers Insurance is launching a new consumer web portal designed, in part, to expand how it sells auto and other kinds of insurance. The initiative reflects a push to attract and retain younger ...
Genworth Mortgage Insurance IPO Soars in Australia
Shares in home-loan insurer Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia Ltd rose 14 percent on Tuesday in an upbeat first day of trading for the country's biggest initial public offer of the year so far. ...
California Drought to Continue Through Summer
California doesn't have much chance for rain in the next five months, and its best opportunity to break the drought there may hinge on the emergence of an El Niño in the Pacific Ocean this year, ...
Long Wildfire Season Ahead; Weary Crews Prepare
Firefighters scoured charred hillsides north of San Diego on Saturday to guard against a resurgence of flames that ripped through the region, while the last of tens of thousands of evacuees prepared ...
Insured Disaster Losses Higher in Oklahoma Than in Any Other State in 2013
May 20, 2014, marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly tornado outbreak in Moore, Oklahoma, which contributed to the state's designation as the site of the costliest U.S. natural disasters in ...
United Insurance Seeks Better Spread in Florida by Acquiring Sunshine State Insurance
United Insurance Holdings Corp. (UPC) announced Thursday that the company has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire 100 percent of Sunshine State Insurance Company (SSIC), a Florida ...