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Regulators Scrutinizing Premium Caps; Similarity to ‘Price Optimization’ Cited
Concerns over price optimization are leading regulators to think carefully about the implications of longstanding practices in insurance rating, including premium "caps" on policy renewals for ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb, Liberty Mutual and RMS
Chubb is expanding its global clinical trial liability insurance coverage. Liberty Mutual is now giving premium discounts to auto insurance customers who drive a Volvo with advanced safety features. ...
I.I.I. Viewpoint: Why ProPublica’s Auto Insurance Report Is Inaccurate, Unfair and Irresponsible
It looks like ProPublica failed its first actuarial exam. The renowned investigative journalism website has, along with Consumer Reports magazine, published reports that auto insurers systematically ...
NAIC Task Force Mulls Consumer Disclosure Requirement on Big Data Collection
The incorporation of big data from Internet-based sources is a defining feature of underwriting and rating in today's property/casualty insurance market. In light of that, the National Association of ...
Autonomous Vehicles, Smart Homes Lead to Shifts in Exposures—and Underwriting
Today's insurers want to be there for their customers—literally. With sensors of various kinds in policyholders' cars, homes and personal devices, "exposure data tracking" is rapidly becoming a ...
SCOTUS Will Consider Company Exposure to Human-Rights Suits
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to use a case stemming from Middle Eastern terrorism to decide whether victims of overseas atrocities can use a two-century-old federal law to sue corporations for ...
Commercial Lines Prices Up Slightly in First-Quarter 2017: MarketScout
For the first time in 20 months, the MarketScout composite rate index for commercial accounts in the United States measured a rate increase at plus 1 percent in the first quarter. Rates for business ...
Allstate, Others Pull ‘O’Reilly Factor’ Ads After NYT Harassment Report
More companies, including carmaker BMW and insurer Allstate, have pulled their advertising from Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" television program days after the New York Times reported Fox and star ...