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Report: Auto Insurance Shopping Cools
The quarterly, year-over-year U.S. auto insurance shopping growth rate declined to -1.2 percent in Q3 2023, down from a 5.2 percent increase in Q2 2023, as rate increases and tightening budgets ...
Impaired Driving During the Holidays Increases Chances of Road Fatalities
Alcohol, drugs and fatigue are major contributors to traffic fatalities during the holiday season, according to the National Road Safety Foundation. The holiday period from Thanksgiving through New ...
Fewer Than 10% of CEOs in Britain’s Largest Companies Are Women
Even as Britain's largest companies are hiring women in executive leadership roles at the fastest pace in five years, there's a big hurdle to cross: they are still unlikely to be in influential roles ...
Climate Activists, Companies Lawyer Up for Courtroom Battles
As global temperatures and emissions climb, people are increasingly turning to courtrooms to challenge fossil fuel companies' activities, leading to wins on issues like "climate-washing" but also ...
Governments Increasingly Will Foot Bill for Climate Risks as Insurers Exit: Report
As insurers start to pull out from markets battered by the fallout of climate change, governments are increasingly at risk of having to foot the bill, according to the Bank for International ...
What to Expect: 8 InsurTech Predictions for 2024
2023 has been a tough year for InsurTechs to raise the Venture Capital they need to grow. Investors turned their backs on whole categories like full-stack carriers and direct-to-consumer startups. ...
2022 Private Employer Workplace Injuries Increased 7.5% Over 2021
Private companies reported 2.8 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2022, up 7.5 percent from 2021, according to a new report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ...
Fire Risk Prompts Hyundai, Kia U.S. Recall of 6.4M Vehicles
U.S. auto safety regulators on Monday said they had opened a probe into 16 separate recalls issued by Hyundai and Kia covering 6.4 million vehicles relating to brake fluid leaks that could result in ...