U.S.
Consumer Group Offers Fix for Uninsured Motorist Problem
Most uninsured motorists in the U.S. are responsible, safe drivers who simply cannot afford to purchase liability coverage with their income but who still need to drive for their work, according to a ...
Top 5 States for Auto, Homeowners Rates Hikes Revealed: Perr&Knight
Personal auto insurance companies increased their rates by an average of 2.5 percent countrywide in 2013, according to insurance consulting firm Perr&Knight's RateWatch reports. The 2013 increase ...
Could Smart Computers Really Replace Half of U.S. Jobs?
Who needs an army of lawyers when you have a computer? When Minneapolis attorney William Greene faced the task of combing through 1.3 million electronic documents in a recent case, he turned to a ...
Senate Bill Would Free U.S. Insurers from Bank Capital Rules
The U.S. lawmaker who wrote a Dodd-Frank Act provision that imposes bank-like capital standards on the insurance industry introduced legislation to ease the requirements. Senator Susan Collins, a ...
Transatlantic Trade Pact Would Fuel Big Gains for U.S. Industries, Insurance
A comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the European Union would significantly boost exports from 14 key U.S. industrial sectors, according ...
NJ PURE Medical Malpractice Insurance Partners With Liberty Mutual
NJ PURE, a leading medical malpractice insurer in New Jersey, announced last week that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Liberty International Underwriters, a division of Liberty Mutual ...
Consortium of 20 Insurers Offers Coverage for Derivatives Clearinghouses
A group of insurers is for the first time offering to shoulder risk for clearinghouses backing hundreds of millions of derivatives trades, proposing more protection in markets where a collapse could ...
Loss of 20 Employees on Malaysian Plane Stirs Questions About Corporate Travel
The loss of 20 key Freescale Semiconductor employees in the disappearance of a Malaysian airliner on Saturday raises questions about whether the company should have allowed so many of them to board ...