Claims & Reserving
Hundreds of Ohio Quakes Tied to Fracking in New Study
A new study suggests fracking triggered hundreds of small, unnoticeable earthquakes in eastern Ohio late last year, months before the state first linked seismic activity to the much-debated ...
Capital Gains Mute P/C Industry H1 Operating Income Decline
The combined ratio for the property/casualty insurance industry became slightly worse in the first half of 2014, as net investment income declined and weak operating income continued. But net income ...
Swiss Re Predicts a Rise in Liability Claims as Economic Growth Accelerates
Liability claims have been lower than expected in recent years, which has boosted insurers' profits despite a decline in liability rates. But new risks and stronger economic growth will increase ...
Following the Science on Fracking, the Environment and Human Health
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) combined with horizontal drilling has unleashed a huge oil and gas boom in the United States and redrawn the world energy map. But could this new technology result in ...
Nursing Home Trial Challenges Liability Transfers to Shell Companies
Juanita Jackson died in July 2003, five weeks after she was removed from a Florida nursing home where her family said continual neglect led to multiple bedsores, malnutrition and a fall that injured ...
Eight Years and Counting; Reserve Releases Continue, Fitch Says
Property/casualty industry prior-year loss reserves developed favorably for eight straight calendar years as of year-end 2013, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings, which also says the ...
BP Argues Missing Comma Entitles it to $750M in Coverage For Gulf Oil Spill
BP Plc, which has paid more than $28 billion for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, asked a Texas court to let it tap into $750 million in Transocean Ltd.'s insurance policies on the doomed Deepwater ...
Fighting Workers Compensation Fraud With New Strategies
Premium fraud and payroll misclassification have been big topics of discussion in workers compensation, especially after a recent report showed that New York City's construction industry cost the ...