Underwriting & Pricing
U.S. P/C Insurers Face Challenge in 2014 Trying to Match 2013 Performance
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry reported strong performance in 2013, but in 2014, the industry may find it difficult to match last year's results as insurers begin to face more ...
Verisk to Buy EagleView Technology Image Library for $650 Million
Verisk Analytics Inc., the supplier of data to insurers and banks, agreed to buy EagleView Technology Corp. for $650 million in cash, adding an image library that encompasses about 90 percent of U.S. ...
Shedding Light on ‘Dark Side’ of Internet of Things
The futuristic world of self-driving cars, eyeglasses that e-mail and trash cans that call for pickup is running into the old-fashioned pace of doing business in Washington. Companies from Google ...
Ridesharing Companies, ‘Uber’ Coverage Gap Worry Insurance Group
The tragedy of a young girl who was killed on New Year's Eve by a motorist on contract with a cellphone app-based ridesharing service has at least one insurance group speaking up even louder to drive ...
West Virginia Spill Triggers Calls for Stronger Chemical Regulation
A chemical spill that left 300,000 people in West Virginia unable to drink their water is reviving calls for more stringent regulation of thousands of chemical storage sites in the U.S., especially ...
SNL Acquires Analytics Firm iPartners
SNL Insurance, a division of SNL, has acquired iPartners LLC, which offers analytics and reporting software and services that help insurers collect and analyze internal business data. Terms were not ...
WCRI Studies Link Fee Schedules to Lower Payments
States that do not have a fee schedule in place are likely to pay more for workers compensation-related medical services, according to two Workers Compensation Research Institute studies that ...
Social Media is Blessing, Curse for Uber; CEO Defends Surge Pricing
Uber Chief Executive Travis Kalanick knows the value of a good controversy. After his upstart company, which lets people summon rides at the touch of a smartphone button, provoked a flurry of social ...