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U.S. Tort Costs Reach Record $260 Billion in 2004, Tillinghast Report States
Tillinghast forecasts growth rate in U.S. tort costs would increase from 5.9% in 2004 to 6.5% in 2006 and 2007. The firm believes 2005 costs could reach $277 billion. The report ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 14, 2006
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Survey of Lloyd's Underwriters Finds Confidence in U.S., China Growth
The United States and China are likely to provide the strongest possibilities for growth in insurance during 2006, according to Lloyd's second annual underwriter opinion survey. ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 22, 2006
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Survey: Even As Insurers' D&O Claims Increased, Rates Continued Decline in 2005
Directors and officers liability insurance rates fell for the second straight year in 2005, even as claims susceptibility, frequency and severity continued to climb, a recent ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 3, 2006
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Update: Property Insurance Rates Up 8% on Average; Some Hikes as High as 33%
Risk and Insurance Management Society. The combined impact of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma didn't spark higher premiums in other lines of insurance, such as casualty lines, ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 31, 2006
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Rio Grand Valley; Texas Gulf Coast Top Nation's Civil Justice 'Hellholes'
Lisa A Rickard, president of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, said in a statement. New to the list this year is Cook County, Ill., due to what the ILR describes as its ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 13, 2005
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Some 80% of U.S. Employers Keeping Retiree Drug Coverage in 2006
Hewitt Associates of 300 of the largest private sector employers found. For example, by 2010, only 50% of employers expect to maintain coverage and accept the subsidy; 22% said ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 13, 2005
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Commercial Brokers Say Storms' Impact on Coverage, Pricing Is Yet to Come
Insurance Agents & Brokers. Most commercial brokers that responded to the survey said they expect the biggest impact from the hurricanes to be felt during renewals on Nov. 1 and ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 25, 2005
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Hurricanes' Impact Isn't Seen as Survey Shows Drop in Third-Quarter Commercial Rates
Insurance Management Society Inc., said in a statement. "But the devastation of Katrina and Rita is only now beginning to translate into higher renewal prices. The whole picture ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 20, 2005
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Insurance Executives Expect Premiums to Grow After Catastrophes
More than 70% of roughly 150 senior insurance executives who attended a conference this week hosted by KPMG LLP expect premiums to grow in the property/casualty market in the wake ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 29, 2005
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Survey: Disruption to Supply Chains Is Top Threat to World's Major Companies
Disruption to supply chains is the foremost threat to companies' revenues, according to a new study conducted by commercial property insurer FM Global. The most prevailing emerging ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 13, 2005
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Report: California Cities Ranked Cheapest for Health Insurance for Young Singles
Buy Health Insurance," is the first report on the largest U.S. cities with the most affordable health insurance for 30-year-old individuals, eHealthInsurance said. The 25-to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 1, 2005
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Study: Private Insurance Spending on Obesity-Linked Health Problems Skyrockets
Between 1976 and 2000, the prevalence of obesity among U.S. adults more than doubled, from 14.5% to 30.4%, while the total prevalence of diabetes rose 53% during the same period, ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 28, 2005
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Best Review Survey: Agents and Insurers Raid the Competition to Find New Employees
When insurance companies and agencies go looking for new producers, they rely mostly on referrals and word-of-mouth recommendations, and they say the best places to look for those ...
Source: Press Releases   Date: June 28, 2005
Consultant: Bank Insurance Brokerage Fee Income Rises
Michael White Associates LLC, a Radnor, Pa.-based bank insurance consulting firm. In the 2005 first quarter, 3,215 banks reported earning insurance brokerage fee income, making up ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 24, 2005
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Study: U.S. Health-Care Spending Stabilized in 2004, But Still Outpaced Overall Economic Growth
March supplement to the U.S. Census survey for 2000 to 2004 -- as well as premium data from the Kaiser Family Foundation -- to calculate that 910,000 fewer Americans received ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 22, 2005
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California Workers' Comp Insurers Saw Earned Premium, Benefit Payments Rise in 2004
Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. Earned premium for workers' comp insurers totaled $23.4 billion last year, up from $20.2 billion in 2003. The workers' comp ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 17, 2005
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Survey: HMO Rate Increases to Be Lowest in Five Years
Next year, U.S. companies can expect to see the lowest increase in health maintenance organization rates in more than five years, a survey by a global human resources consultant ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 15, 2005
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Report Details Shortcomings of Mississippi's Workers' Comp System
Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission. According to the report, rules and docketing practices of the Commission allows considerable time to prepare for and schedule a ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 10, 2005
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Study Highlights Insurers With Least-Volatile Earnings, Shows Steadier Results for 2004
Old Republic International Corp. enjoyed the least-volatile earnings over all time periods measured in the study. Old Republic historically has produced favorable operating ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 8, 2005
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Studies Find States With Caps Draw Doctors, With or Without 'Crisis'
Kaiser Family Foundation. Both the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Affairs researchers found a 15-year trend in claims costs marked by slow and steady growth, rather than ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 6, 2005
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