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AFL-CIO Says Top Workers' Comp Research Group Is Biased, Calls Report Flawed
May 17 letter to WCRI's executive director, Richard A. Victor, the AFL-CIO claims that WCRI relied on a public health survey instrument known as SF-12 to support its research, even ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 25, 2005
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Marsh Report Shows U.S. Businesses Buying Terrorism Insurance
United States, the Marsh (NYSE:MMS) report concludes. It is essential to extend TRIA, the report states, "given that potential losses could top $100 billion, and the stand-alone ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 26, 2005
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Guy Carpenter: Despite Small Losses From Tsunami, They are 'Widespread Phenomenon'
Guy Carpenter's "Instrat" unit, said in a statement. "As population density continues to increase in many of the world's coastal areas, our understanding of the peril may help ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 16, 2005
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Briefing: Consumer Study Snipes At Personal Lines Agents
Written by former Texas Insurance Commissioner J. Robert Hunter, the CFA's director of insurance, the report finds that contingent commissions represent a significant income stream ...
Source: Best's Review   Date: March 1, 2005
Securities Class-Action Settlements Reach All-Time High
Lucent Technologies Inc., Rite Aid Corp., DaimlerChrysler AG and Oxford Health Plans Inc. Among other findings of the study: -- The average public corporation has a 10% probability ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 15, 2005
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Concern Grows Among California Employers About Downside of Cost-Sharing
Harris Interactive suggests. Though still cited by a majority of employers as a necessary strategy to bring health-care costs under control, cost-sharing with employees was ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 7, 2005
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Loss/Risk Management Notes: Directors & Officers Premiums Fall In First Slide Since '99, Study Shows
Not since before the Y2K scare, Sept. 11 and the collapse of Enron have insurance buyers seen such a decline. Tillinghast's directors & officers liability insurance premium index ...
Source: Best's Review   Date: February 1, 2005
Malpractice Costs Aren't High Priority With Most Voters, Survey Shows
Congress last year (BestWire, Jan. 5, 2005) -- came in 11th on a list a 12 items that people thought the administration should address. While it wasn't high on the list of ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 18, 2005
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Report: Metro New York Medical-Malpractice Premiums Jumped Nearly 150% Since 1999
New York, according to a recent study. Premiums rose an average of 27% a year from 1999 to 2004, according to the study by the Greater New York Hospital Association. One hospital ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 7, 2005
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Buyer Survey Foresees Absolute Drop in 2005 Commercial Premiums
January 2005 commercial insurance buyers' survey. Based on responses from 100 risk managers -- representing a 38% response rate -- the survey projects an overall drop of 4% for ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 4, 2005
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Study: Employer Expenses Per Diabetic Employee Exceed $33,000
Government Reform Committee. "As purchasers of health-care benefits, employers can help raise awareness about the impact of Type 2 diabetes by partnering with their medical plan ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 22, 2004
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Allstate Survey Suggests Agents Growing More Satisfied
Chilly relations between Allstate Insurance Co. and its producer force may be thawing, as a new survey of the personal-lines giant's exclusive agents suggests that 80% are happy ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 21, 2004
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Life Insurance Applications in North America Fall 4.7% in November
North American risk managers. Similarly, the drop in 2003 year-to-date numbers for the United States and Canada were 4% and 3.5% respectively, the company said. MIB customers ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 17, 2004
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Aon: Demand for Terror Coverage Has Doubled
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act swiftly. Fifty-seven percent of the more than 500 companies surveyed have decided to purchase some type of terrorism coverage during 2004, according to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 16, 2004
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Tillinghast: Soft D&O Market Isn't Expected to Last
Average premiums for U.S. directors and officers liability coverage dropped this year for the first time since 1999, but observers predicted that continued upward pressure in both ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 13, 2004
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Study: Boston's Health Insurance Bills Highest Among Largest U.S. Cities
...Insurance Chief Operating Officer Bob Fahlman said. "Even lowest-priced health insurance plans offer very good benefits for consumers." Each of the cheapest plans offered periodic ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 9, 2004
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Economists Predict a 13% Chance of Stock Market Crash in 2005
Europe will see the same. The stock market prediction is significant, given the S&P 500 index has only once, in 1974, fallen by more than 25%, and the German DAX stock market index ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 2, 2004
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Study: Sickest Patients Least Likely to Accept Higher Premiums
Americans now rank controlling health-care costs as their No. 1 health-reform priority. Health-care spending as a percentage of the U.S. gross domestic product rose from 13% to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 1, 2004
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Study: Boomers 'Paralyzed' Over Retirement Savings
York University, said in a statement. He is also managing member of Frank Murtha Associates LLC. The study, conducted by Harris Interactive, was administered online in February to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: November 30, 2004
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Survey Cites Bad Driving as Cause of Dangerous Ripples on U.K. Roads
Bad driving can create dangerous ripple effects, according to a survey published by U.K. auto underwriter Privilege Insurance Co. Ltd. Privilege, which markets itself to drivers ...
Source: BestWire   Date: November 23, 2004
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