Wednesday 6 June 2012

Insurance Research & Trends: Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Insurance Research & Trends
June 6, 2012
Latest Research & Trends News

Financial Reporting Improved Under 10-Year Old SOX Law: Survey

Jun 6, 2012 -- Corporations' internal control over financial reporting has "significantly or moderately improved" in the 10 years since the ...

Researchers to Fill Gaps in Georgia Hurricane History

May 29, 2012 -- Before Georgia began its current streak of 114 years without a major hurricane, the state's coastline was a fairly frequent target in the ...

Risk of Major Spring Flooding Lowest in Years

May 24, 2012 -- For the first time in four years, no area of the country faces a high risk of major to record spring flooding, largely due to the limited ...

How States Rank in Injury Prevention

May 24, 2012 -- On a set of 10 steps states can take to prevent injuries , 24 states scored a five or lower. Two states, California and New York, received ...

Safety Inspections Don’t Hurt Businesses; Do Lower Workers’ Comp Costs: Study

May 17, 2012 -- Random inspections of U.S. industrial workplaces lower the risk of workers being injured on the job and have no measurable negative effect ...

Aon Hewitt Says NYC Is World’s Lowest-Risk City for Recruiting, Hiring

May 17, 2012 -- New York maybe crowded and noisy, and the cost of living in the city is sky-high. But it's also the best city in the entire world for ...

How Young Insurance Agents Are Changing the Industry

May 17, 2012 -- There's a change happening — a big change. And some say young independent insurance agents are the catalyst for that change. They may ...

Home Insurance Rates Rose 19% Nationwide in 2011: Report

May 16, 2012 -- Homeowners insurance premiums went up 19 percent on average nationwide, according to a report from an online insurance provider. ...

Healthcare Costs for Insured American Family Top $20K in 2012: Milliman

May 15, 2012 -- The average cost of healthcare for a typical American family of four in an employer- sponsored health plan in 2012 is $20,728. That is a ...

Report: Workers’ Compensation Premium Grows But Market Results Still ‘Conflicted’

May 14, 2012 -- Workers' compensation premium grew by 7.4 percent in 2011, a positive sign for the state of the line. However, the combined ratio for the ...

Cybersecurity Experts Eye Self-Correcting Network to Thwart Hackers

May 14, 2012 -- In the online struggle for network security, Kansas State University cybersecurity experts are adding an ally to the security force: the ...

Doctors Who Own Surgery Centers Do Lots More Surgery: Study

May 11, 2012 -- Orthopedic surgeons who own one of the growing number of ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) are doing a lot more surgery than non-owners ...

Do Safety Incentives Discourage Workers from Reporting Injuries?

May 10, 2012 -- Many employers are in the dark over whether their safety incentive programs encourage or discourage the reporting of injuries and illnesses ...

Submit Today: Top 100 Independent Insurance Agencies

May 9, 2012 -- Once again, Insurance Journal is on the search for leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its ...

Consumer-Directed Health Plans Show Mixed Results

May 9, 2012 -- Employer-sponsored health insurance plans with low premiums and high deductibles could cut U.S. healthcare costs significantly but not ...

Future Vision: Will Driving Become Too Safe to Insure?

May 8, 2012 -- What would happen to the auto insurance industry if automobile safety improves to the point that vehicle collisions become relics of the ...

Duplicate Regulation Drives Up Commercial Premiums, Says Iowa Researcher

May 8, 2012 -- Buyers of commercial liability insurance pay as much as 31 percent more in insurer compliance costs if their insurance company has to ...

Young Drivers Know Risks But Text Anyway: Survey

May 8, 2012 -- Most young American drivers agree that it is dangerous to text while driving, but nearly a third admit they do it anyway, a survey by ...

Traffic Deaths At Record Low in U.S. in 2011

May 8, 2012 -- Traffic fatalities on U.S. roads in 2011 fell to their lowest level since federal safety regulators started counting in 1949, the ...

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