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Uptick in Auto Claims Severity Due in Part to Distracted Drivers

Earlier this year, Fitch Ratings reported that the commercial auto insurance market suffered its fifth consecutive year of underwriting losses in 2015. The commercial auto combined ratio averaged 106 percent from 2011-2015, Fitch reported. According to James Auden, managing director …

I.I.I. White Paper Reveals the Reasons for Increased Frequency, Severity in Auto Claims

In the last two years, private-passenger loss costs have risen sharply the result of more and costlier claims, according to a new white paper released by the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). “There has been an alarming increase in crashes and …