Insurance Information Institute News

Triple-I: Insurance Economic Drivers Outperform Overall US GDP

The economic drivers of the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry are growing faster than the nation’s Gross Domestic Product and are expected to gain further momentum in the event of Federal Reserve monetary rate cuts, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s …

Actuaries: Social Inflation Increased Commercial Auto Claim Costs by $20B Over 10 Years

The insurance industry is ringing alarm bells about the cost of social inflation again, this time with the help of an actuarial analysis that concludes the phenomenon added more than $20 billion to the cost of commercial auto claims over …

Researchers Say New Scanning Method Produces Visual Images of Whiplash Injuries

Researchers say they have found a way to capture images of injuries from whiplash, a condition often associated with motor-vehicle accidents that is difficult to diagnose and treat. An international team led by Harvard Medical School’s Department of Physical Medicine …

Century 21 Sells $175 Million Covid Claim Insurers Won’t Pay

There’s an unusual asset up for grabs in Century 21 Stores’ going-out-of-business sale: a stake in its long-shot legal fight against insurers. The New York department store company, which filed for bankruptcy in September, claims it’s owed more than $175 …

Disasters Cause Insurance Double Whammy for Pandemic-Hit Businesses

As insurers brace for an expensive natural-disaster season because of storms and wildfires ravaging parts of the United States, the novel coronavirus is giving them an odd financial break. Many companies that were damaged or evacuated because of natural catastrophes …

Webinar Counters Insurer Warnings About COVID-19 Impact on Work Comp Profits

A well-known workers’ comp number cruncher and an actuary are calling Chicken Little on insurance industry warnings about the cost of COVID-19 claims. Health Strategy Associates owner Joe Paduda and Bickmore Actuarial principal Mark Priven dispute assertions by Moody’s, the …

Economist Says COVID-19 Likely to Strip Profits Out of Work Comp

The workers’ compensation line is unlikely to generate a profit this year and may not recover in 2021, an insurance industry economist said during a webcast Thursday. Steven N. Weisbart, senior vice president and chief economist for the Insurance Information …

Business News: Hi Marley, Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Triple-I and The Institutes

Hi Marley Raises $8M in Funding Round Hi Marley, a messaging platform designed for the insurance industry, announced that it raised $8 million from investors, bringing total financing for the company to $18.6 million. The Boston based insurtech said the …

Insurers Support Federal Backstop for Future Pandemics; Plaintiffs Seek Help for Current Outbreak

Key segments of the property/casualty insurance industry, which is facing mounting claims for business interruption losses from the pandemic, have thrown their lobbying weight behind a proposed federal program to replace revenues lost by businesses shut down during pandemics like …

Injury Rates Still Dropping Even as Older Workers Take Larger Share of Workforce

The number of workplace injury claims continues to decline year after year despite significant changes in workforce demographics that one might think should increase claims frequency, according to a report released Monday by the National Council of Compensation Insurance. The …