LexisNexis: Auto Claim Severity Up 35% over Pre-Pandemic Rates May 11, 2023 By Jim Sams Claim severity for both bodily injury and property damage increased by 35% since 2019, while collision claim severity has jumped...
CMT: Screen Interactions Show Distracted Driving Growing Worse April 25, 2023 By Jim Sams US motorists are more distracted than ever while driving, interacting with their smartphones or other devices during 58% of trips...
Claims Business: Acuity, Platinum Specialty Underwriters, RMC Group October 19, 2022 By Claims Journal staff Acuity: Commercial Auto Severity Up 40% Acuity Insurance says the severity of its commercial auto insurance liability claims has increased...
New Data Suggests Dangerous Driving Trend Is Slowing, Slightly October 12, 2022 By Jim Sams Preliminary traffic data provides some hope that a rash of unsafe driving habits spawned by traffic-free roads during COVID-19 business...
Study: SUVs, Pickups Hit Pedestrians More Often Than Cars Do March 18, 2022 By Tom Krisher DETROIT (AP) — Drivers of bigger vehicles such as pickup trucks and SUVs are more likely to hit pedestrians while...
Viewpoint: The Rules That Made U.S. Roads So Deadly March 31, 2021 By Sara Bronin A 25-year-old Yale Law student. A crossing guard. A 78-year-old woman. A high-school teacher. These are but four of the...
Traffic Deaths Top 40,000 Again February 13, 2019 By Ryan Beene Traffic fatalities on U.S. roads reached an estimated 40,000 in 2018, the third year in a row in which at...
2018 Maine Highway Fatalities Among Lowest in 60 Years January 3, 2019 Despite concerns about driver texting and inattention, the number of highway deaths in Maine in 2018 was among the lowest...
Most Popular Claims Journal Articles of 2018 December 31, 2018 After highlighting the top 10 contributed articles and the top 10 videos/podcasts of 2018, we now look at the top...
States Continue Crackdown on Distracted Driving October 23, 2018 By Kyle Stock Like many diligent public servants, Georgia state Representative Ed Setzler enjoys crowing about a nice, tidy highway project. In a...