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Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Hits New Low

The percentage of Americans who have health insurance through their employer slipped to a new low of 44.5 percent in the third quarter, a drop of over 5 percentage points in three years, according to a poll released Friday. Pollsters at Gallup and Healthways Inc., who surveyed more than 90,000 U.S. adults, blamed the decline […]

Supreme Court to Decide on Healthcare in March

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the fate of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, with an election-year ruling due by July on the U.S. healthcare system’s biggest overhaul in nearly 50 years. The decision had been widely expected since late September, when the Obama administration asked the nation’s highest court to uphold the centerpiece […]

Survey says Small Business Owners Put Their Trust in Independent Agents

A survey of small businesses finds these entrepreneurs have more trust in independent agents and their commercial insurance carriers than any other financial services business. The survey, sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group, says that trust is “the single most important consideration when choosing an insurance provider.” To that point, 86 percent of small business […]

More Indications that Property-Casualty Insurance Rates to Increase

Third-quarter reserve releases declined nearly 19 percent over the same period last year, which could put greater pressure on carriers to increase rates, according to an analysis from Stifel Nicolaus. In its report, the financial services firm says it reviewed 55 publicly-traded insurance companies and found net releases for the third quarter of this year […]

Auto Crashes Cost Almost $300 Billion Per Year

The economic impact of traffic crashes on the nation is both overwhelming and far-reaching. The annual societal cost of traffic crashes is $299.5 billion, more than three times the $97.7 billion cost of congestion, according AAA’s recent “Crashes vs. Congestion–What’s the Cost to Society?” report. The overall cost of crashes equals to $1,522 per person […]

WORKERS COMPENSATION rates higher in 3rd Quarter

The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers’ annual Commercial P/C Market Index Survey shows workers’ comp pricing increased on average 4.1 percent for the period July through September. For the P/C industry overall, the average increase was 0.9 percent. The 4.1 percent increase in the workers’ comp line follows a 2.6 percent average increase in […]

WORKERS COMP NEWS: Unhealthy lifestyles costing businesses $153 billion annually

Most Americans have at least one chronic health condition, according to the new poll. Whether it’s obesity or a combination of health conditions, it’s costing U.S. businesses 450 million additional lost work days each year — translating to $153 billion. The figure does not include presenteeism — when employees go to work but are less […]

Future of Medicare Up for Debate

Used to be, it was politically dangerous to try to tinker with Medicare. Former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt lost the support of key Democrats in his bid for the 1988 presidential nomination when he talked about means-testing Medicare and other entitlements. And the 1988 Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, which would have significantly expanded coverage, was […]

Customized Life Insurance: What’s best for you?

The details involved in planning for your financial future can be dizzying for some people, and one subject that often seems impossibly complicated is life insurance. Add to that the struggle Americans feel in dealing with a still-uncertain economy, and too often the result is that people take what seems– at first glance — the […]

Cost of Car Crashes averages $1,500 per person

The total cost of motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. totals $299.5 billion,  according to a study done for the auto club AAA. According to the study conducted for AAA by Cambridge Systematics, the overall cost of crashes equates to an annual per person cost of $1,522. The study examined the relationship between congestion and […]

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