Younger Insurance Customers Expect Online Tools
According to the Employers Small Business Opinion Poll, younger insurance customers are increasingly expecting to obtain insurance coverage through online channels and to interact with insurance ...
Pennsylvania Offers State Subsidized Mine Subsidence Insurance
According to the Department of Environmental Protection, there are more than 1 million homes in 43 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties that sit on top of abandoned mines that could be subject to subsidence ...
Actuaries Research Annual Cost of Obesity Epidemic
According to a study by the Society of Actuaries, the economic cost of an overweight, obese population in the United States and Canada is almost $300 billion annually, with $270 billion, about 90 ...
Missouri Law Mandates Autism Coverage
On December 31, 2010 a new law took effect in Missouri requiring insurers in the state to cover the cost of autism treatments, relieving thousands of families of some of the deep financial burden of ...
Study Finds Rising Prevalence of Defensive Medicine
The results of a groundbreaking study by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia revealed that a major portion of the tests performed by doctors fall under the category of defensive medicine, ...
Recession Dramatically Altered Small Business Insurance Habits
In an article for Insurance Journal, "Mood on Main Street: How Recession Changed Insurance Buying Habits," Andrew G. Simpson suggests that the cost-saving measures that businesses and consumers ...