| 1. | Disability Benefits Get Costlier and More Complicated
Oct 26, 2011 -- Like just about every other workplace benefit, disability insurance is becoming something workers have to manage and pay for, at least partially, themselves. In the current open enrollment season for 2012 benefits, more employers are asking workers ... |
| 2. | Home Insurance Rates Do Not Reflect Cost of Risk: Aon Benfield
Oct 24, 2011 -- U.S. insurers' prospective after-tax return on equity for homeowners' insurance is 4.8 percent on average, a decrease from the 6.9 percent of 2010, mainly due to subdued investment returns and higher estimates of non-coastal losses. That calculation ... |
| 3. | Top 10 Excuses From Drivers Caught Using Phones
Oct 14, 2011 -- The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, a Canadian auto insurer, released last week a list of top excuses from local motorists when they were caught using handheld cellphones while driving. The insurer compiled the information with help from ... |
| 4. | Movie Star Stallone Sued, Accused of Copyright Infringement Over Screenplay
Oct 26, 2011 -- Action movie star Sylvester Stallone is accused in a lawsuit of copying another writer's screenplay to make "The Expendables," a movie about mercenaries hired to defeat a military dictator. The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday ... |
| 5. | U.S. Offering Small Businesses Free Cyber Security Tool
Oct 25, 2011 -- The U.S. government is making it easier for small businesses to beef up defenses against cyber criminals through a free, online tool, the top U.S. communications regulator said Monday. The Small Biz Cyber Planner will allow business owners to create ... |
| 6. | Florida Man Wins $1M Claim Against South Carolina Lawyer
Oct 25, 2011 -- A federal jury has awarded a Florida man $1 million in punitive damages against his former Charleston lawyer. The Post and Courier reported that a jury in Columbia ruled against attorney Robert Lowe Jr. in the legal malpractice case. The jury also ... |
| 7. | In Few Years, Social Network Data May Be Used in Underwriting
Oct 13, 2011 -- The insurance industry is paying increasing attention to what people and businesses post on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Already, scouring Facebook and other social network pages of the insureds is a common practice ... |
| 8. | Auto Claims Considered Total Loss Deliver Less Customer Satisfaction: J.D. Power
Oct 27, 2011 -- Auto insurance claimants who incur a total vehicle loss are notably less satisfied with the claims experience than claimants who incur a repairable vehicle claim, a new study reports. Satisfaction averages 811 on a 1,000-point scale among claimants ... |
| 9. | West Virginia Judge Affirms $91M Damage Award Against Nursing Home
Oct 24, 2011 -- A Kanawha County, West Virginia judge has affirmed most of a $91.5 million damage award against a Charleston nursing home in a lawsuit that claimed it failed to properly feed and care for an elderly woman who died hours after leaving the facility. ... |
| 10. | Accident Fund Will Cover Comp Claim for Joplin Tornado Survivor
Oct 25, 2011 -- Michigan-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America now says it will honor the workers' compensation claims for a man injured during the tornado outbreak in Joplin, Mo., earlier this year. Mark Lindquist, a social worker, nearly gave his life ... |
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