Authors: Ross Larsen, Jan-Henrik Förster and Katherine Chiglinsky | December 21, 2015 | Zurich Insurance Group AG agreed to buy a Wells Fargo & Co. crop-insurance business for as much as $1.05 billion as the Swiss company puts to work excess cash left over from a separate takeover bid that it abandoned this year. The… Read More: U.S. crop insurance attracts new investors »
Thanks to our friends at Insurance Business America – Author: Caitlin Bronson | Dec 22, 2015 | CoverHound President Greg Isaacs has identified renters insurance as a [continuing hot topic] for 2016, as millennials continue to avoid the housing market. Yet despite the fact that young people are now renting in unprecedented numbers, fewer than… Read More: Two-thirds of young renters harbor serious insurance misconceptions »
Editorial [comments]: Bob Walton | December 18, 2015 | So, after you filed an insurance claim, your homeowner’s policy was non-renewed, and you couldn’t find another company to insure you for a reasonable premium. Or, perhaps, your automobile insurance premium was raised because you filed for bankruptcy. Is this possible? Yes, it is quite possible, say the writers at… Read More: What you don’t know about CLUE can harm you! »
The court judgment in Iowa’s Stark Construction vs. Lauterwasser litigation is certainly having an impact on Iowa Workers’ Compensation (WC) premium audit procedures. This company’s pre-audit notification letter only surrounds the correct Iowa audit practices with confusion. Though it cannot be used by the reader as a template for Iowa WC premium audits, it can be… Read More: Confusing Iowa Workers’ Compensation Insurance Premium Audits »