Doug Bailey is a journalist and freelance writer who lives outside of Boston. He can be reached at [email protected].
It’s clear that all is not right with the property and casualty industry – and that it’s going to get worse before it gets better.
Application activity for U.S. life insurance grew at a near 3% rate in 2023, showing the first uptick in almost four years.
The DOL’s new rule to determine if a worker is an employee or independent contractor could undermine advisor’s independent contractor status.
Where is the nation’s economy headed in 2024? What impact will interest rates, the election, and the job market have?
California auto insurers are engaging in a host of tactics to discourage customer access to insurance in a strategy to stem losses.
The hype died, the venture capital money dried up, and 2023 might have been the year the insurtech business came face to face with reality.
The surge in the withdrawal rate is attributed to higher fixed-income yields and a reduced long-term inflation estimate.
A recent study finds that only a small percentage of Americans have sufficient long-term care insurance, and that costs are high.
Senior underwriters are convinced emerging technology innovations will transform their business, but worry about how they will be affected.
Insured losses from severe storms in the U.S. for the first time surpassed $50 billion through the end of Q3.
After incrementally doubling interest rates to the highest levels in 22 years, the Fed, for the third month in a row, decided to stand pat.
U.S. Treasury Department to initiate further studies on the need for a federal cyber insurance program or “backstop.”
A N.Y. lawsuit may have scored a precedent-setting win for policyholders challenging commercial insurers over coverage.
A couple’s fight to get a $14,729 tax refund made it to the U.S. Supreme Court this week in a case that might upend the federal tax code.
The Fed raised the possibility that capping inflation at 2% might not be achieved without another tweak or two to the federal funds rate.
As amazing tech advances abound, the insurance industry has made significant strides in the past few years. But there is much more to come, according to industry-leading tech experts.
Forrester Research looks ahead to what, both good and bad, might await the insurance industry in 2024.
The once-ballooning insurance agency mergers and acquisitions market in the United States and Canada has deflated.
Buying life insurance isn’t a top priority for millennials, despite major efforts by companies to ease sign-ups and lower costs.
Genworth Financial execs had to dig deep into the Q3 financial results to find positive signs in the wake of precipitous drops in earnings.
