The next year likely will be one of continued disruptive change in the U.S. property/casualty insurance market, and insurers will need to focus on innovation in all areas of the business to remain successful, according to the 2016 EY US … Source: Claims Journal

Missed deadlines at the office that decides who can sue Connecticut government have sparked discussions among state lawmakers and attorneys about whether the office should be overhauled or even eliminated. The state attorney general’s office raised concerns last month that … Source: Claims Journal

Go ahead, rant about the snow on Twitter. It can ease traffic on slippery, congested roads. That’s the crux of a University at Buffalo study which examined how weather-related tweets can be analyzed to bolster computer models that, among other … Source: Claims Journal

A stretch of the southbound side of Interstate 89 is a hotspot for speeders traveling faster than 100 miles per hour and a member of the Vermont State Police’s traffic safety unit has made a specialty of catching them. Trooper … Source: Claims Journal

Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group announced the promotion of Wanda Periou to director of Claims for the Atlantic Region, Karen Porter to director of Technical Operations for the Atlantic and Northeast Regions and Joeline D’Anjou to director of Claims … Source: Claims Journal

A national transportation research group released a report Tuesday that found Connecticut motorists are losing $5.1 billion annually due to congestion-related delays, higher vehicle operating costs and traffic crashes. The annual report determined 33 percent of major locally and state-maintained … Source: Claims Journal

In the movie Concussion, Will Smith plays the doctor who discovered the condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in pro football. The film’s release this month follows years of headlines on the risks NFL players face as they … Source: Claims Journal

Former professional football player and TV commentator Frank Gifford, who died in August at age 84, suffered from a degenerative brain disease triggered by the effect of repetitive head trauma. “We as a family made the difficult decision to have … Source: Claims Journal

The average base rate Washington businesses pay for workers’ compensation insurance will increase by 2 percent in 2016, according to an announcement by the state Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) this week. Washington businesses and employees pay workers’ compensation … Source: Claims Journal

A Survey of Laws Regarding Reimbursement of an Insured’s Deductible in all 50 States Most automobile insurance policies require their insured to pay a deductible when a claim is made. If the auto carrier is successful in subrogating a particular … Source: Claims Journal