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News Brief: Report Finds Weight Loss Drugs Key Driver of 2025 Health Care Cost Increase

Report Finds Weight Loss Drugs Key Driver of 2025 Health Care Cost Increase - A recent Business Group on Health (BGH) survey found that heightened interest and spending on glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs is a...

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News Brief: Report: Health Care Costs 254% Higher for Privately Insured Patients Than Those With Medicare

Report: Health Care Costs 254% Higher for Privately Insured Patients Than Those With Medicare - A new RAND report revealed that in 2022, private insurers paid hospitals an average of 254% more than what Medicare would...

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News Brief: Regulators Cite Major Gaps in Consumer Understanding of Insurance

Regulators Cite Major Gaps in Consumer Understanding of Insurance - More than a third of Gen Z adults buy protection plans for their cellphones, but just 21% have renters insurance, according to a survey from the...

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News Brief: CVSA’s Brake Safety Week Scheduled for Aug. 25-31

CVSA’s Brake Safety Week Scheduled for Aug. 25-31 - The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) recently scheduled this year’s Brake Safety Week for Aug. 25-31, 2024. This annual event aims to emphasize the importance...

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News Brief: Forecasters Up Their Hurricane Outlook After Hyperactive Beryl

Forecasters Up Their Hurricane Outlook After Hyperactive Beryl - Researchers at Colorado State University have upped their forecast for this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, now projecting at least 25 named storms,...

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News Brief: Large Jury Verdicts Rising Steadily, Especially for Product Liability

Large Jury Verdicts Rising Steadily, Especially for Product Liability - According to a recent report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), large jury verdicts over $10 million continue to...

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News Brief: Workers’ Compensation System Shows Financial Strength and Lower Claim Frequency

Workers’ Compensation System Shows Financial Strength and Lower Claim Frequency - The performance of the workers’ compensation system remains strong, according to a new State of the Line Report from the National Council...

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News Brief: Property Pricing May Have Eased, but Brokers Still Having Trouble

Property Pricing May Have Eased, but Brokers Still Having Trouble - Commercial property and casualty insurance premiums rose an average of 7.7% in the first quarter of 2024, up slightly from 7.0% in Q4 2023, according...

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News Brief: NOAA Predicts “Above Normal” 2024 Hurricane Season

NOAA Predicts “Above Normal” 2024 Hurricane Season - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts “above-normal” activity in the Atlantic basin this hurricane season, typically lasting June...

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News Brief: Kia Recalls Over 450,000 Vehicles Due to Fire Risk

Kia Recalls Over 450,000 Vehicles Due to Fire Risk - Kia America is recalling nearly 463,000 Telluride SUVs due to concerns that the front seats may catch on fire. The recall applies to model year 2020-2024 vehicles....

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News Brief: CVSA Reveals 2024 Focus for Upcoming Operation Safe Driver Week

CVSA Reveals 2024 Focus for Upcoming Operation Safe Driver Week - Operation Safe Driver Week-an annual campaign conducted by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)-will take place from July 7-13, 2024. This year’...

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News Brief: June is National Safety Month

June is National Safety Month - June is National Safety Month. This campaign, put together by the National Safety Council (NSC), highlights efforts to prevent injuries and deaths inside and outside the workplace. It...

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News Brief: Casualty Claims Severity Significantly Outpacing Economic Inflation

Casualty Claims Severity Significantly Outpacing Economic Inflation - Claims costs for commercial auto, professional liability, product liability and directors and officers liability insurance have exceeded economic...

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News Brief: Study Shows 40% of Insured Workers Delay Health Care Due to Costs

Study Shows 40% of Insured Workers Delay Health Care Due to Cost - A study by employee health payment platform Paytient revealed the challenges Americans face with employer-sponsored insurance. Notably, 40% of workers...

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News Brief: Workplace Fatalities Up 5.7% According to Bureau of Labor Statistics

- Workplace Fatalities Up 5.7% According to Bureau of Labor Statistics - The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released its 2022 national census of fatal occupational injuries. The census, which represents...

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News Brief: House Passes Bipartisan Act to Lower Health Care Costs and Increase Price Transparency

- House Passes Bipartisan Act to Lower Health Care Costs and Increase Price Transparency - On Dec. 11, 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives passed landmark bipartisan legislation to lower the cost of health care and...

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News Brief: Q2 P&C Industry Combined Ratio, Net Income at Worst Levels Since 2011

Q2 P&C Industry Combined Ratio, Net Income at Worst Levels Since 2011 - Mounting underwriting losses pushed second-quarter property/casualty insurance industry net income and profitability to the worst levels since...

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News Brief: EEOC Significantly Increased Discrimination Lawsuits in FY 2023

- - EEOC Significantly Increased Discrimination Lawsuits in FY 2023 - Preliminary data from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) showed that the agency filed 50% more employment discrimination...

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News Brief: April Is Distracted Driving Awareness Month

The National Safety Council recognizes April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month. This event is intended to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving and encourage motorists like you to minimize...

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News Brief: Congress Passes Extension of Paycheck Protection Program

Congress has passed the PPP Extension Act of 2021, a 60-day extension of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Payment Protection Program (PPP), which was set to expire on March 31. President Joe Biden signed...

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