Pennsylvania fines life insurance companies for partial benefits payments

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The state has been slapping insurers with penalties for failing to offer a full payout to beneficiaries. Pennsylvania has started implementing a crackdown on life insurance companies that have been discovered to be failing to pay out full benefits to the beneficiaries of policies soon after those policy owners have died. So far in 2015, the state has recovered $70.4 million for almost 4,300 beneficiaries in Pennsylvania. This is all a part of a broader effort by the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance, which involves a number of other states, as…

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Insurance claims in Tennessee rise following recent storms

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The state has been experiencing some fierce weather in certain areas, leading to thousands of dollars in damage. This summer has been quite the stormy one, so far, in parts of Tennessee, and along with that weather has come thousands of dollars in property damage which has, in turn, led to a spike in insurance claims. The state is now issuing recommendations for filing those claims, to help consumers and prevent fraud. As the state anticipates that a large number of consumers will be filing insurance claims with their providers…

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Insurance losses could be as high as $70 billion in the US from one peril

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According to a report from Lloyds, if the power grid in the United States were to be attacked the cost would be massive. Lloyds of London has now released a new report that has shown that if the Northeast U.S. power grid were to fall victim to a cyber attack, the insurance losses would be tremendous and far-reaching. The economic losses that would occur from such an event could actually reach a trillion dollars. Beyond financial disruptions, there would also be issues with water supply and transportation. The insurance losses…

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Insurance news made as almost 3 in 4 women see gender equality progress in industry

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A recent study has shown that 72 percent feel that insurers are headed in the right direction. According to the insurance news making findings from the Women in Insurance Global Conference, 72 percent of women within the industry feel that insurers are making progress toward the goal of achieving gender equality. Two out of every three claim that they have seen efforts made within their own insurance companies. These were the findings from the conference, which was hosted by the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF). The insurance news came from…

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Climate change is proving unsettling for insurance agents

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Lloyd’s of London has revealed that it is starting to look into potential catastrophes from the new reality. Lloyd’s of London has just released a document that is rather unsettling to insurance agents in the way that it has shown that it is currently exploring potential apocalyptic disasters that could result from the impact of climate change on the current structure of the world. The report detailed the way that there could essentially be a worldwide meltdown from a food supply chain failure. This was far from the type of…

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