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Michigan insurance industry is having a hard time filling job postings

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Insurers in the state are continuing to open positions in their companies, but workers aren’t there to fill them. The Michigan insurance industry is all set to open up a range of new jobs over the next few years. However, it is already facing a considerable challenge in their effort to fill the positions as insurance companies compete to attract talent. This was among the primary findings in a study conducted by Ferris State University researchers. The university’s insurance, actuarial and risk management student team surveyed companies in the Michigan…

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Colorado insurance commissioner points finger at Trump administration for massive rate hikes

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Marguerite Salazar says that uncertainty generated by the president led to the 27 percent rate hike requests. Colorado Insurance Commissioner Marguerite Salazar’s department received requests for 27 percent rate hikes in the individual market and 7.3 percent for small group. The commissioner is not happy and blames the Trump administration for the uncertainty they’ve created within the market. Salazar said the games played by the Trump administration have caused the health insurance market to become unstable. The result of these actions, said the Colorado insurance commissioner, was huge 2018 rate…

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Auto insurance rates getting more expensive, says J.D. Power

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The firm’s 2017 U.S. Auto Insurance Study revealed that more than 1 in 4 drivers is paying more. J.D. Power released its 2017 U.S. Auto Insurance Study showing that auto insurance rates are headed skyward for a quarter of Americans this year. This came with the not-too-surprising news that drivers are less satisfied with their car insurance companies than they were previously. The car insurance rates are having a direct impact on how satisfied Americans are with their insurers. The J.D. Power study this year found that 26 percent of…

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Car insurance market will be 70 percent smaller in 2050, study

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A new KPMG report showed that autonomous vehicle technology will have a tremendous impact on this sector. The car insurance market will wither by up to 60 percent by the year 2040 and by 70 percent of its current size by 2050, according to a recent KPMG study. Autonomous vehicle technology will drive the decreasing size of the marketplace, said the report. According to the KPMG research, the reason the car insurance market will fall by about $137 billion by 2050 is because of driverless vehicle tech and ride-share transportation.…

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GOP healthcare bill could be deadly for thousands of Americans, study

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A new report suggests that lawmakers are debating a bill that could take away insurance needed to save lives. If the GOP healthcare bill goes ahead in its current form, the number of premature deaths among Americans will increase by 29,000 per year, says a report in the Annals of Internal Medicine medical journal. This report is based on calculations conducted on the Republican health care legislation if it goes forward as-is. Congressional lawmakers are debating two different plans for an Affordable Care Act repeal. That said, the Annals of…

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