Insurance technology news Leading insurance and banking industry integrated customer and pricing analytics solutions provider, Earnix, has unveiled their latest offering in the form of the Earnix Product Manager Workbench module. This new product allows product and state managers from American insurers to bring together price elasticity models and decision processes for pricing. The predictive analytics functionality is easy to use, and any level user will be able to forecast the result of upcoming rate changes on key performance indicators (KPIs). This includes the written premium, retention, the conversion rate…
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Consumer Watchdog proposes new ballot initiative to curb health insurance rate hikes
California health insurance industry being eyeballed Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit advocacy group focused on the insurance industry, has proposed a new ballot initiative to the California Legislature that would put a stop on rising health insurance premiums. The organization claims that the state’s largest insurance companies have increased premiums by 20% since April 1, 2012. Consumer Watchdog suggests that these companies will raise rates a second time in May, and increase that will likely be 20% again. These higher rates have affected more than 1 million Californians, many of whom…
Read MoreCarnival announces Costa Concordia insurance will recover $851 million
According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Carnival Corp. has posted $851 million in recovered funds from its insurance policies as being among its first quarter assets for 2012. Carnival has announced that “substantially all” of the amount recovered through insurance are connected to the Costa Concordia disaster, which occurred on January 13, when the cruise ship ran aground and then capsized off of the Italian island of Giglio. In early March, the cruise liner company had announced that its first quarter net losses for 2011 were…
Read MoreXavier University decides to cut contraceptive coverage for employees
The Xavier University of Ohio will be making cuts to the insurance it offers employees in July of this year. The university, which is one of the oldest Catholic colleges in the country, will stop providing coverage for birth control, railing against rules imposed by the federal government requiring all faith-based organizations to provide such coverage to their employees. The university’s decision has struck a chord with the Obama administration, which is now accusing the college of standing in the way of a regulation that would be beneficial to women’s…
Read MoreMissouri Senate overturns Governor Nixon veto on worker’s compensation changes
The Missouri Senate has overridden a veto from Governor Jay Nixon concerning the states worker’s compensation laws. Governor Nixon had vetoed a bill last month that would have imposed bans on some lawsuits regarding workplace injuries. The Senate voted to overturn this veto with a 24-9 vote, claiming that the ban would cause significant legal problems throughout the state. After overriding the veto from Governor Nixon, state legislators passed a bill that would stop employees from suing their co-workers for injuries they receive whilst working. This is not the only…
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