2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (692+ words) A near-seven-percentage-point rise in self-reported drug-impaired driving among young Queenslanders in a single year is creating a claims and coverage problem that flows directly through the state’s motor insurance market – and into the earnings of Australia’s largest insurer. RACQ’s 2026 Annual…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (563+ words) Nearly a million Affordable Care Act enrollees are set to receive $500 payments starting in October, the Trump administration announced Thursday, a move officials frame as restitution for alleged premium overcharges, but one that health policy analysts call a narrow fix…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (924+ words) Rising employer healthcare costs are sharpening the business case for preventive care and the numbers are stark. "We've looked at our own populations through claims analyses, and we see when you keep people healthy, you can avoid them progressing into…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1071+ words) Pharmacy costs are rising faster than medical costs, faster than most employers budgeted for, and faster than the benefits industry has seen in living memory. But your clients probably don’t understand why. For Rick Kelly, National Pharmacy Lead and Senior…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (329+ words) Digital health companies are integrating AI faster than the insurance market has worked out how to cover it. Beazley's 2026 Digital Health & Wellness report puts that gap at the centre of its findings. The survey of 600 executives across Europe, North America,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (536+ words) Alberta drivers are projected to save roughly $297 annually, or 13.7%, under the province's incoming Care-First auto insurance system, according to two new reports from the Automobile Insurance Rate Board. That's a meaningfully larger figure than the $259 average savings Oliver Wyman's actuarial…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (572+ words) A softening commercial property market hands clients something they have not had for most of the past decade: room in the insurance budget. What happens to that room at renewal is the decision that gets tested years later, at claim…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (141+ words) As nominations continue for Insurance Business' Elite Women 2027, we're pleased to introduce the accomplished industry leaders who will help guide this year's selection process. Representing some of the insurance sector's most respected organizations, the independent advisory panel will review nominations…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (373+ words) Adamson comes from Alera Group, where she spent 12 years leading the property and casualty practice for HealthSure, a specialty unit built around healthcare sector clients. That P&C background, rather than a benefits pedigree, is the detail that defines what…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (216+ words) New York's health insurers asked for premium increases three to four times higher than what regulators approved, and the gap between the two numbers shows the state's 2027 renewal season. The Department of Financial Services (DFS) authorized average increases of 6% for…...