3+ day, 3+ 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, 5+ hour ago   (405+ words) Insurance Business Elevance holds loss ratio guidance above 90% as fall renewals near The carrier's benefit expense ratio reaffirmation signals claims are tracking at the high end of expectations Elevance Health has told investors it is holding its full-year 2026 benefit expense…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (568+ words) A ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on a Dunedin clinical trial company, with large volumes of sensitive health data feared stolen and Health Minister Simeon Brown receiving regular updates on the breach. Health New Zealand (Health NZ)…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (295+ words) Benefits now account for exactly 30 percent of what private-sector employers pay per hour worked - $14.07 of a $46.89 total, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) report for June. Wages made up the remaining 70 percent, at…...

3+ day, 8+ 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, 13+ 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…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (335+ words) Most insurers are using AI to improve today's performance, but fewer than one in four are scaling it to reinvent their future business, according to new Accenture research. The report, How Insurers Drive Revenue by Deploying AI with Intent, found…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (167+ words) Seven employees say USI Insurance ran their benefits plan and brokered it too, collecting millions in commissions their premiums paid for. The claim sits at the heart of a proposed class action filed on September 8, 2026 in the US District Court…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (604+ words) HDI Global US is expanding its physical footprint, specialist underwriting capabilities and broker-facing leadership as the carrier pursues a larger share of the US commercial insurance market. New CEO Shadi Albert (pictured) said the expansion is intended to capitalize on…...

4+ day, 34+ min 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…...