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Nearly half of insurance companies expect to add staff over the next 12 months, but headcount growth over the past year trailed projections, per The Jacobson Group and Aon.
Agents prefer carriers with simple digital workflows over high commissions, with 90% saying friction has led them to shift business, according to Ivans.
Recalled units across five industries jumped to 941.2 million in H1 2026 from 211.3 million in H1 2025, putting 2026 on pace to top 1 billion units for the first time since 2022, according to Sedgwick.
Speed to care and triage still separate high-performing claims programs even as AI adoption accelerates, according to CorVel.
The line has outperformed the broader property & casualty industry by more than 20 percentage points annually over the past four years, according to AM Best.
New CorVel President and CEO Sarah Scott discusses how clinically integrated claims, AI-enabled decision support and early intervention are reshaping workers’ compensation outcomes.
190 lawsuits against corporate defendants produced verdicts of $10 million or more last year, a 40.7% jump over 2024, according to Marathon Strategies.
Most small and mid-sized companies got scant explanation for their latest renewal and rarely shopped it, leaving nearly half paying the first number insurers offered, according to Ignition Benefits.
Premiums fell for every account size in the second quarter of 2026, the first time that has happened in 34 quarters, according to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers.
Only about half of companies assess supplier risk exposure and roughly one-fifth have a climate adaptation plan, leaving hidden vulnerabilities buried deep in value chains, according to Deloitte.
Physician payment rates rebound after five years of decline, while facility and equipment updates stay steady, according to NCCI analysis.
Average premium renewal rates fell quarter over quarter for every major commercial line except workers’ compensation, according to the Ivans Index.
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