Medical malpractice insurance covers doctors and other professionals in the medical field for liability claims arising from their treatment of patients.
The official Atlantic hurricane season runs from June through November, but occasionally storms form outside those months. Seasonal hurricane forecasting from Colorado State University is available here.
Workers compensation insurance provides for the cost of medical care and rehabilitation for injured workers and lost wages and death benefits for the dependents of persons killed in work-related accidents. Workers compensation systems vary from state to state. Workers compensation combined ratios are expressed in two ways. Calendar year results reflect claim payments and changes in reserves for accidents that happened in that year or earlier. Accident year results only include losses from a particular year.
There were 27 large ships totally lost in 2024, a decline from 35 in 2023, according to latest data from Allianz. Safety & Shipping Review 2025 reports improvements in maritime safety have been significant over the past 10 years.
The region encompassing South China, Indochina, Indonesia and the Philippines had the largest number of shipping losses from 2015 through 2024 with a total of 169.
According to the National Safety Council (NSC), in 2024 exercise and exercise equipment accounted for an estimated 564,845 injuries, the most in any sports and recreation category.
According to the Centers for Disease Control’s Teen Driver Fact Sheet, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among teens. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s Young Drivers Traffic Safety Facts data shows that 2,148 drivers aged 15 to 20 died in traffic crashes in 2023, a decrease an increase of 5 percent from 2,037 in 2022.
According to the North American Pet Health Insurance Association, (NAPHIA), pet insurance has existed outside the U.S. since the early 1900’s. Lassie, the famous TV collie, received the first pet insurance policy issued in the U.S. in 1982.