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MALVERN, Pa.— A new report from the Insurance Research Council (IRC) estimates that Florida’s third-party bad-faith legal environment added an average of $106 in claim costs to every insured vehicle in the state in 2017, and resulted in a total of $7.6 billion in additional claim costs over the p

MALVERN, Pa.— A new survey from the Insurance Research Council (IRC) finds that while phone calls remain the most common method consumers use to manage their auto insurance, many consumers are eager to use digital methods to accomplish the same tasks.

MALVERN, Pa.— A new study from the Insurance Research Council (IRC) shows that claimed economic losses for bodily injury liability (BI) insurance claims increased 10 percent annualized from 2012 to 2017, substantially above the medical inflation rate of 3 percent over the same period.

MALVERN, Pa.—Nearly half of all homeowners and renters in the United States would consider allowing their insurance company to receive information about the status of their home through a smart home device or system, according to a new survey from the Insurance Research Council (IRC).

MALVERN, Penn.—Oct. 9, 2017— Countrywide, about one in eight drivers on the road in 2015 was uninsured, according to a new report from the Insurance Research Council (IRC).

MALVERN, Pa.— Almost five years after Superstorm Sandy, one third of homeowners in several coastal states are still unaware of hurricane deductibles and how they work, a new Insurance Research Council (IRC) poll has found.

MALVERN, Pa.— The use of attorneys in settling Texas homeowners insurance claims is spreading, according to a recent study of homeowners insurance claims conducted by the Insurance Research Council (IRC).

MALVERN, Pa.— In a recent online poll about experiences with auto injury insurance claims, almost half of respondents with auto injury claims hired attorneys to help settle those claims.

MALVERN, Pa.—Despite the extensive media attention received by Uber, AirBNB, and similar examples of the emerging sharing economy, 71 percent of all adult Americans report little familiarity with the sharing economy, according to a recent public opinion survey from the Insurance Research Council