IRC Study: Social Inflation Is Real, And It Hurts Consumers, Businesses

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Insurance Information Institute - Jun 02, 2020

“Social inflation” is the name used to describe growth in liability risks and costs related to litigation trends. A new white paper by the Insurance Research Council  (IRC) examines this phenomenon and shows that insurers’ losses across several business lines have accelerated rapidly in recent years...

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