May 23, 2008
The EU Insurance Block Exemption Regulation
This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle John Cooke, May 27, 2008 One of the arresting features of the European insurance markets is the diversity...
February 14, 2008
The EC’s Sector Inquiry on Pharmaceuticals
This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Luc Gyselen, Feb 14, 2008 Since the entry into force of Regulation 1/2003 on May 1, 2004, the...
April 19, 2007
Contingent Commissions in Insurance: A Legal and Economic Analysis
Richard Epstein, Apr 19, 2007 This paper gives a brief analysis of the role of contingent commissions in insurance markets. These contracts have received a great deal of attention in...
April 17, 2007
From the Editor: Spring 2007
Our fifth issue of Competition Policy International brings diverse fare from 29 leading economists and lawyers from the European Community and the United States. We begin, as most antitrust matters...
November 01, 2006
Testimony on Tying for the DOJ/FTC Hearings on Single-Firm Conduct
This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle On November 1, 2006, David Evans presented testimony before the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission...
Instant insurance payouts benefit both customers and carriers by enhancing both speed and efficiency, but barriers such as costs and complexity are blocking the way to their adoption — especially for smaller insurers. The latest “Money Mobility Tracker®,” a collaboration with Ingo Payments, explains how insurance companies are jumping these hurdles by collaborating with FinTechs to facilitate instant payments implementation.
Consumers increasingly want to receive insurance disbursements instantly, yet insurers are sending instant payments less. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest 22-page report, “Generation Instant: Growing Use of Instant Pay for Insurance Disbursements,” a collaboration with Ingo Payments, contains five charts revealing how this mismatch in demand and supply presents a missed opportunity for insurers to improve customer satisfaction.