Higher claim severities relate to how pricey it is to repair collision damage relative to average estimates.
Under collision and property damage liability coverages, the seven electric vehicles with exact conventional counterparts had lower claim frequencies and
higher claim severities than their comparison vehicles.
Not exact matches
Not surprisingly, collision
claim severity was much
higher for vehicles with the radar - based system.
There was also a decrease in
high -
severity claims for bodily injury, suggesting a reduction in collisions with nonoccupants.
Under collision coverage, for example, analysts estimated that the Model S's mileage - adjusted
claim frequency was 37 percent
higher than the comparison group,
claim severity was 64 percent
higher, and overall losses were 124 percent
higher.
The Model S had
higher collision
claim frequencies,
severities and overall losses than other large luxury cars.
Severity of
claims is very
high when it happens.
Renters insurance rates in California are probably
high as a result of the frequency and
severity of fires, bodily injury and property damage liability
claims and water damage.
A policyholder with a
claim in their report will likely face
higher renters insurance rates and, depending on the
severity and frequency of
claims, might even be denied coverage.
In very short form (recognizing that I will write somewhat loosely for purposes of brevity in this setting), Weitzman's central
claim is that the probability distribution of potential losses from global warming is «fat - tailed», or includes
high enough odds of very large amounts of warming (200C or more) to justify taking expensive action now to avoid these low probability /
high severity risks.
The point is not what has happened but what will happen, and it is not controversial to say that increased incidence and
severity of heat waves will create more crop failures in direct proportion with their increased incidence and
severity (climate change bulls will
claim offsets to cold snaps at
higher latitudes rather than debate this point).
The frequency and intensity of forest fires in the region have been increasing along with rising temperatures.5, 7,13 An average of around 9.9 million acres (4 million hectares) of boreal forest burned annually in Russia from 1975 to 2005 — and that rate more than doubled in the 1990s.15 One of West Siberia's largest forest fires on record occurred in 2003,
claiming some 47 million acres (20 million hectares) of land7, 15 and emitting heat - trapping emissions equal to the total cuts in emissions the European Union pledged under the Kyoto Protocol.2, 7,16
Higher temperatures and thawing permafrost are probably contributing to the rising frequency and
severity of forest fires in West Siberia.5, 7,14
The merger of Mintons Solicitors and Lester Morrill to form Minton Morrill brings together two highly respected claimant clinical negligence practices with an extensive track record handling
high - value, maximum -
severity clinical negligence
claims.
A policyholder with a
claim in their report will likely face
higher renters insurance rates and, depending on the
severity and frequency of
claims, might even be denied coverage.
Renters insurance rates in California are probably
high as a result of the frequency and
severity of fires, bodily injury and property damage liability
claims and water damage.
Both nationwide and here in Colorado, people are actually filing fewer
claims and the
severity of injuries is down, but the cost to pay those
claims is
higher due to rising cost of medical care, vehicle repair and jury awards.