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Progressive Gains as Drivers Shop Around for Auto Insurance—Again
Although it may have seemed like drivers had thrown in the towel on trying to find cheaper auto insurance prices late last year, a new study of consumer behavior finds they're back to shopping ...
GEICO’s ‘Eye-Popping’ 2023 Insurance Profits, Falling Employee Counts
Even though Berkshire Hathaway's latest annual report featured Warren Buffett's forecast that the days of "eye-popping performance" for the giant conglomerate are over, readers focused on ...
State Farm Underwriting Loss Climbs to $14B
When State Farm reported a $13 billion underwriting loss for 2022, it was the largest in the auto insurance giant's history. A year later, and another record. The underwriting loss figure climbed to ...
E&S Property In Focus: Competition Up, Price Momentum Waning
During separate earnings conference calls this week, executives of two property/casualty specialty writers—W.R. Berkley Corp. and RLI Corp.—signaled a changing E&S property insurance market. ...
Going, Going, Gone: ‘Disruption’ to Shrink Traditional Premiums for Auto
Before the end of the current decade, the personal auto industry is likely to see a peak—and then a subsequent lasting decline—in premiums for conventional auto coverage, consultants from ...
That Insurance Talent Crisis? It’s a Global Knowledge Opportunity
Over the next 15 years, 50 percent of the current insurance workforce will retire. It's a jarring number. This leaves more than 400,000 open positions unfilled, according to the U.S. Chamber of ...
P/C Insurance Execs, Underwriters Out of Sync on Advanced Tech
The traditional ways in which insurers underwrite risks are inadequate to accurately assess and price evolving risks associated with natural catastrophes and technological innovation, according to ...
USAA to Lay Off 220 Employees
USAA is laying off 220 employees in an effort to reprioritize positions amid changing business needs, the San Antonio-based insurer announced this week. This is the latest round of layoffs at USAA, ...
Berkshire’s ‘Most Important’ Biz Drives Q1 Results; GEICO Still Behind on Tech
Berkshire Hathaway continued to deliver eye-popping results for its insurance and reinsurance operations during the first quarter of 2024, with underwriting profits for personal auto insurer GEICO ...
Progressive Set to ‘Maximize’ Growth, Building on Q1
When Progressive's chief executive officer weighed the words that should go into the management discussion section of the company's first-quarter 10-Q report, she considered two possibilities to ...
Survey: Many Employees Who Jumped Ship During COVID Regret It
The Great Resignation during the pandemic saw workers quit their jobs in droves, but a new survey finds that many regret jumping ship. The survey of U.S. workers by the member think tank The ...
Jain Successor Is Recurring Berkshire Board Topic; Leadership Lessons
The man responsible for providing billions of dollars of insurance for some of the world's biggest events, Ajit Jain, told investors in Berkshire Hathaway that his eventual replacement as the leader ...
U.S. P/C Industry Underwriting Loss Reaches 10-Year High: AM Best
AM Best published its annual estimate of the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry's financial results yesterday, reporting that $38 billion of underwriting losses for 2023 was a 10-year high for ...
Millennials, Gen X Push Ahead of Gen Z in Homeownership in 2023
Home insurers take note: homeownership by millennials and Gen X grew in 2023, while Gen Z lagged, according to a new report by Redfin, an online real estate brokerage firm. Even so, most Gen Zers are ...
Are Talent Leaders, Workforces Prepared to Wade Into AI Tidal Wave?
In an August interview with Bloomberg, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella referenced a 1995 internal memo from the company's then-CEO Bill Gates titled "The Internet Tidal ...
Uncertainty Keeps Prices Up; No Prior-Year Loss Development: Travelers
With its personal lines business benefiting from the impact of rate increases earning into the book, and the commercial lines insurance premium changes staying in double-digits, Travelers reported ...
AI-Powered Insurance Product Development Is Going to Take Some Powering Through
No doubt, AI is a hot topic in the insurance world these days. It brings so many possibilities to make us more effective and efficient.
Personal Auto Insurance Competition Heating Up, Root Execs Say
Personal lines InsurTech Root reported its first-ever quarter of operating profit and first-ever gross combined ratio below 100 for first-quarter 2024 while more than doubling gross written premiums ...
Allstate Will Insure California Homes Again, Under One Condition
Allstate Corp. will end its years-long pause on underwriting in California as soon as the state regulator adopts proposed regulatory changes to make it easier for insurers to raise rates, according ...
Auto Insurance Price Inflation Overstated, Swiss Re Economists Say
The sticker shock that U.S. drivers feel when they see their auto insurance premiums jump is real—but it's not quite as bad as a major economic indicator suggests, according to Swiss Re economists. ...
What Industry Executives Are Saying About Loss Reserves, Social Inflation
At carriers and reinsurers that announced reserve loss charges taken during fourth-quarter 2023, and even at some that did not, executives discussed the "problematic accident years" and lines of ...
Time-Tested Loss Reserving Methods Challenged: AM Best
Reflecting on one of the trends that surfaced as property/casualty insurers announced 2023 financial results recently, AM Best expects reserve strengthening for accident years 2015-2019 to continue, ...
Travelers: Distracted Driving Incidents Continue to Rise
Common distractions that had declined have rebounded in recent years, according to the 2024 Travelers Risk Index, with some even surpassing pre-pandemic figures. Crashes and near misses related to ...
Growing Progressive Set to Hire 10,000+ in Claims, IT, Other Roles
Progressive Insurance isn't just growing the number of policies it writes but aims to hire thousands to support several years of year-over-year growth, according to a media statement published in ...
Allstate’s Safe Driving App Helps Reduce Chance of Collision by 25%
Newly released analysis indicates Allstate customers who chose to opt into their telematics driver safety app, Drivewise, were found to be 25 percent less likely to be involved in a serious ...
FTC Issues Worker Non-Compete Ban as Chamber Lawsuit Looms
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission voted Tuesday to adopt a near-total ban on non-compete provisions that prohibit workers from switching jobs within an industry, a rule ...
AM Best Downgrades State Farm General Ratings
Roughly a week after State Farm announced that it would nonrenew tens of thousands of homeowners and commercial apartment policies in California, AM Best has downgraded the company that offered those ...
Berkshire Wary of “Fashionable’ Cyber Insurance, AI
While Berkshire Hathaway made money on its personal auto insurance business GEICO, and even on a big bet it placed on property-catastrophe reinsurance in Florida last year, one place where the ...
U.S. E&S Sector Is Booming…But Is it Too Much Business to Handle?
The excess and surplus lines and specialty insurance market is booming and looks set to continue its upward trajectory. The question is whether the sector currently has the resources to take ...
Florida Gets 8 New P/C Carriers After Insurance Market Reforms
Following legislative reforms designed to promote market stability, eight property and casualty insurers were approved to enter Florida's insurance market, according to Florida's Office of Insurance ...
Worst Is Over: Most of Casualty Reserve Hole May Be Filled, Analyst Says
Predictions that the property/casualty insurance industry is in the midst of repeating the type of loss reserving cycle that accompanied the hard market of the beginning year of this century may be ...
The Insurance Data Paradox: Structure Creates Flexibility
At most insurance companies, especially the largest and oldest, data is extremely disorganized. Many carriers have five or more policy admin systems due to acquisitions. ...
Reserve Strengthening for Casualty Lines Not Over: Moody’s
If personal auto insurance loss reserves are developing adversely, can commercial general liability be far behind? That's the gist of one of the questions that analysts from Moody's Investors Service ...
6 Emerging Risks to Watch: Frost Quakes, AI-Assisted Hackers, Flood Magnets
In this edition of Risk Alerts, Carrier Management highlights cryoseisms, also known as frost quakes; AI-assisted phishing attacks using large language models and voice ...
Insurers’ Advertising Spending in Reverse, But for How Long?
You probably know them well: the GEICO Gecko, Flo from Progressive, the Liberty Mutual Emu, Allstate's Mayhem, Jake from State Farm. In a nearly $800 billion dollar ...
Viewpoint: Risks for D&O Insurers Exploring the New Frontier of Gen AI
Is the world being overtaken by robots? While the answer to that question is clearly "no" — or at least, "not yet" — it seems that the focus of nearly every industry and business media outlet is ...
Underwriters’ Dilemma: Is AI a Cyber or Tech E&O Risk?
When it comes to artificial intelligence, more questions than answers keep underwriters from venturing into the space and lead to a lack of clarity, according to ...
Why Do I Need a Lawyer? I Was Just Out for a Walk
During a recent webinar, an insurance company representative imagined the thought process of potential plaintiffs who might consider calling a lawyer.
"Innovative" is not the word I'd use to describe the personal lines insurance space. Industry veterans even affectionately refer to insurance carriers as "slow first ... Given the forecast transition from El Niño to La Niña, meteorologists predict 2024 will feature yet another active season for hail events and other severe convective ... *** In an industry where the pace of regulation is often described with references to snails and turtles, the NAIC's adoption of a model bulletin on carriers' use of ... Immediacy or necessity has a way of sneaking up on us and getting our attention. This principle is true across the board. Introducing the idea that regulators encourage the use of innovation and AI Systems while recognizing that such systems present unique risks, such as the "potential for ... A century-old insurer is evolving to help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected and realize their dreams in an increasingly hyperconnected ...
Viewpoint: You’re at a Competitive Disadvantage If You’re Not Innovating
Seeking Shelter From Mounting Hailstorms? New Approaches for Underwriters and Claims Execs
Brazen $30M Los Angeles Cash Heist Explained
A brazen Los Angeles cash heist on Easter weekend in which thieves cracked a safe and got away with as much as $30 million is believed to be one of the largest such heists in U.S. history. The heist ...
Executives on the Move at AIG, White Mountains, Vermont Mutual
During the month of April, several insurance groups announced moves of some of their highest-ranking leaders.
Fla. Regulators’ Effort to Remove Insurer Execs May Not Pass Constitutional Muster
Current and former leaders with Florida property insurers have had some strong reactions to state regulators' recent efforts to oust company executives who previously helmed now-insolvent carriers. ...
Regulators Run Alongside Speeding AI Train: What the NAIC Model Bulletin Means for Insurers
Personal Auto Insurers Have Edge on Innovation: AM Best
After two years of challenges for personal auto insurers, rating agency AM Best delivered a positive assessment: U.S. personal auto insurers are the furthest ahead when it comes to innovation. ...
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IBHS: Virginia Edges Florida Out of First Place in Building Code Adoption
In a newly released ranking of hurricane-prone states, Virginia pushed Florida out of the lead to top the list in building code adoption and enforcement. The fifth edition of "Rating the States," ...
InsurTech Profile: Optimalex’s AI Tools ‘Co-Pilot’ Alongside Human Expertise
For Frank Giaoui, processing insurance claims efficiently isn't just a part of his business, it's personal. "It's actually an unfortunate experience that brought me into the insurance space where I ...