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Consumer Trust Issues Hinder Industry Efforts to Close Protection Gap: Survey
Most insurance executives surveyed last year believe they have "an ethical obligation" to close the protection gap—and also believe that "lack of trust in the insurance industry" is a key barrier ...
How to Operate in Today’s ‘Bananas’ Casualty Insurance World
Leaders of the casualty insurance practices of a global insurance carrier and a North American specialty brokerage offered insights for insurance buyers and sellers to deal with today's casualty ...
Mercury Sees Subro, Re Recoveries Cutting Most of $1.6B+ Wildfire Losses
Although Mercury Insurance Group expects gross losses from the 2025 California wildfires in the $1.6 billion-$2.0 billion range, potential subrogation and reinsurance recoveries will drop the ...
Bringing Positive Vibes Back to Personal Lines Insurance
Nationwide's Casey Kempton has a vision to bring positive vibes back to engagements between personal lines insurers and their customers—and it starts with understanding ...
‘Underwriting Choices’ Added to Everest’s Social Inflation Woes: CEO
Social inflation wasn't the only factor that pushed the loss severity on the U.S. casualty book of Everest Group Ltd. up high enough to prompt a $1.7 billion loss reserve charge, the CEO said earlier ...
Property-Cat Reinsurance Rates Will Stop Dropping Post-Wildfires: Execs
RenaissanceRe expects to incur about $750 million in losses from the January 2025 California wildfires—and anticipates that industrywide impacts should halt the drop in property-catastrophe ...
Future of Jobs: Claims Adjuster Among Fastest Declining Professions
Insurance claims adjusters have something in common with postal clerks, cashiers, administrative assistants and graphic designers. These jobs all rank among those in the greatest decline over the ...
Smoke, Coverage Issues Cloud Wildfire Forecast: $35-$45B Losses Insured
CoreLogic announced a preliminary range of insured loss estimates for the Eaton and Palisades Fires in Los Angeles, Calif., of $35 to $45 billion, but there are a lot of factors that could change the ...