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‘Bleak’ Data: Insurance Co. Entry Level Hiring Expectations Hit Low Point
Insurance carriers expecting to add staff in 2025 are largely looking for experienced professionals rather than filling entry level roles, according to the latest Insurance Labor Market Study from ...
State Farm Stronger as Underwriting Losses Shrink—But Not in California
After reporting a $13 billion underwriting loss in 2022 and $14 billion in 2023, State Farm recorded another underwriting loss last year—but the total for 2024 was less than half of those prior ...
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 the "mental models" that ...
‘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 ...