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Even With Hurricane Harvey, Reinsurance Rates Will Still Fall, Ratings Agencies Predict
Global reinsurance rates are likely to fall by up to 7.5 percent at Jan 2018 renewals due to strong competition, despite the impact of Hurricane Harvey, ratings agencies said on Tuesday. Reinsurers, ...
UPDATED: Expect Many More Hurricane Harvey Loss Estimates Before Specifics Are Clear
More than a week since Hurricane Harvey struck Houston and the surrounding Texas and Louisiana coastlines, catastrophe modeling firms and others continue to issue estimates for economic and insured ...
Hurricane Harvey Claims Process: State Farm Adjuster and One Texas Home
Craig Reeves had been in Rockport, Texas, barely 48 hours when he ducked into the gloomy threshold of the condominium, which was darkened by blinds pulled before Hurricane Harvey and filled with a ...
Irma Is Now a Category 5 Storm Threatening Florida and the Caribbean
Florida declared a state of emergency before a possible hurricane strike after Irma strengthened to become a Category 5 storm on its approach to the Caribbean. Irma's maximum winds rose as high as ...
Texas Insurers, Larger Carriers Can Handle Hurricane Harvey Pressures: A.M. Best
Texas insurers and larger carriers that do business in Texas will see some strains from Hurricane Harvey and the historic rains and flooding that followed. But A.M. Best expects them to withstand the ...
New Wells Fargo Disclosures May Jeopardize $142M Customer Class Action Settlement
Wells Fargo & Co.'s disclosure Thursday that employees may have opened significantly more unauthorized accounts than previously stated could jeopardize a $142 million class-action settlement with ...
Bot Invasion and ‘Prevention as a Service’ Model Emerging for Insurers
This article is part of Carrier Management's series on the Future of Insurance. Rebecca Wheeling Purcell, CEO and Founder, Schedule It, reviews automation trends impacting the claims function of the ...
Zurich North America’s CEO Foley on the Future of Insurance
This article is part of Carrier Management's series on the Future of Insurance. Mike Foley, CEO, Zurich North America Q: What major changes do you see on the horizon for the property/casualty ...