Underwriting
Judgment Day
In May 2022, a judge at the U.S. District Court in Texas ruled that IBM had breached a 2015 licensing agreement signed with a competitor, BMC Software Inc., awarding BMC ...
InsurTech Summit Report: Capturing Data to Underwrite With AI
While they come to the property/casualty insurance sector with very different backgrounds, and currently participate in unrelated segments of the market, two InsurTech executives agree that ...
Insurers Must Physically Inspect to Confirm Damage Cited by Aerial Imagery
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) is reminding insurers of their obligation to conduct a physical inspection to confirm the type and extent of damage to a roof supposedly evidenced by ...
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 ...
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 ...
Possibility of a Billion-Dollar Systemic Cyber Event ‘Is Real’
A systemic event and the threat it could pose to insurers' portfolios is not the million-dollar question but perhaps the billion-dollar question, according to Norman Niami, immediate past chairperson ...
Many Businesses May Not Be Protected Against Losses From Snow Melt Floods
Catastrophic flooding is a major problem in the US, where it kills more people every year than tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning combined.
Ahem. Results for the U.S. P/C Industry Improved ‘Slightly’ in 2023
A new report from AM Best reveals that the U.S. property/casualty industry recorded a $21.2 billion net underwriting loss in 2023, slightly improved from a $24.9 billion underwriting loss recorded in ...