Underwriting
Zurich Insurance Net Income Fell 12%, Internal Profit Rose 12% in 2022
Zurich Insurance Group reported net income attributable to shareholders of $4.6 billion in 2022, a 12 percent decrease from $5.2 billion in 2021, which was driven mainly by a lower level of capital ...
How Automation Can Help Manage the Underwriting Process
Ping pong is a great game—but not one you want to play when it comes to working. The back and forth created by common pain points in the underwriting process, such as partially complete, illegible, ...
State of Core Solutions Transition: Which Tech Priorities Are Being Carried Out?
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You have two watches. Your first watch is analog. It has dials, gears, crystals and movements. It is a machine...
Allstate Estimates ’22 Auto Combined Ratio of 110; Frequency, Reserves Up
Allstate announced preliminary estimates of its fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 results last night, revealing a 2022 combined ratio of 110 for personal auto insurance, with reserve boosts for prior ...
Without Reforms, More Florida Insurers Will Go Kaput: AM Best
Late last week, AM Best published a commentary ahead of this week's special legislative session in Florida predicting that "without immediate and substantive long-term legislative reforms," further ...
State Farm Will Start Hiking Auto Rates, Allstate CEO Predicts
Allstate's chief executive officer said his company will likely continue pushing for auto insurance rate hikes next year, and he expects the carrier's largest mutual competitor—State Farm—to move ...
Could Recent NotPetya Case Outcomes Pressure Insurers to Reword War Exclusions?
With recent news of multinational food and beverage company Mondelez International settling its lawsuit against its insurer Zurich American Insurance Company over the company's NotPetya claims, ...
More Than Technology: Reskilling ‘Decision Artists’ Core to Nationwide’s Underwriting Transformation
Underwriter, production underwriter, manager, underwriting director, and commercial underwriter officer are just a few of the titles that Nationwide's Tony Fenton has held over the course of a ...
Planck: Mining Data Gold for Small Commercial Insurers
Elad Tsur, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Planck, takes his inspiration to answer a question about the future of commercial insurance underwriting from the movie "Minority Report." ...