Underwriting
Florida Insurance Still Pricey Despite Storm-Free Seasons
Living in a (semi)-tropical paradise has a price—and apparently, not even going nine years without a major hurricane strike will change that. While Florida's property insurance market has ...
Alpha Natural Resources Seeking to Cover $400M in Mine Cleanup Liabilities
Alpha Natural Resources Inc no longer qualifies for a government program that subsidizes a share of mine cleanup insurance, requiring the coal company to find another way to cover roughly $400 ...
Has Active Atlantic Hurricane Phase Ended? Experts Weigh In
Two of three groups of expert hurricane researchers have already predicted a below-average hurricane season for 2015, and the third has also signaled that an updated forecast due to be released on ...
Commercial Lines Market Headed For Profit Deterioration
Commercial lines insurance underwriters in the United States have generated two consecutive years of significant underwriting profits. However, market sentiment has turned less favorable recently as ...
Florida Coast Developers Can’t Resist Building
Since eight hurricanes whipped through Florida during back-to-back seasons a decade ago, causing $33 billion in insurance claims, the state's coastal communities have added an additional 1.5 million ...
Farmers Rolls Out Broad Ridesharing Endorsement for California
Farmers Insurance will become the first large California insurer to start offering a ridesharing insurance product on Thursday. In an announcement made at the Los Angeles office of California ...
P/C Insurer Net Income Over $55B for 2014: ISO/PCI Report
Net income for U.S. property/casualty insurers totaled $55.5 billion after taxes last year, coming as little surprise to experts who had forecast a $50-billion-plus result early this year. In early ...
Workers Comp Insurers Post First Underwriting Profit Since 2006
U.S. workers compensation insurers, a group led by Travelers Cos. and Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., posted their first underwriting profit since 2006, helping the industry counter lower ...