Commercial Lines
Erie Insurance: ‘No Evidence’ of Ransomware in Outage; TMNA Updates
Erie Insurance said it has "seen no evidence of ransomware and there is no indication of ongoing threat actor activity" in a June 17 update on its 10-day long network outage. That statement would ...
Agents Must Take the Lead on Personal Cyber Coverage, Report Says
While major corporate cyber hacking makes the news nearly every day, what about hackers in homes? As personal lives and residences become more intertwined with the internet, consumers are at greater ...
NYC Council Passes Bill to Lower Insurance Limits for For-Hire Vehicles
With urging from a coalition of for-hire vehicle drivers and companies including Uber, the New York City Council voted to lower a for-hire vehicles' insurance requirement in hopes of lowering ...
California vs. Florida: A Tale of Two Insurance Markets
Until recently, homeowners insurers weren't allowed to use catastrophe models to justify needed rate increases, or to include the cost of reinsurance in their rate indications in the state of ...
U.S. Commercial Lines Prices Up 5.3%, But Still on Downward Trend: WTW CLIPS
U.S. commercial insurance rates went up again in the first quarter 2025, according to the latest findings from WTW's Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). Carriers reported an aggregate ...
Brown & Brown to Acquire Risk Strategies, One80 Parent for Nearly $10B
Brown & Brown Inc. said it has entered into an agreement to buy Accession Risk Management, the parent company of specialty brokerage firm Risk Strategies and wholesaler One80 Intermediaries, for ...
Cyber Attack Surge Creates Opportunity for Insurers, Prompts Rethink on Premiums
A recent surge in high-profile cyber attacks is offering an opportunity for insurers including Munich Re AG and Chubb Ltd. to cash in from a rapidly expanding market — and prompting a rethink on ...
Travelers Selling Canadian Insurance Businesses Other Than Surety for $2.4B
The Travelers Companies, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell Travelers Canada's personal insurance business and the majority of its commercial insurance business to ...