Commercial Lines
Majority of Small Biz Leaders Think AI Will Play ‘Crucial Role’ in Work Safety
More than half of small business leaders believe artificial intelligence will play a "crucial role" in worker safety over the next five years, according to a new report from Pie Insurance. A survey ...
$1 Trillion! 2024 P/C Industry Direct Premiums At Record Level
An industrywide direct written premium total of $1.05 trillion in 2024 marked the first time in the history of the industry that U.S. property/casualty insurer premiums eclipsed $1 trillion, ...
A Shifting Political Landscape—and More State Regulations for Cyber
Cybersecurity professionals, businesses, individuals and insurers alike are fighting a war with cyber criminals, and they might be losing, according to experts on the latest episode of The Insuring ...
15% of W.R. Berkley Shares Being Acquired by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
Last Friday, W.R. Berkley Corp. said that Japanese property/casualty insurer Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. would buy a 15% stake in the company through open market purchases or private transactions ...
HOA Secures $2.5M ‘Wildfire Resilience Insurance’: WTW
Willis, a WTW business, and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) jointly announced the launch of an insurance policy for a private homeowners association in California—available and affordable because the ...
Better Results Ahead? Technology Improvements in Commercial Fleets
Commercial auto insurance has experienced poor performance in aggregate, but the industry has also seen pockets of improvement resulting from considerable and unique technological advancements. The ...
Why Insurers Struggle to Underwrite, Price and Reserve for Commercial Auto Risks
It has been 11 years since commercial auto loss ratios have outperformed the greater property/casualty industry. A lot has happened in that period—increasing capabilities for handheld devices, a ...
U.S. P/C Insurance Industry Income Tops $100B in 2024: Verisk, APCIA
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry reported its first full-year underwriting gain in four years, fueling a jump in net income to $170 billion, according to a joint report from Verisk and ...