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Wait ‘Til 2025: The Hartford Won’t See Auto Profit Next Year
Even after putting through 20 percent rate hikes over the course of this year, The Hartford needs another round of similar magnitude next year, the insurance company's leader said recently. The ...
MGAs and Fronting Companies: Exploring the New ‘Asset-Light’ Frontier
Premiums underwritten by U.S. managing general agencies not affiliated with insurance companies reached $33 billion in 2022, and fronting companies wrote another $13 billion in the same year, a new ...
Reinsurance Market Soft in 2025? Hard Market Party Still On for Now
Reinsurers are hoping the profitability party will last as reinsurance pricing and structural changes to tighten terms and conditions have increased returns to above the ...
After Countrywide Pause, InsurTech Hippo Slowly Reemerging Next Week
A profitability problem that would have otherwise taken InsurTech Hippo half a year to correct is on the mend after just 30 days, the chief executive officer said at an investor conference Thursday. ...
Covington to Succeed Nutter as RAA Leader
Lee Covington, current president and chief executive officer The Surety & Fidelity Association of America (SFAA), has been named president-elect of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA), a ...
Global Fears Are Feeding Demand for Lloyd’s of London Insurance, CEO Says
Growing fears about the state of the world are pushing more people to take out insurance even as prices rise, Lloyd's of London Chief Executive Officer John Neal said. Rising inflation, recession ...
Reinsurers’ Performance Keeps Improving: Gallagher Re
Reinsurers reported "a robust increase" in their capital base, improved underwriting profits as well as higher returns on equity and investment income, according to a ...
Climate Change Means Californians Need Flood Insurance Now
Californians know wildfires and earthquakes; hurricanes, not so much. So, when Tropical Storm Hilary inundated Southern California in normally bone-dry August, it showed ...
