Repricing Is Not Reunderwriting
A rising tide carries all boats. That rings true currently in commercial insurance. Carriers have broadly brushed aside concerns about geopolitics, inflation and natural ...
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Electric Vehicles and the New Frontier They Represent for Auto Insurers
Electric vehicles (EVs) and internal combustion engines could not be more different in some respects, but there's one thing they have in common: They both represent a ...
Industry Alliance Outlines Key Liability Risk Considerations in Insuring AI
Artificial intelligence and its uses are a hot topic these days. Some benefits of AI include efficiency in time and resources, but what happens when an AI-related error or failure occurs? Liability ...
Homeowners Insurer Retreat Signals Climate, Regulatory and Economic Challenges: Fitch Ratings
The recent retreat of large homeowners insurance carriers, like Allstate and State Farm, from the California property insurance market signals ongoing regulatory constraints, rising cost inflation ...
FEMA Hit by Multistate Lawsuit Over Flood Insurance Rating Formula
A federal lawsuit claims FEMA failed to take into account skyrocketing flood insurance costs generated by its new rating system, Risk Rating 2.0.
Reinsurance Inflection Point? Reports Flag Appetite Growth, Capital Recovery
A record level of property-catastrophe reinsurance prices at June 1 followed a record level of hurricane losses last year, but a change in conditions may be on the horizon on both fronts, forecasters ...
Speeding, Distraction a Deadly Summertime Problem for Teens
Nearly half of all teen auto fatalities happen during the 100 Deadliest Days — the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day, according to a new report by Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) that ...
Evertas to Offer Largest Crypto Insurance Policy With Coverage Up to $420M
London-based Arch Insurance International has authorized cryptocurrency insurer Evertas to increase the coverage limit for a single policy to $420 million for custodians or exchanges in what the U.S. ...
Another Soft Market Is Inevitable
In recent weeks, executives of brokers and carriers have been delivering mixed messages about conditions in the commercial insurance market. "The long curve, the larger trend, is bending in a ...
NHTSA Proposes Automatic Emergency Braking Requirements for New Vehicles
The U.S. government's auto safety agency plans to require that all new passenger cars and light trucks include potentially life-saving automatic emergency braking and meet stricter safety standards ...