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Insurer Startup Trium Cyber Finds Path to Profits, With Large Business Focus
Trium Cyber is the industry's first Lloyd's-approved company to provide mono-line cyber coverage for U.S. risks. Launched in January 2023, the full-stack surplus lines insurer has joined the ranks of ...
Top CM 2023 News Story: State Farm P/C Businesses Report $13B Underwriting Loss in 2022
Late last year, State Farm's chief executive broke the news that the auto giant would record the largest underwriting loss in its 100-year history for 2022. On Monday, the news became official with a ...
Fitch Ups AIG P/C Ratings to A+; Multiyear Transformation Prompts Action
A 2022 combined ratio of 92 for the property/casualty operations of American International Group is evidence of the success of the carrier's multiyear turnaround that factored into an upgrade from ...
Reinsurance Recap: 2022 Results Mixed as Market Improves
Full-year 2022 financial results, reported by a handful of international groups that write reinsurance, show mixed results in a market full of challenges—ranging from inflation to the Ukraine war ...
Commercial Insurance Price Increases Stay Level, But Clients Still Worried: CIAB
"Stabilization" and "moderation" continued to be the operative words for premium increases in the commercial property/casualty market, but many clients remain concerned about future hikes, according ...
Berkshire Hathaway Reports First Underwriting Loss Since 2017, Drop in GEICO Staffing
Berkshire Hathaway recorded its first full-year underwriting loss since 2017—but a small one—as strong profits from reinsurance operations were almost enough to counterbalance the deteriorating ...
Liberty Mutual Tackling U.S. Personal Lines Challenges
The story of U.S. personal lines challenges impacting the results of multiline insurers was repeated for Liberty Mutual, which reported underwriting losses and waning policy growth in the segment in ...
Root Books Another Loss; Stays Positive on Embedded Insurance
Calling embedded insurance the "next secular trend in distribution," Root Inc. CEO Alex Timm in a letter to shareholders said the company has an advantage to scale access in the channel and become ...