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GEICO Faces Class Action for Allegedly Underpaying Auto Claims
GEICO General Insurance Co. must face a class action suit alleging that it has been underpaying benefits to its insureds injured in automobile accidents. U.S. District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry in ...
Reinsurers Average 12.1% Premium Growth for 2022: Gallagher Re
Reinsurers' premium growth averaged 12.1 percent for full-year 2022 and 10.2 percent for the fourth quarter, which was driven by improved pricing for commercial lines and reinsurance business, ...
D&O Story for 2022: Prices Down; Loss Ratios Up; Top Carriers Ranked
Although analysts at Fitch Ratings estimate that combined ratios for the directors and officers liability line remained below breakeven in 2022, with competition fueling price declines and the ...
‘Telematics Is a Tool’: Root CEO Details Changed Strategy for 2023; UBI Basics
As InsurTech Root focuses its attention on signing up partners for embedded insurance relationships, telematics is taking a back seat to other pricing factors. But the company launched as a ...
Louisiana Supreme Court Reverses; No Coverage Owed for COVID Shutdown
The Louisiana Supreme Court has joined state high courts across the nation in rejecting a policyholder's business interruption claim for income lost because of government restrictions imposed to slow ...
WCRI: Consolidation of Health Care Driving Up Prices in Work Comp
Consolidation of physician services into larger groups owned by hospitals and health care systems is driving up the cost of care in workers compensation, according to a new study by the Workers' ...
DeSantis Turns Heads With Comment That Citizens Insurance ‘Not Solvent’; Board Approves Cat Bond
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised some questions Friday when he suggested that Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-created insurer, has "not been solvent" and may be unable to pay all claims ...
Scratched EV Battery? Your Insurer May Be Forced to Junk the Whole Car
For many electric vehicles, there is no way to repair or assess even slightly damaged battery packs after accidents, forcing insurance companies to write off cars with few miles — leading to higher ...