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GEICO Faces California Class Action Claiming It Overcharged for Car Insurance
A federal judge on Monday said a lawsuit accusing GEICO Corp. of overcharging more than 2 million California policyholders on car insurance early in the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Q3 Net Income Down 30% at The Hartford; $214M in Ian Losses
Compared to the same window last year, net income at The Hartford was down during the third quarter of 2022 — but core earnings were up during what the company's CEO ...
Fitch Moves Outlook on Allstate’s A+ Ratings to Negative
Highlighting a sharp drop in underwriting results, declines in statutory capital and outsized additions to prior-period loss reserves, Fitch Ratings moved the rating outlook on "A+" financial ...
Customers Frustrated by Longer Auto Repair Times: J.D. Power
Customer satisfaction with the auto claims process has eroded after four consecutive years of improvement, dropping 7 points to 873 (on a 1,000-point scale) compared to ...
What Cyber Underwriters Miss: Small Businesses Aren’t Using MFA Correctly, Advisen Panel Says
As cyber threat actors continue to innovate and find new ways to increase their odds of success, panelists at the 2022 Advisen Cyber Risk Insights Conference urged ...
New Weed Products and Firms Mean Concerns, Opportunities for Underwriters
The legalized cannabis industry is rapidly evolving, with new, chemically concocted variants popping up almost monthly. On top of that, management of marijuana and hemp ...
Global Insurance Rates Continue Rising at Slower Levels; Cyber Outpaces Other Lines
Global insurance pricing continued to rise during the third quarter, which saw commercial insurance premiums increase an average of 6 percent, down from 9 percent in Q2, ...
Insurers Say Bad Driving, Inflation Among Factors Pushing Increase in Auto Loss Ratios
Auto insurers in the U.S. are coping with the largest direct loss ratio in 20 years because of factors that include historic inflation, a deterioration in driving ...
Court Dismisses 32 COVID-19 Business Insurance Cases Against Erie Insurance
A federal judge has dismissed 32 lawsuits over COVID-19 business interruption insurance claims against Erie Insurance, concluding the claimants failed to "plausibly ...