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Allstate ‘Further Accelerating’ Rate Hikes Following Q2 Loss
Allstate Corp. said it is accelerating its plan to increase auto insurance rates as it reported unprofitable results for the second quarter. Allstate booked a net loss of $1.04 billion in the second ...
Wildfires Disproportionately Impact Lower-Income Homeowners: Study
The 2022 wildfire season promises to be another record-breaker. Roughly 2 million acres burned last month, and major fires are currently scorching Idaho, Utah and California, threatening tens of ...
America First Insurance Group Launches for Conservative Customers
Earlier this week after over a year in development, insurance agency America First Insurance Group was launched, claiming it is the country's first conservative insurance group. "We felt the ...
Global Commercial Insurance Rates Rise 9%, Continuing Moderating Trend: Marsh
Global commercial insurance prices increased 9 percent in the second quarter of 2022 (down from an 11 percent increase in Q1), continuing a trend of moderating rate increases that began in Q1 2021, ...
Allergan Poised to Pay More Than $2B in Opioid Settlement
AbbVie Inc.'s Allergan unit has reached an agreement to pay more than $2 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits filed by state and local governments over the marketing of its Kadian opioid ...
Chubb Increases Loss Cost Trends ‘Rather Than Be Lagging and Get Caught’: Greenberg
Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg said the insurer is seeing favorable returns, but additional rate is needed to "keep pace with loss costs, which are hardly benign." Greenberg said during the July 27 call to ...
Lemonade Closes Deal for Metromile
Digital insurer Lemonade said it has closed the acquisition of pay-per-mile car insurance provider Metromile in an all-stock transaction. Metromile shareholders received 7.3 million Lemonade shares, ...
Reinsurer SCOR Reports H1 Loss of $242M Blamed on Ukraine War, Natural Disasters
Reinsurer SCOR reported a first-half loss attributed to the war in Ukraine, natural catastrophes and the severe drought in Brazil. The H1 loss of €239 million (US$242.6 million), compares with net ...