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Plastic Pollution Could Trigger $20 Billion in Lawsuit Payouts
Litigation could cost the plastics industry and its insurers $20 billion in the U.S. over the next eight years, according to a report backed by the United Nations and an Australian ...
New Data Suggests Dangerous Driving Trend Is Slowing, Slightly
Preliminary traffic data provides some hope that a rash of unsafe driving habits spawned by traffic-free roads during COVID-19 business shutdowns is beginning to abate. The National Highway Traffic ...
AM Best: Trouble Around the Bend for Commercial Auto Insurers After Good 2021?
For the first time in many years the commercial auto insurance segment enjoyed a combined ratio below 100 in 2021, but increased claim frequency and severity in 2022 point to a U-turn in financial ...
Cyber MGA Coalition and BDT Capital Partners Launch Bermuda Reinsurer Ferian Re
Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber insurer and cybersecurity firm, announced the formation of Ferian Re, an independent Bermuda-based Class 3B reinsurer that will provide capacity across ...
Progressive Loses A Bundle: Nearly $2.0B Gross Ian Losses; $760M Net
Insurer Progressive incurred nearly $2.0 billion in gross loss and loss adjustment expenses for vehicle and property claims related to Hurricane Ian, sending over $1 billion of the total to ...
Top U.S. Homeowners Insurers Minimally Exposed to Losses From Ian: Moody’s
A report from Moody's Investors Service clearly paints Ian as a loss event for Florida-only home insurers since large, national insurers have significantly reduced exposure in the Sunshine State ...
AM Best Says Tower Hill ‘Rearranging the Furniture’; Faces Surplus, Capital Problems
The downgrade of one of Tower Hill's insurance companies by AM Best financial rating firm, announced the day that Hurricane Ian nosed into southwest Florida, has led to new speculation that Tower ...
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Approves Citizens Rate Increase of 63%
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon approved a significant rate hike for Louisiana Citizens residential property insurance policies, a move the insurance department blamed on rising costs of ...