Markets
Market Conditions Holding Up Better Than Expected: Markel’s Whitt
While soaring first-quarter underwriting profits and significant investment losses may not have surprised investors in Markel Corporation, continued favorable insurance market conditions aren't quite ...
Inflation Boosts W.R. Berkley Top Line to Record Level as Exposures Grow
While investment analysts continue to track commercial insurance rate hikes for property/casualty insurance carriers, exposure growth was an important contributor to a top-line record for the first ...
Chubb Posts Record Q1 P/C Underwriting Income
Chubb said first-quarter 2022 net income fell to $1.97 billion compared with $2.30 billion during the same time a year ago, but property/casualty underwriting income during the period shot up 106 ...
81% of Flood Insurance Policyholders Will See Rate Increases
When the Federal Emergency Management Agency rolled out a major overhaul to its beleaguered National Flood Insurance Program last April, it promised that bigger, richer homes would bear the brunt of ...
Allstate Increasing Magnitude of Auto Rate Hikes in 2022
Allstate said unfavorable non-catastrophe prior-year reserve re-estimates were approximately $160 million for first-quarter 2022, primarily driven by auto physical damage and bodily injury severity. ...
Federal Judge Approves $85M Settlement in Zoom Case
A federal judge in California approved an $85 million settlement between Zoom Video Communications and millions of users who said the teleconference meeting application violated their privacy rights ...
U.S. Companies Warn China’s Data Rules Risk Creating ‘Digital Island’
China's "uniquely restrictive" data laws risk boosting U.S. firms' cost of doing business in the No. 2 economy and could lead to digital decoupling, a new report from an American business group ...
Risk Alerts: Gun Liability, Subpar Building Codes, Copycat Packaging
In this edition of Risk Alerts: the shifting gun liability landscape, outdated building codes, and how copycat packaging is leading to accidental THC ingestion—especially in children. Gun ...