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World’s First Crypto Mortgage? Homeowners Insurers Don’t Hate It
If homeowners insurance carriers weren't facing enough issues this year, here's one more to think about: A Miami company is now offering cryptocurrency-based mortgages. Some insurance representatives ...
P/C Industry Profits in Current Cycle Lagging Last Hard Market
U.S. property/casualty insurers have benefited from significant increases in commercial premium rates for nearly three years. However, recent industry statutory underwriting performance improvement ...
Progressive’s Q4, Full-Year Net Income Dropped Over 40%
Fourth-quarter 2021 earnings at Progressive Corp. fell 43 percent compared with the same period a year ago to $962.3 million. The results were despite the personal and commercial property insurer ...
Only 38% of 2021’s Natural Disaster Losses of $343B Were Covered by Insurance: Aon
Natural disasters cost global economies a total of $343 billion in 2021, compared with $297 billion in 2020, according to Aon's "2021 Weather, Climate and Catastrophe Insight" report. Insured losses ...
Regional Cyber Conflicts Could Lead to Infrastructure Attacks in 2022: CyberCube
Three regional cyber conflicts could lead to infrastructure attacks and damaging cyber espionage in 2022, a new report from cyber analytics company CyberCube says. Cyber hostilities between Israel ...
Loss Costs Outpaced Premium Increases for U.S. P/C Industry Through Q3 2021
Direct premium production for the U.S. P/C industry through third-quarter 2021 improved as insurers increased rates, but adverse trends in loss costs for many lines of business continue to dampen ...
Home-Based Businesses Thriving, But Many Lack Insurance: Study
There's been a surge in new home-based businesses during the pandemic, but many aren't covered by insurance, according to a new study by AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of ...
Secondary Perils Are Increasing Share of U.S. Catastrophe Losses
Secondary peril events such as wildfires, tornadoes and severe thunderstorms are becoming more impactful and generating an increasingly larger amount of insured losses, affecting the bottom lines of ...