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AXA CEO Says Prevention Needed to Keep Home Insurance Affordable
A leading insurance executive said the best way to keep price increases in check for property insurance in regions exposed to climate change is to mitigate the impact of natural disasters. Prevention ...
Trump’s Threat to EV Trucking Rules Undermines Big-Rig Bets
Two years ago, Rudy Diaz made a gutsy bet. The 45-year-old owner of Hight Logistics, a trucking company that hauls containers from the bustling ports around Los Angeles, began adding some of the ...
Munich Re Faces $1.3 Billion in Claims From Los Angeles Wildfires
Germany's Munich Re expects about 1.2 billion euros ($1.26 billion) in claims resulting from the Los Angeles wildfires, it said on Wednesday, representing the biggest loss ...
Casualty Reinsurance Capacity Plentiful, But Concerns Over Future Availability Loom
Increasing litigation costs and higher jury awards continue to financially pressure the casualty reinsurance segment, forcing reserve strengthening measures for some carriers and prompting narrower ...
S&P Puts State Farm General Ratings on CreditWatch
Potential downgrades of State Farm's California homeowners insurer came closer to reality when S&P Global Ratings put the "AA" financial strength and issuer credit ratings of State Farm General ...
Homeowners Insurance: Housing Shortage Collides With Wildfire Risk
Growth was clearly a theme running through fourth-quarter 2024 conference calls, although the message coming from companies was necessarily more nuanced where growth in ...
Polished Gem GEICO Fuels Berkshire Hathaway Operating Gains
The work that GEICO's CEO has done to "repolish" Berkshire Hathaway's "long-held gem" got a special shout-out in Berkshire Chair Warren Buffett's 2024 annual report to shareholders this weekend. ...
Viewpoint: The Recipe for Building a Successful MGA
The managing general agency model is attracting a number of ambitious underwriters keen to step away from established insurers to build nimble, specialized, and client-focused MGAs. For many, ...