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Berkshire, Progressive Are 2024 Underwriting Profit Leaders; Industry Income Record
S&P Global Market Intelligence expects the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry to post more than $100 billion of net income for 2024—and that the biggest underwriting profits contributing ...
Loss Uncertainty High Amid ‘Rapid Softening’: Liberty Mutual Exec
Using terminology that's more common among weather forecasters and catastrophe event modelers, a commercial lines insurance executive described an increasingly uncertain risk landscape uncomfortably ...
U.S. Commercial Lines Prices Up 5.6% With Signs of Moderation: WTW CLIPS
U.S. commercial insurance rates showed a continued upward trend with signs of moderation in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the latest findings from WTW's Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing ...
Despite Higher Insurance Costs, Risks, EVs Are Set to Dominate Roads in 2025
More car buyers are leaning toward purchasing an electric vehicle over a gas powered one, with 64 percent of consumers expected to choose an EV for their next vehicle, according to a report published ...
Legislative Reforms to Curb Legal System Abuse Led to Stabilized Florida P/C Market: Triple-I
Florida's legislative reforms to address legal system abuse and claim fraud are stabilizing the state's property/casualty insurance market, according to a new Issues Brief published by the Insurance ...
AmFam Reports Underwriting Profit for 2024
After two years of combined ratios over 110, American Family Insurance reported an underwriting profit in 2024—with a 96.6 for the year for all property/casualty lines it writes. The improvement ...
Wildfire, Hurricane Rebuilding Efforts Impeded By Tariffs: APCIA
American Property Casualty Insurance Association issued a statement on behalf of P/C insurance company members on Tuesday, the day that 25 percent tariffs on most goods from Canada and Mexico took ...
Progressive’s Margins Leave Room for Tariff Impacts; Others Ready Too
With its 2024 combined ratio falling comfortably more than 7 points below a targeted level of 96, Progressive has room to deal with the impacts of tariffs on car repair and replacement costs, the ...