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InsurTechs Highlight New Approaches to Wildfire Insurance
Years before the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires sparked in high-wind conditions in Southern California, growing to rank among the top three most destructive in U.S. history, InsurTechs ...
Delos Insurance Solutions Tackles a Nonstandard Peril: Wildfire
Kevin Stein believes that wildfires no longer fit into the standard insurance market. Stein is the CEO of Delos Insurance Solutions, an MGA that focuses on homeowners insurance in California. When he ...
Parametric Insurance Meets the Wildfire Peril: InsurTech Kettle Responds
Could parametric insurance become a bigger piece of the wildfire insurance market? Kettle is an insurance and reinsurance MGA built around a proprietary wildfire model that was developed using AI and ...
Structure Data Boosts Understanding of Wildfire Risk: Faura CEO
Valkyrie Holmes, CEO of Faura, believes that a deep understanding of the structural qualities of buildings is crucial to insuring properties in areas at high risk for wildfires. Her company ...
Progressive ’24 Net Income More Than Doubles; Combined Ratio Below Target
Progressive reported net income of $8.5 billion for 2024, more than double the $3.9 billion figure reported for 2023, with underwriting profit coming in well below the company's annual target. ...
How Competitive Is E&S Property? Exec Views Vary
E&S property insurance market conditions were a recurring talking point on two recent earnings conference calls, but the leaders of specialty insurers offering commentary were not perfectly in ...
Everest Group Boosts Casualty Loss Reserves $1.7B
Everest Group, Ltd. pre-announced full-year 2024 earnings yesterday, disclosing about a 45 percent drop in net income attributable to a $1.7 billion boost in its casualty insurance reserves. The ...
LA Fires Could Consume 30% of European Reinsurers’ Natural Disaster Budgets: Fitch
The Los Angeles wildfires could consume more than 30 percent of the aggregate natural catastrophe budgets set for 2025 by Europe's four largest reinsurers – Swiss Re, Munich Re, Hannover Re and ...