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Progressive Insurance Is Hiring Again; 12,000 More People Needed
Almost a year to the day after Progressive announced it would hire more than 10,000 people to fill claims, IT and legal roles in 2024, the nation's second largest auto insurer said it now has 12,000 ...
AIG: Turning One Human Underwriter Into Five, ‘Turbocharging’ E&S
Some property/casualty insurers talk about experimenting with artificial intelligence to automate call center responses and back-office operations. But that's not the road to turbocharging growth ...
No Escape From Tariffs — Not Even for D&O Liability Insurers
While property/casualty insurance executives are largely focused on the impacts of tariffs on short-tail lines like personal auto and property, investment market jitters over global trade wars could ...
Class Action Accuses Toyota of Illegally Sharing Drivers’ Data With Progressive
A federal class action lawsuit filed this week in Texas accused Toyota and an affiliated telematics aggregator of unlawfully collecting drivers' information and then selling that data to Progressive. ...
Wildfire Losses Cut Chubb Q1 Net Income 38%; Tariffs Create ‘Confusion’
First quarter 2025 net income at Chubb fell nearly 38 percent to about $1.3 billion as losses from the California wildfires overcame underlying results. Chief Executive Officer Evan G. Greenberg in a ...
U.S. Excess & Surplus Lines Boost London Market Top-Line Growth
The U.S. excess and surplus lines market continues to offer profitable growth opportunities for insurers and reinsurers in the London market—which could help counteract some possible headwinds, ...
Don’t Forget Workers Comp Tariff Impacts: Berkley
The chief executive of W.R. Berkley Corp. said that his company is very focused on the impacts of tariffs on loss costs, and ultimately pricing for short-tail lines of business. But the possibility ...
Potential Tariff Auto Severity Impact on Travelers: Single-Digits or Less
Wildfire losses obscured what executives of Travelers described as outstanding underlying results for the insurer's first quarter—and looking ahead, the company is well-positioned to face the ...