Personal Lines
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 ...
Texas Lawsuit Alleges GEICO Ignores Accident Forgiveness Promise
A class action lawsuit filed in Texas alleges GEICO doesn't abide by its Accident Forgiveness program when a driver with an unblemished record gets into a first, at-fault accident. Texas resident ...
Liberty Mutual to Sunset Safeco Brand in 2026
Safeco Insurance will stop being a brand name in 2026, and Liberty Mutual Insurance will sell all of its personal lines products under the Liberty Mutual name. Safeco has been Liberty Mutual's brand ...
An Insurance Journalist’s Perspective on Southern California’s Wildfires
PART ONE OF A TWO-PART SERIESIt was pitch black in the house and the power was off. The Santa Ana winds were howling. As planned, my ...
Estimated No. of Vehicles Destroyed in California Wildfires Tallied
Newly released CARFAX data estimates that the destructive wildfires in Southern California destroyed up to 6,300 vehicles earlier this year. "It's heart-wrenching to witness the scale of destruction ...
Introducing Berkley Embedded
W.R. Berkley Corporation announced the formation of Berkley Embedded Solutions on Monday—a business focused on delivering tailored insurance products and services to customers at the point of ...