Personal Lines
A Reassuring Message About the Transition to Driverless Cars
The advance of driverless cars and the prospect that they will disrupt property/casualty insurance and change the way autos are insured has created plenty of industry anxiety. Even before that point, ...
House National Flood Insurance Program Revamp Calls for 5-Year Renewal
A much-anticipated House subcommittee proposal on flood insurance promises to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years beyond its September 30 expiration date. The ...
Allstate Boosting Its Sales Force in Washington, Oregon
Allstate Insurance Co. is boosting its sales force in Washington and Oregon to keep pace with growing consumer demand for insurance and financial products and services in those states. Allstate is ...
A Stormier-Than-Usual Atlantic Hurricane Season Is Possible as El Nino Odds Dissipate
The Atlantic hurricane season will likely churn out an above-average 11 to 17 named storms, in part due to fading odds than an El Nino will form in the Pacific. Of storms that emerge during the ...
U.S. P/C Q1 2017 Net Underwriting Losses Surpassed $841M
The U.S. property/casualty industry posted a first-quarter 2017 net underwriting loss of $841.5 million, according to preliminary financial results, continuing the industry's underwriting loss trend ...
New Business Goes to Auto Insurers With Strong Underwriting Results: J.D. Power Study
Insurers with the strongest new business yield rates also have strong combined ratios in personal auto in the "J.D. Power 2017 U.S. Insurance Shopping Study." We define new business yield rates as ...
Target to Resolve Data-Breach Probes With $18.5M Settlement
Target Corp. agreed to pay $18.5 million to settle investigations by dozens of states over a 2013 hack of its database in which the personal information of millions of customers was stolen. It's the ...
Carrier CEO Viewpoint: Seeing Through Customers’ Eyes Gives Leadership Vision
"Customers have pretty high expectations of us,” says Richard P. Creedon, president and CEO of Utica Mutual Insurance Co. of New Hartford, N.Y. As the company’s freshman leader—he completed his ...