Personal Lines
Officially Retired: Liberty Mutual’s Safeco Brand Sunsets
Liberty Mutual confirmed that the previously announced sunset of the Safeco Insurance brand is officially done. The company's auto, property and specialty lines business in the independent agent ...
Travelers to Expand Homeowners Insurance Offering in California
The Travelers Companies said it intends to expand its homeowners insurance offerings across California. Travelers notified the California Department of Insurance it intends to expand homeowners ...
Florida Needs More – Much More – Wind Mitigation, Say Experts at OIR Summit
Florida has the largest wind-mitigation grant program in the country, providing more than $300 million to homeowners over the last few years and resulting in insurance premium discounts for thousands ...
State Farm Paid a ‘Hail’ of a Lot of Claims in 2025
Providing its annual report of hail-related claims, State Farm said that it paid out $5.6 billion nationally for such claims in 2025, and $1.4 billion in Texas alone. The giant insurer's report on ...
Three Sentenced in Bear-Suit Attacks Insurance Fraud Case
An insurance fraud scheme involving a bear costume, luxury vehicles and falsified damage claims has ended in convictions for three Los Angeles area residents. A California Department of Insurance ...
U.S. Weighs Tougher Auto Import Rules to Accelerate Reshoring
The Trump administration is considering potential changes to North American trade rules that would raise tariff costs on U.S. automobile imports and push manufacturers to boost domestic production, ...
NYC Mayor Eyes City-Run Insurance Program for Affordable Housing
New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani is seeking to lower the cost of property and liability insurance for affordable and rent-stabilized housing through a new city-run insurance program. Mamdani ...
Analysis: California’s Surplus Lines HO Market Driven by Access, Not Wildfire Risk
It's been more than two years since I wrote an analysis based on Surplus Line Association of California insight and data for an Insurance Journal article that the state's homeowners insurance market ...