Personal Lines
Destination Progressive… or One of These Other Carriers
Commissions are more certain than insurance losses. Those aren't exactly the words that a Progressive executive used when he described the work the insurer has been doing to help customers meet all ...
How Network Carriers Benefit From the Progressive Advantage Agency
Nationwide, American Modern, National General, Homesite, Hiscox and Markel are just a half dozen of the names on a roster of 20 carriers providing personal lines or commercial lines insurance (or ...
GEICO’s ‘Eye-Popping’ 2023 Insurance Profits, Falling Employee Counts
Even though Berkshire Hathaway's latest annual report featured Warren Buffett's forecast that the days of "eye-popping performance" for the giant conglomerate are over, readers focused on ...
InsurTech Root Results Improve but Remain at a Net Loss
InsurTech Root Inc. posted a net loss for the fourth quarter 2023 of $24 million and a net loss for the year of $147.4 million. Results were improvements from net losses of about $58.3 million for ...
Zurich Insurance Posts Highest-Ever Operating ROE for 2023
Zurich Insurance posted a better-than-expected annual operating profit on Thursday and announced a share buyback of up to 1.1 billion Swiss francs ($1.25 billion), as insurers ...
Carrier Retention Rates Decline Due to Auto Insurance Comparison Shopping
Consumers purchasing new policies and shopping around for auto insurance in the U.S. helped carriers post positive year-over-year growth and record volumes for the final quarter of the year, ...
AM Best Says Losses From California Storms Largely Uninsured, Underinsured
The economic losses from the latest round of California storms will be significant, and many of these losses may not be insured because only 2 percent of California residents have purchased flood ...
Florida Bills Would Let Surplus Lines Do Takeouts and Require More Data Reporting
A key Florida Senate committee last week advanced a bill that would allow surplus lines carriers to take over coverage of second homes from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Reaction by agents and ...