Personal Lines
Report: Drop in Auto Premiums, Rise in Motorists Deaths Linked to Reduced Traffic Enforcement
Several new driving trends have been recorded since the onset of the pandemic, according to a new report released by TransUnion. While traffic violations have declined nationally by 13 percent, the ...
Farmers Halts Homeowners Policies in Florida
Farmers Insurance confirmed it has halted sales of new homeowners policies in Florida just as the new hurricane season is getting underway. The insurer cited rising costs as the reason. "With ...
How Lawyers Sank Florida Carriers — and Target ‘Travellers’ With SEO
A troubling phone exchange reveals a problem for insurance carriers that started in Florida and is expanding beyond the state's borders, according to an actuary who recalled the dialogue at a recent ...
Nationwide Taking Actions to Limit Risk in Personal, Commercial Books
Add Nationwide to a growing list of insurers making changes to deal with losses in some areas of the country. In a June 12 "business actions update" Nationwide announced moves "to mitigate risk and ...
Climate Change and Homeowners Insurance Are on a Collision Course
A summer that already has seen water crises and wildfire smoke is rapidly becoming an inflection point in the pitched battle between climate change and the price of homeowners insurance in the ...
Electric Vehicles and the New Frontier They Represent for Auto Insurers
Electric vehicles (EVs) and internal combustion engines could not be more different in some respects, but there's one thing they have in common: They both represent a transformational shift in how ...
FEMA Hit by Multistate Lawsuit Over Flood Insurance Rating Formula
A federal lawsuit claims FEMA failed to take into account skyrocketing flood insurance costs generated by its new rating system, Risk Rating 2.0. Ten states, along with 43 Louisiana parishes and more ...
Speeding, Distraction a Deadly Summertime Problem for Teens
Nearly half of all teen auto fatalities happen during the 100 Deadliest Days — the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day, according to a new report by Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) that ...