Personal Lines
Wildfires Disproportionately Impact Lower-Income Homeowners: Study
The 2022 wildfire season promises to be another record-breaker. Roughly 2 million acres burned last month, and major fires are currently scorching Idaho, Utah and California, threatening tens of ...
America First Insurance Group Launches for Conservative Customers
Earlier this week after over a year in development, insurance agency America First Insurance Group was launched, claiming it is the country's first conservative insurance group. "We felt the ...
Chubb Increases Loss Cost Trends ‘Rather Than Be Lagging and Get Caught’: Greenberg
Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg said the insurer is seeing favorable returns, but additional rate is needed to "keep pace with loss costs, which are hardly benign." Greenberg said during the July 27 call to ...
Lemonade Closes Deal for Metromile
Digital insurer Lemonade said it has closed the acquisition of pay-per-mile car insurance provider Metromile in an all-stock transaction. Metromile shareholders received 7.3 million Lemonade shares, ...
Global Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $34B in H1 2022: Munich Re
Global natural disasters during the first half of 2022 cost insurers about $34 billion, which covered a little more than half of the overall $65 billion in losses from floods, earthquakes and storms ...
Florida Regulators Unveil Ratings Crisis Solution: Let Citizens Reinsure Carriers
Florida's insurance commissioner announced Wednesday that his office has found an "unprecedented solution" to the looming property insurer rating crisis — let Citizens Property Insurance Corp. ...
Overdue or Overboard? Florida Divided on Demotech’s Planned Downgrades
The property insurance community has divided into two camps after the firestorm that erupted over the potential financial rating downgrades for 17 Florida insurance carriers. One camp argues that the ...
Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $39B During H1 2022, 18% More Than Average: Aon
Insured losses from global natural disaster events were estimated at $39 billion during the first half of 2022, 18 percent higher than the 21st century average of $33 billion, driven by persistent ...