Personal Lines
U.S. Traffic Deaths Jump 10.5% in 2021 to Highest Number Since 2005
U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.5 percent in 2021 to 42,915 — the highest number killed on American roads in a single year since 2005, according to a preliminary estimate from U.S. regulators. The ...
How Telematics-Driven Context Can Help Price Insurance and Reduce Auto Crash Risk
Insurance pricing is an imperfect process. It's been gradually refined over countless iterations of product revisions through hundreds of thousands of regulatory filings. Insurers have used different ...
Most Homeowners Underinsured for Trends in Inflation, Building Costs: APCIA
A new American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) survey of over 1,000 U.S. homeowners insurance policyholders reveals a majority of homeowners have not taken important steps to ensure ...
Allstate Outlines ‘Surgical’ Auto Rate Hikes to Combat Inflation
Rate increases in Allstate's auto insurance business are in integral part of the insurer's overall plan to address the impact of inflation. Wednesday during a conference call with analysts to discuss ...
Allstate Q1 Net Income Returns to Black Despite Adverse Auto Results
First-quarter 2022 insurance premiums earned grew 6.5 percent to about $11 billion at Allstate Corp., as net income was $630 million compared with a loss of about $1.4 billion during the first three ...
State Farm Still Wins: Buffett Talks Auto Insurance at Annual Event
There wasn't a lot of talk about auto insurance at this year's annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway, but when the subject came up, Warren Buffett acknowledged the continued dominance of one ...
81% of Flood Insurance Policyholders Will See Rate Increases
When the Federal Emergency Management Agency rolled out a major overhaul to its beleaguered National Flood Insurance Program last April, it promised that bigger, richer homes would bear the brunt of ...
Allstate Increasing Magnitude of Auto Rate Hikes in 2022
Allstate said unfavorable non-catastrophe prior-year reserve re-estimates were approximately $160 million for first-quarter 2022, primarily driven by auto physical damage and bodily injury severity. ...