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AM Best Calls $1.54 Billion Mapfre-Safety Marriage ‘Strategically Compelling’
Ratings analysts at AM Best see the pending acquisition of Safety Insurance Group by Mapfre as "strategically compelling" as the carriers have complementary geographic and product profiles. Last week ...
Zurich CEO Says Staff Let Go as Regulator Finma Imposes Partial Sales Ban
Zurich Insurance Group AG let go of more than 12 employees amid enforcement proceedings by the Swiss regulator Finma, Chief Executive Officer Mario Greco said. The regulator also imposed a sales ban ...
Bill to Curb Staged Accidents Introduced in Senate
The industry trades have come out to support the latest effort on Capitol Hill to thwart staged accidents. Sen. Ashley Moody on July 22 introduced the Staged Accident Fraud Prevention Act. About a ...
Home Trend Report: Severity Reaches All-Time High, Frequency Declines
All Peril severity reached an all-time high in 2025, rising 25.9% from a year earlier, a new report on home insurance trends shows. LexisNexis Risk Solutions released its 2026 U.S. Home Trends ...
Root Expands Its Telematics Car Insurance to New Jersey, Its 37th State
Technology-driven insurer Root has launched its behavior-based car insurance in New Jersey, marking its 37th state. Using mobile telematics, Root calculates its rates primarily on actual driving ...
Global Commercial Insurance Rates Keep Falling; Down 8 Quarters in a Row
Global commercial insurance rates dropped by 6%, on average, in the second quarter of 2026, following a 5% decline in Q1 2026, according to Marsh's latest Global Insurance Market Index (GIMI). ...
This Year’s SCS Loss Totals Will Fall Below Average: KCC Analysis
According to a bulletin published by KCC, the risk modeling firm projects that severe convective storm losses for all of 2026 will drop below annual averages based on loss activity accumulated so far ...
Mapfre to Acquire Safety Insurance in $1.5B in Cash Deal
Safety Insurance Group Inc,, a property/casualty insurer in Massachusetts and New England, has agreed to be acquired by Spain's Mapfre S.A. in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.54 ...