Industry News
Digital Drone Insurers Flying Together: SkyWatch Acquires DroneInsurance.com Assets
SkyWatch, a specialty InsurTech focused on digital insurance for the aviation industry, announced the acquisition of the assets of DroneInsurance.com from REIN yesterday. Financial terms of the deal ...
Commercial Auto Insurers Face Bleak Profit Outlook
Underwriting losses in U.S. commercial auto have returned to pre-pandemic levels and rate increases have not been enough to keep up with severity trends. "The liability component has been more ...
FTX’s Bankman-Fried Battles Excess Insurer Over D&O Coverage
Just two days before his criminal trial started this week in federal court in New York, FTX Trading founder Sam Bankman-Fried filed suit in federal court in California against his excess insurance ...
Hawaii Electric’s Insurance is Fraction of Potential Fire Claims
Nearly two months after the deadly Maui wildfires, Hawaiian Electric Co. revealed the limited scope of insurance coverage it holds in the face of potentially billions of dollars in damage claims. ...
Farmers, USAA Lead Pack in Hiking Homeowners Rates in 2023: S&P
Farmers Insurance Group of Cos. and United Services Automobile Association (USAA) have increased homeowners insurance rates by nearly 15 percent each to lead all other insurers. According to S&P ...
Hail, Convective Storms, Population Now Driving Billions in Losses — Is the Industry Prepared?
Hurricanes in the East. Wildfires in the West. Those are the big disasters that grab the headlines and are driving property insurance costs and cancellations, to a large degree, right? Yes, but ...
EV Industry Offers Challenges, Opportunities for Insurers
A new paper by the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) finds that the insurance industry is responding to the needs of the transportation sector as the momentum for electric ...
Bogged by Legacy Systems, Insurers Lose Competitive Edge
New research highlights the urgency for insurance companies to shift from complex, costly legacy systems burdened with outdated technology to modern systems to remain competitive in the current ...