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Claims Exec Who Defrauded Allied World Insurance Ordered to Prison, Pay $1.2M
James Keating of Paoli, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 20 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding his former employer of more than $1.4 million. ...
APCIA: Insurance Markets Work Best Without Excessive Price Regulation
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) recently released a report that concludes over-regulation impedes insurance markets "Insurance markets function best when allowed to ...
Chubb Posts Record P/C Underwriting Income for Q4 and 2024
Chubb posted record property/casualty underwriting income of about $1.6 billion, up 3.8 percent during the last quarter of 2024. Fourth-quarter net income was down 22 percent to about $2.6 billion ...
Natural Catastrophes Insurance Protection Gap Stands at 60%: WTW
Last year was the first year that exceeded 1.5°C (2.7°F) warming above pre-industrial levels, resulting in an estimated 60 percent insurance protection gap for natural catastrophes, according to ...
Companies Race to Ship Goods to the U.S. Ahead of Possible Tariffs
In recent months, plenty of business executives have said they were taking a wait-and-see approach to U.S. President Donald Trump's broad threats of tariffs. Early holiday-quarter earnings reports ...
Corporate Transparency Act on Hold After Supreme Court Lifts Injunction
Small businesses are still not required to register with an agency called the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN — for now. The registration is part of the Corporate Transparency Act, ...
InsurTechs Highlight New Approaches to Wildfire Insurance
Years before the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires sparked in high-wind conditions in Southern California, growing to rank among the top three most destructive in U.S. history, InsurTechs ...
Progressive ’24 Net Income More Than Doubles; Combined Ratio Below Target
Progressive reported net income of $8.5 billion for 2024, more than double the $3.9 billion figure reported for 2023, with underwriting profit coming in well below the company's annual target. ...