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Fannie Mae Guidelines Raise Concerns, Could Bar ACV Coverage for Homes
An updated guideline from Fannie Mae, if it stands, could throw a wrench into the property/casualty insurance industry's move toward actual cash value for more homeowners and condo coverage. A Fannie ...
Personal Auto Insurers Have Edge on Innovation: AM Best
After two years of challenges for personal auto insurers, rating agency AM Best delivered a positive assessment: U.S. personal auto insurers are the furthest ahead when it comes to innovation. ...
For years, the insurance industry has been working to reduce the friction that slows down underwriting, claims, and servicing. Now,...
Progressive Set to ‘Maximize’ Growth, Building on Q1
When Progressive's chief executive officer weighed the words that should go into the management discussion section of the company's first-quarter 10-Q report, she considered two possibilities to ...
Triple-I: Signs of Improvement in Florida Property Insurance Market After Reforms
Fraught with fraud and litigation abuse, the Florida insurance market is finally showing signs of stabilization amid legislative reforms passed in 2022 and 2023, according to a new Triple-I Issues ...
U.S. Financial Regulators Work on Delayed Dodd-Frank Compensation Rules
A trio of U.S. financial regulators have resumed work on a long-delayed rule-writing project to make executive compensation plans at financial firms more sensitive to risk. The Federal Deposit ...
Reserve Strengthening for Casualty Lines Not Over: Moody’s
If personal auto insurance loss reserves are developing adversely, can commercial general liability be far behind? That's the gist of one of the questions that analysts from Moody's Investors Service ...
The Top 15 U.S. Metros with High Exposure to Wildfire Risk
The number of wildfires per year is going down, but the increasing size and intensity of the fires is creating more property damage than ever before – in fact, the average fire size has tripled ...
Maryland Hopes to Rebuild Baltimore Bridge for $1.9B With Insurance, Federal, Other Funds
Maryland plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an estimated cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, a state transportation official said Thursday. The state ...