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What Consumers Think—and Who’s Shopping for Insurance
Tariffs. Economic volatility. Technology trends. Changing insurance market conditions. These are all having an impact on property/casualty insurers. But how are they impacting consumers? More ...
Too Late? S&P Downgrades State Farm General (Updated)
Standard & Poor's Global Ratings announced a two-notch downgrade of State Farm General on May 13—on the same day that California's regulator approved an interim emergency homeowners rate ...
State Farm’s Emergency Homeowners Rate Hike Gets OK in California
State Farm General can move ahead with a proposal to raise California homeowners rates on an emergency interim basis, following years of financial stresses that depleted its surplus and billions of ...
‘Can’t Cut to Greatness’: Wilson Lays Out Simple Strategy for Markel E&S
"You can't cut yourself to greatness." Simon Wilson, chief executive officer of Markel Insurance, made the simple statement at a Markel Group Brunch meeting for investors in Omaha on May 4 to convey ...
AIG: Turning One Human Underwriter Into Five, ‘Turbocharging’ E&S
Some property/casualty insurers talk about experimenting with artificial intelligence to automate call center responses and back-office operations. But that's not the road to turbocharging growth ...
Is State Farm General Too Big to Fail? Calif. Rate Hearing Concludes
"Too big to fail"—a phrase associated with interconnected publicly traded financial services companies in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis—was revived in a new context last week. During a ...
How Cincinnati Insurance Does E&S
The Cincinnati Insurance Companies have grown business for 75 years through relationships with a carefully selected set of regional independent agents—and business in the surplus lines segment is ...
Upgrades Up, Downgrades Down: AM Best Reviews 2024 Rating Actions
AM Best announced 34 upward credit rating actions for U.S. commercial lines insurers in 2024, over 60 percent more than the number registered for 2023, the rating agency reported in its official ...