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Viewpoint: Get Ready Now for the Soft Market (Because It’s Coming)
While discussing soft market underwriting may seem ill-timed given current strong results and hard market conditions, there are worrying signs that underwriters are beginning to chase market share in ...
Class Action Against USAA; Failure to Pay Lessees Residual Value of Totaled Cars Alleged
A recently filed class action lawsuit in a California District Court accuses USAA General Indemnity Company of deceptive and unfair practice for failing to pay insureds the amount owed after leased ...
Level 5—Full Self-Driving Vehicles—’Will Never Exist,’ Researcher Says
When you're driving your car, do you ever look through the rear window to make sure there's nothing behind it in harm's way? Now that many cars are equipped with backup cameras, looking back is a ...
When Will the Hard Reinsurance Market End?
Higher retentions on property-catastrophe reinsurance programs are here to stay going into next year's renewals, reinsurance brokers predicted recently.Related ...
Executive Viewpoint: Advice to Retiring CEOs
Being a CEO can be an all-consuming job. No matter how well the organization is performing, there is always the sense of responsibility to stakeholders. CEOs are also granted a sort of "rock star" ...
Why the Investor-Driven Hard Reinsurance Market Will Persist in ’24
Reinsurers will continue to command adequate rates for property-catastrophe in 2024, even if the market comes through hurricane season unscathed, reinsurance company executives said last week. Kevin ...
Regulatory Weaknesses, Politics Driving California Exits, Industry CEOs Say
A trio of property/casualty carrier executives voluntarily offered their views on a growing insurance availability crisis in the state of California at an industry conference in late June, pointing ...
How Lawyers Sank Florida Carriers — and Target ‘Travellers’ With SEO
A troubling phone exchange reveals a problem for insurance carriers that started in Florida and is expanding beyond the state's borders, according to an actuary who ...