APCIA News
We’re Done: State Farm Decides to Stop Taking New Calif. Homeowners Biz
The nation's biggest insurer, State Farm, announced late last week that its homeowners provider to the nation's most populous state will no longer accept new applications there. State Farm General ...
Near $27B Underwriting Loss in 2022 Largest for U.S. P/C Insurers Since 2011
Key financial results for private U.S. property/casualty insurers significantly worsened in 2022 from a year earlier, according to preliminary results from global ...
APCIA Says Property Insurance Market ‘Hardest in a Generation’
A combination of historic high inflation and a growing frequency of natural catastrophes is creating the hardest market in a generation for property insurance, the ...
No Ransomware Cover in BOP Policy, Ohio Supreme Court Rules
A businessowners insurance policy did not provide coverage for software damaged by a ransomware attack because there was no direct physical damage or loss, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled. "Computer ...
Insurers Say Bad Driving, Inflation Among Factors Pushing Increase in Auto Loss Ratios
Auto insurers in the U.S. are coping with the largest direct loss ratio in 20 years because of factors that include historic inflation, a deterioration in driving ...
Industry Trades Respond to FIO’s Proposal to Collect Climate Change Data
Shortly after Treasury's Federal Insurance Office (FIO) proposed to have P/C insurers submit homeowners insurance underwriting data to assess climate risk, the response from industry trade ...
Opinion: Insurers Already Protect Privacy Interests; Legislation Unneeded
There are many sectors of the U.S. economy that are not subject to rigorous privacy regulations. The insurance industry is not one of them. Our industry has a long history of protecting the privacy ...
P/C Industry Posts 2021 Underwriting Loss but Surplus Hits $1 Trillion
Full-year net income for U.S. property/casualty insurers increased slightly to $61.9 billion from $60.3 billion in 2020, but the industry turned in a $3.8 billion underwriting loss in 2021. The P/C ...