APCIA News
APCIA 2021 Lobbying Priorities: Pandemic, Social Inflation, Disaster Mitigation and More
Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, insurance industry lobbyists such as Nat Wienecke of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association have continued to do their jobs. Like most of us, ...
What the P/C Insurance Industry Will Get If Biden or Trump Win
If Republican President Donald Trump wins re-election, the property/casualty insurance industry is not likely to see much change from the status quo in Washington. If Democrat Joe Biden wins the ...
U.S. P/C Insurers Saw Record Q1 Surplus Drop, but Fundamentals Remained Solid: APCIA/Verisk
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry saw its surplus drop by a record amount in the 2020 first quarter, thanks to stock market turmoil driven by the coronavirus pandemic's rapid arrival. But ...
Federal Biz Interruption Bill Backed by Plaintiffs Group Introduced
Last week, a U.S. lawmaker introduced a bill that would allow insurers to voluntarily pay certain COVID-related business interruption claims and get reimbursed by the federal government, but ...
Citing COVID-19 Concerns, APCIA Will Move 2020 Annual Meeting Online
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association plans to move its 2020 annual meeting online because of continued safety concerns about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. APCIA President and CEO ...
U.S. Carriers Beat Back Coronavirus Claims With Massive Cost Estimates
U.S. property and casualty insurers have cast the coronavirus pandemic as an unprecedented event whose massive cost to small businesses they are neither able nor required to cover. The industry has ...
Carrier Groups Ready Proposal for Federal Pandemic Loss Fund–Not PRIA
Property/casualty insurance industry carrier groups are working to develop a proposed federal program to replace revenues lost by businesses shut down during pandemics like COVID-19, but it won't be ...
Updated Small Business COVID-19 Loss Estimates Dwarf Insurance Premiums
Small businesses are confronting astoundingly large losses relating to the coronavirus pandemic that dwarf commercial property premiums in unprecedented ways, according to an updated estimate from ...