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Federal Reinsurance for Cats: No Thanks, APCIA Says
Federal lawmakers introduced a bill to create a federal natural catastrophe backstop recently, reacting to insurers' issues with growing private reinsurance costs. But a trade group for carriers ...Allstate Records $2.7B Net Catastrophe Hit on Way to Q2 Loss of $1.4B
Allstate Corp. reported net catastrophe losses of $2.7 billion in the second quarter, resulting in a net loss for the period of $1.4 billion as catastrophe and ...
Catastrophe Losses Cause CNA Financial to Miss Q2 Profit Estimates
Insurer CNA Financial missed second-quarter profit estimates on Monday, as wider catastrophe losses in its property and casualty segment partially offset higher investment income. Profits at insurers ...Liberty Mutual Will No Longer Offer Business Owner’s Policies in California
Property and casualty insurer Liberty Mutual will stop offering its businessowners policy (BOP) product in wildfire-prone state California from Oct. 1, in a sign that cost inflation and higher ...Berkley on Industry’s Financial Results: ‘Cat Losses Count’
The fact is, catastrophe losses are a part of an insurers' financial results and not a line item to be dismissed, said W. Robert Berkley Jr, president and chief executive ...