Underwriting & Pricing
GEICO Faces California Class Action Claiming It Overcharged for Car Insurance
A federal judge on Monday said a lawsuit accusing GEICO Corp. of overcharging more than 2 million California policyholders on car insurance early in the COVID-19 pandemic may proceed as a class ...
Global Insurance Rates Continue Rising at Slower Levels; Cyber Outpaces Other Lines
Global insurance pricing continued to rise during the third quarter, which saw commercial insurance premiums increase an average of 6 percent, down from 9 percent in Q2, according to Marsh's Global ...
‘Hardening’ Property Catastrophe Market Enters ‘Hard’ Market Phase: Bank of America
European reinsurers will miss their earnings targets in 2022 — for the sixth year in a row — which is pressuring the industry to raise rates and continue improving the quality of their ...
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Approves Citizens Rate Increase of 63%
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon approved a significant rate hike for Louisiana Citizens residential property insurance policies, a move the insurance department blamed on rising costs of ...
U.S. Commercial Insurance Prices Increased 6% in Q2: WTW
U.S. commercial insurance prices increased by nearly 6 percent during second-quarter 2022, according to WTW's most recent Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). The survey compared prices ...
Auto Loss Costs Not Coming Down; Bigger Rate Hikes Ahead: Allstate CEO
Higher auto loss costs are here to stay, according to the leader of Allstate, who also said that his company will be pushing up auto insurance prices higher, and at a faster pace, for the balance of ...
Automated Rate Filings Put Root Ahead of Auto Insurance Competitors: CEO
At a time when auto insurers react to inflation shocks by filing rate increases at a frenetic pace, an InsurTech CEO says automation of the activity is speeding his company's actuarial rate ...
It’s Over: Lasting Underwriting Profits in U.S. D&O Market Unlikely, Fitch Says
Three years of soaring directors and officers liability insurance prices pushed combined ratios down to the mid-to-high 90s, but new entrants and potential claims volatility may spell trouble for ...