Avoiding the Black Box: How to Apply Machine Learning to Actuarial Pricing
Applying machine learning to pricing and actuarial workflows is becoming easier due to advances in technology and increasingly accessible platforms. These complex ...
Underwriting & Pricing
More Than Technology: Reskilling ‘Decision Artists’ Core to Nationwide’s Underwriting Transformation
Underwriter, production underwriter, manager, underwriting director, and commercial underwriter officer are just a few of the titles that Nationwide's Tony Fenton has ...
Down Nearly 15%: Falling D&O Prices Becomes A Thing After Years of Hikes
Directors and officers liability pricing fell 14.7 perecent in the third quarter, according to a recent survey. Aon's Financial Services Group's Q3 2022 pricing index for the quarter ending on ...
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 ...
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, ...
‘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 ...
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 ...
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 ...