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Continued Growth for Surplus Lines in 2023 as Premiums Up 14.6%
The excess and surplus lines market continued to grow in 2023, with premium reaching nearly $73 billion, according to data from 15 state surplus lines offices released by the Wholesale & ...Chubb Writing More Personal E&S, but CEO Greenberg Doesn’t Like the Trend
Chubb is writing more North American personal excess and surplus lines business, but the insurer's chief executive is not exactly celebrating. While he reminded analysts during a fourth-quarter ...
Liberty Mutual to Eliminate 250 Positions
Liberty Mutual has confirmed it is eliminating about 250 positions, or 0.5 percent of its global workforce, as it continues implementing new organizational structures within U.S. Retail Markets and ...
Record Q4 at Chubb Ends Historic, ‘Blowout Year’
Record fourth-quarter 2023 net income of $3.3 billion, a huge increase over net income of about $1.3 billion during the same period a year ago, ended what CEO Evan G. ...
Appeals Court Rules Insurers Not Obligated to Defend Opioid Distributor McKesson
The role drug distributor McKesson Corp. had in the opioid crisis was no accident, meaning the company is not entitled to defense costs related to litigation against it. McKesson Corp. appealed a ...
Specialty Market ‘Particularly Attractive’; Reason to Pause Elsewhere: Berkley CEO
W.R. Berkley CEO W. Robert Berkley Jr. said he's still got eyes on the specialty market but maintains a cautious, more disciplined outlook on some lines of business, such as professional ...
Record Underwriting Income Highlights W.R. Berkley Q4 Results
Fourth-quarter net income at W.R. Berkley Corp. increased 4 percent compared to the same period the prior year to about $397.3 million on record pretax underwriting income of nearly $316 million, an ...
Progressive Q4 Net Income Up 141% as Combined Ratio Exceeds Goal for 2023
Progressive Corp. said fourth-quarter 2023 net income jumped to nearly $2 billion compared to about $826 million a year ago during the same period.
Double-Digit Rate Hikes for 10 Largest Auto Insurers in 2023
According to S&P Global Market Intelligence's RateWatch, Farmers Insurance instituted double-digit rate increases in 43 states in 2023 for a weighted average rate increase of 17.6%—and its ...