Claims & Reserving
D&O Loss Ratios Unchanged by Rate Hikes: Supply Disruption to Fuel Suits
Directors and officers liability insurance premium rate hikes have not had the anticipated impacts on loss ratios that carriers had hoped for, AM Best reported Monday, citing the impact of social ...
After Months of Decline, Florida Claims Litigation Rose Sharply in January
Just when insurers saw signs that last year's reform legislation may be having an impact on claims litigation, bad news appeared in the inbox Wednesday. CaseGlide, the maker of litigation management ...
How Inflation Is Driving Up Loss Costs for Auto, Home Insurers
The two possessions that most concern insurers — homes and motor vehicles — happen to be the largest contributors to the historic 7.5 percent inflation rate announced last week. Perhaps that ...
Data Points: Attorney Impact on Commercial Auto Losses
Commercial auto insurance loss severity rose about 5 percent per year during the five-year period ending 2019, as the proportion of claims that had attorney involvement increased to nearly 30 ...
Avoiding Bad Faith Damages: How to Handle Short-Fuse Policy Limit Settlement Demands
The holidays—parties, family and the spirit of giving. Some personal injury plaintiff attorneys really get into the spirit, hoping to receive the gift of "open" policy limits and unlimited injury ...
KCC Estimates $1B in Insured Losses From Colorado Wildfire
Catastrophe modeling firm KCC estimates the insured loss from the recent Colorado wildfire could be $1 billion. With nearly 1,000 structures destroyed, KCC said the Marshall Fire is the most ...
COVID-19 Claims of $44B Is Third-Largest Catastrophe Loss: Howden
Insured losses of $44 billion from COVID-19 so far represent the third-largest cost to insurers of any catastrophe, behind only Hurricane Katrina and the 9/11 attacks, insurance broker Howden said on ...
Businesses Can Expect to Spend $13.5B on Repairs Due to Flooding in 2022
A new report estimates that U.S. businesses could spend about $13.5 billion in 2022 to repair or replace flood-damaged commercial buildings. The same report finds that businesses could lose more than ...