Personal Lines
Viewpoint: Role of Private Flood Insurance Has Room to Grow With NFIP Instability
Back-to-back hurricane landfalls in the span of less than two weeks have placed flood insurance in a new light for many inside and outside of the insurance industry, if not front and center. Images ...
Homeowners Insurance Does Not Cover Cryptocurrency Theft, 4th Circuit Affirms
A federal appeals court has affirmed that a homeowners insurance policy does not cover the theft of cryptocurrency because the loss of a digital currency does not involve a "direct physical loss" as ...
Hurricanes Helene, Milton Likely to Be $50B Disasters; Much Uninsured
Monstrous hurricanes Helene and Milton caused so much complex havoc that damages are still being added up, but government and private experts say they will likely join the infamous ranks of Katrina, ...
The Latest Hurricane Milton Insured Loss Estimates: $17B-$50B
Catastrophe risk modelers delivered a wide range of estimates of insured losses from Hurricane Milton this week—ranging from a low of $17 billion to a high of $50 billion. Estimates as of Oct. 17 ...
Allstate Reports $1.7B in Q3 Pretax Catastrophe Losses, $630M For Helene
Allstate Corp. doesn't announce third quarter earnings until Halloween but today it released some scary September pretax catastrophe losses. In keeping with its initiative to announce monthly ...
An Estimated 138,000 Cars Were Flood-Damaged by Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene left as many as 138,000 vehicles flood damaged after it tore through at least six states, according to the latest CARFAX estimate. Floodwaters swamped communities in Florida, ...
The Data Behind Rising Homeowners Premiums: By Peril and By State
The U.S. home insurance industry has experienced an upward trend in all-peril loss costs over the past seven years, according to a new report released by LexisNexis Risk Solutions. The ninth annual ...
Progressive Retaining Helene, Milton Property Losses Net; Auto Over $0.7B
Progressive disclosed property and vehicle insurance loss estimates for Hurricanes Helene and Milton in conjunction with the carrier's report of third-quarter earnings yesterday, indicating it won't ...