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First-Half Global Insured Nat Cat Losses Top 10-Year Average
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes totaled $60 billion during the first half of 2024, or 62 percent above the 10-year average, according to preliminary estimates from Swiss Re. Severe ...
With American Mobile Out, Agents Say Florida Mobile Home Insurance Falling Apart
Reinsurance in Florida's long-stressed property insurance market was supposed to have stabilized this year—with only moderate rate increases and more availability. But those calmer waters ...
Removing U.S. Subsidies Curbed Building in Climate Risk Zones, Study Finds
The U.S. Congress passed the Coastal Barrier Resources Act in 1982 to preserve relatively undeveloped waterfront areas as natural buffer zones. At least 1.4 million acres along the Atlantic and Gulf ...
Berkshire Halves Apple Stake, Boosts Cash to $277 Billion as It Gets ‘Defensive’
Warren Buffett appears to have soured on stocks, letting cash at Berkshire Hathaway soar to nearly $277 billion and selling about half its stake in Apple, even as the conglomerate posted a record ...
Guy Carpenter: ‘Kitty Cat’ CrowdStrike Outage to Cause $300M-$1B in Insured Losses
Due to the limited amount of impacted companies with insurance and the deployment of a quick fix to mitigate losses, Guy Carpenter said the insured losses from the CrowdStrike outage is likely ...
Report: 1Q 2024 California Workers Comp Written Premium 3% Lower Than Year Ago
Written premiums for the first quarter of 2024 were 3 percent lower than the first quarter of 2023, while written premiums in 2023 were slightly above 2022, according to the Workers' Compensation ...
$4B Settlement Reached for Maui Wildfires
The parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year's Maui wildfires have reached a $4 billion global settlement, a court filing said Friday, nearly one year after the ...
Hurricane Could Blow Through Florida Cat Fund’s Reserves. But That May Be OK, Report Says
A report from Moody's Ratings service contends that one good hurricane this year could wipe out the Florida Cat Fund's reserves, potentially forcing it to place a small surcharge on Florida insurance ...