Industry News
Lemonade Posts Another Quarterly Loss but Car Growth Continues
InsurTech Lemonade reported a second-quarter 2025 net loss of about $44 million compared with a loss of $57.2 million a year ago during the same time. Though still a loss, it was a 23 percent ...
United Risk Acquires Verita CSG From WTW; Rebrands as Verist With Chang as CEO
United Risk has acquired specialized property/casualty managing general agent Verita CSG, Inc. from global risk advisor WTW and rebranded the venture as Verist LLC. Industry veteran Michael Chang ...
Parrish Named CEO of Howden U.S., Is Sued by Former Employer Marsh
Mike Parrish has been named the chief executive officer of Howden U.S., a new U.S. retail broking business of Howden, and he will start in September subject to his "fulfillment of relevant ...
Berkshire Insurance Units Report Lower Q2 Operating Income Overall
GEICO was the only one of Berkshire Hathaway's major property/casualty reporting divisions to post higher underwriting profit in the second quarter of 2025. But a 2.0 percent rise in underwriting ...
Allstate Q2 Income Eclipses $2B as Auto Turns in Combined Ratio of 86
Allstate Corp. second quarter 2025 net income applicable to common shareholders was about $2.1 billion, far exceeding the $301 million booked for the same quarter a year ago. The result this year ...
‘Soft Market Under Stress’ Offers Unique ‘Moment’ for Insurance Buyers
A buyer-friendly competitive commercial insurance market is likely to be short-lived, according to a new analysis of second-quarter 2025 market conditions from global professional services firm Aon. ...
Industry Trades Throw Support Behind Bill to Affirm State Regulation of Insurance
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) is supporting a bill first introduced more than 18 months ago to limit the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and ...
Markel Insurance Selling Reinsurance Renewal Rights to Nationwide
In separate announcements late Wednesday, Markel Group and Nationwide revealed that Markel Insurance is running off its global reinsurance business and selling renewal rights to the $1.2 billion book ...