Underwriting & Pricing
Progressive’s Margins Leave Room for Tariff Impacts; Others Ready Too
With its 2024 combined ratio falling comfortably more than 7 points below a targeted level of 96, Progressive has room to deal with the impacts of tariffs on car repair and replacement costs, the ...
How to Operate in Today’s ‘Bananas’ Casualty Insurance World
Leaders of the casualty insurance practices of a global insurance carrier and a North American specialty brokerage offered insights for insurance buyers and sellers to deal with today's casualty ...
LA Fire-Related Capital Hit Prompts State Farm Emergency Rate Request
State Farm General Insurance revealed that it has asked the California Department of Insurance to approve an "interim emergency" homeowners insurance rate hike, citing declining capital and a ...
How Competitive Is E&S Property? Exec Views Vary
E&S property insurance market conditions were a recurring talking point on two recent earnings conference calls, but the leaders of specialty insurers offering commentary were not perfectly in ...
Reporter’s Notebook: ‘Nobody Else Does Telematics,’ Lemonade Exec Says
Executives speaking at Lemonade's Investor Day event late last month made several statements suggesting that their approaches to personal lines insurance set the technology company apart from the ...
U.S. Commercial Lines Prices Up About 6% Again: WTW CLIPS
Broker WTW said commercial lines insurance rates increased overall by an average of 6.1 percent during the third quarter 2024. Quarterly price increases have been around 6 percent since the end of ...
Why Homeowners Insurers Are Losing Money: Roofs Matter, Not Just Rates
Rate hikes haven't been enough to bring profits to U.S. homeowners insurers, according to a new analysis from Aon, which finds that returns-on-equity for a group of homeowners insurers studied are ...
Allstate Approved to Raise Home Insurance Rates by 34% in Wildfire-Prone California
Allstate Corp. is set to increase home insurance rates for California customers by an average of 34.1 percent, marking the biggest jump in premiums for a major insurer in three years as the state ...
Predictive Model Delivers Insights as Insurers, Reinsurers Brace for More Civil Unrest
Insured losses from civil unrest can reach levels equal to some natural catastrophes—and the costs are growing every year. Of particular concern this year is the ...