Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Todayis insurance regulatory landscape can be a tricky one, particularly when it comes to charging fees. For property/casualty insurance brokers and agents, understanding permissible fee structures is crucial to maintaining compliance and avoiding penalties. With state laws varying widely and …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Starr Insurance reported that South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has granted Starr International Insurance (Singapore) Pte. Korea branch, a license to operate in Seoul and begin selling commercial property/casualty insurance throughout Korea. “Korea is one of the largest commercial …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Unison Risk Advisors (URA) has acquired Enders Insurance, a family-run property/casualty insurance agency based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Enders has more than 60 employees throughout its central Pennsylvania office locations including Lancaster, Reading and Middleburg. Currently led by Andrew Enders, the …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘A+’ (Strong) Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings for Cincinnati Financial Corporation’s (CINF) three property/casualty insurance subsidiaries and its life insurance subsidiary the ‘A+’ (Strong).

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 13, 2024

James Kirsh expects the cost of the property and casualty insurance for his family-owned foundry in Wisconsin that makes cast iron parts for tractors and other equipment to at least double when it’s up for renewal this fall. He’s been …

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 30, 2024

Florida’s insurance commissioner in early August noted that rate increases by property-casualty insurers in the state have slowed significantly since 2023 legislative reforms were enacted, with 12 carriers asking for a small decrease this year and another two dozen filing …

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

ISU Francis-Pinney Insurance Services evolved through several mergers, including All-Cal Insurance and the John A. Sacramento, California-based Inszone is an insurance brokerage firm that provides property/casualty insurance … Francis Agency.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Sompo, the Bermuda-based provider of commercial and consumer property/casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced the launch of a new national marine insurance proposition for the United Kingdom. Sompo’s Marine Cargo UK policy and its Transport & Logistics propositions are both designed …

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

A turnaround in the personal lines insurance segment results was a key driver of an overall $3.8 property/casualty insurance industry, according to a new report from AM Best. billion profit from underwriting for the U.S. Best’s Special Report, titled, “First …

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Losses from Hurricane Francine are expected to be manageable for property/casualty insurers, with major population centers sparred from the worst of the storm’s damage. Privately insured loss from Hurricane Francine are estimated to be close to $1.5 billion, catastrophe modeler …

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 20, 2024

Litigation that seeks to win Medicare reimbursements from insurance companies has become a huge business over the last decade, making one Miami lawyer a billionaire and causing expensive, ongoing legal headaches for property-casualty insurers. But the federal law that allows …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 6, 2024

AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) to “bbb+” (Good) from “a-” (Excellent) of Texas Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company and its affiliates, Farm …

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 23, 2024

OneDigital, an insurance brokerage, financial services and human resources firm based in Atlanta, has acquired Elite Insurance Solutions, a property-casualty insurance agency in Franklin, Tennessee, the company announced this week. Elite was founded in 2008 by Mike Stansbury and Randy …

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The property/casualty insurance industry and excess and surplus lines brokers in particular are at the world’s beck and call to help navigate what is an increasingly risky environment. The industry continues to respond as social, environmental, technological, political, legal, scientific …

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Insurance Journal

JULY 25, 2024

Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Co. cannot escape the long tail of asbestos, and must cover part of the litigation losses for an asbestos installation company that went out of business more than 30 years ago, the South Carolina Supreme …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Losses from Hurricane Francine are expected to be manageable for property/casualty insurers, with major population centers sparred from the worst of the storm’s damage. Privately insured loss from Hurricane Francine are estimated to be close to $1.5 billion, catastrophe modeler …

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

property/casualty insurance industry recorded a net underwriting gain of $3.7 billion and net income of $94.6 billion for the first-half of 2024, according to a new report. “After years of consistent losses, premium growth is helping the overall …

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Insurance Journal

JULY 31, 2024

AM Best revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” (Excellent) of Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Company and Stonetrust Premier Casualty Insurance Company. Stonetrust is …

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Insurance Journal

JULY 22, 2024

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) reported that it has saved consumers $98.3 million in annual auto, home and other property/casualty insurance premiums in the first six months of 2024 through its review of insurance company rate filings. The vast majority …

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Insurance Journal

JULY 25, 2024

Executives of two property/casualty insurance organizations—Kinsale Insurance and the U.S. P/C operations of Arch Capital—shared their recipes for success with an analyst who crowned their companies as performance leaders during a recent industry webinar. The short takes: We don’t outsource …

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

By Allen Laman Continuing worker shortages, the threat of nuclear verdicts in some geographical locations, and the implementation of new technology are all shaping the property/casualty insurance market for senior living facilities. Challenging areas for coverage can vary by location, …

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Insurance Journal

JULY 15, 2024

Favorable first-quarter economic and underwriting results for property/casualty insurance are in line with projections that the industry will see a small underwriting loss in 2024 and achieve profitability in 2025, according to a report from the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) …

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired Wade Associates, an independent agency with offices in North Carolina. Wade has specialized in property/casualty insurance for construction, manufacturing, health care and technology sectors, Hub said in … Hub International Ltd.,

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Insurance Journal

JULY 14, 2024

By Chad Hemenway Independent agents placed more than 62% of all property/casualty insurance written in the U.S., according to the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”). The association’s 2024 Market Share Report said independent agents have …

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Insurance Journal

JULY 14, 2024

property/casualty insurers posted a net combined ratio of 94 — the best since first-quarter 2007. By Susanne Sclafane Even though direct loss ratios for commercial auto and other liability lines rose in first-quarter 2024, across all lines U.S. Translating to …

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Note: This guest blog is by Frank Lombard, CPCU, ARM, an independent property/casualty insurance advisor. Not a day passes without reading something about double-digit increases in the cost of home insurance. The insurance industry claims the increases are a result of inflation, climate change, and consumers filing more claims.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Grange Insurance Company announced that Cheryl McRae Lebens has been named the company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2025, following Terri Brown’s planned retirement at the end of the year. Brown’s career in the property and casualty Insurance industry …

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

NFP acquired Scott Litman Insurance Agency in Calabasas, California. SLIA offers property/casualty insurance to clients with a … Scott Litman, president of SLIA, will join NFP as a senior vice president and report to Ed Kurowski, managing director, West region P&C.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 14, 2024

The commercial auto insurance segment maintained its place as a weaker-performing U.S. property/casualty insurance product line in 2023. Despite successive periods of pricing and underwriting actions, commercial auto has generated a statutory combined ratio above 100 in 12 of the …

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Insurance Journal

JULY 14, 2024

The economy and the property/casualty insurance industry are inextricably linked together, said Stephen Cooper, … By Jahna Jacobson Inflation is cooling, employment growth is normalizing and the workers’ compensation outlook is good, according to a national economist specializing in workers’ compensation.

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

AUGUST 21, 2024

Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, 1 is a case decided last week involving vacancy clauses often found in property insurance policies, the impact of forfeiture clauses, and how those clauses can be waived. Sinjel, L.L.C.

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The Property Insurance Law Observer

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In the recent decision Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. The court emphasized that under both the insurance policy’s plain language and Florida Statute §627.7011(3)(a), payment of replacement cost value is contingent upon the actual completion of repairs.

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Unitas Financial Services

JULY 18, 2022

But what impact does record-breaking inflation have on the cost of a property and casualty insurance policy? Consumers are feeling the pain at the pump, the grocery, and when shopping for virtually any good or service.

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Frankenmuth Insurance

JUNE 20, 2024

These high ratings represent Best’s assessment of Frankenmuth Insurance Company and its property and casualty insurance subsidiaries: Ansur America Insurance Company, ASure Worldwide Insurance Company, Fortuity Insurance Company, and Patriot Insurance Company.

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Triple-I: Homeowners Insurance

OCTOBER 10, 2024

property and casualty insurance industry experienced better-than-expected economic and underwriting results in the first half of 2024, according to the latest forecasting report by Triple-I and Milliman. The report was released during a members-only webinar on Oct. The industry’s estimated net combined ratio of 99.4 represented a 2.3-points

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The Property Insurance Law Observer

AUGUST 22, 2024

Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. , 2009) (noting that the collapse provision is ambiguous, but the “clear modern trend” is to hold that collapse coverage provisions provide coverage if there is substantial impairment of the structural integrity of any part of the building); Jemiola Trustee of Edith R. Jemiola Living Trust v.

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Triple-I: Homeowners Insurance

MAY 8, 2024

Legislative reforms put in place in 2022 and early 2023 to address legal system abuse and assignment-of-benefits claim fraud in Florida are beginning to help the state’s property/casualty insurance market recover from its crisis of recent years, according to a new Triple-I Issues Brief.

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