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Markets/Coverages: Connecticut Opens Door to Real Estate Insurer Honeycomb

Feb 20 2024 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has given Honeycomb Insurance approval to write policies statewide.Honeycomb offers customizable insurance coverage for apartment complexes, condominium associations, and single-family...

Uber Sues Drivers’ Insurer Alleging Its Claims Practices Have Fueled Tort Litigation

Feb 20 2024 // Uber Technologies last Friday sued its drivers’ auto insurer for defense and indemnification regarding multiple lawsuits that are seeking to hold Uber vicariously liable for accidents involving some of its drivers in...

More P/C Carriers With Less Surplus: Aon Ward Analysis

Feb 19 2024 // As we continue into 2024, many property/casualty companies are primed to grow their businesses, but not all have adequate levels of surplus to support premium growth, an Aon Ward executive said during a December 2023...

New York’s High Court Backs Insurer’s Denial of COVID-19 Business Interruption Claim

Feb 16 2024 // New York state’s highest court has affirmed that there must be direct physical loss or damage, not just presence of a virus, to trigger coverage under a commercial property policy for COVID-19 business interruption...

Georgia Senate Approves End to Direct-Action Suits vs. Truck Insurers

Feb 15 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia senators are moving to limit the ability of people to sue insurance companies directly in lawsuits over trucking accidents.The Senate voted 46-2 on Tuesday to pass Senate Bill 426, sending it the...

Banks, Insurers Ordered to Report Sexism and Bullying Cases in Britain

Feb 15 2024 // Britain’s markets watchdog has ordered more than 1,000 banks, insurers and brokerages to report how many sexual harassment, discrimination and other non-financial misconduct cases they have recorded since 2021 and...

FWD Mulls Options for $10 Billion Insurer After IPO Delay, Sources Say

Feb 15 2024 // FWD Group Holdings Ltd., the Asian insurer controlled by billionaire Richard Li, is considering options including a potential stake sale after delaying a planned initial public offering, according to people familiar with...

Canadian Insurer Fairfax Denies Allegations of Asset Value Manipulation

Feb 13 2024 // Fairfax Financial on Monday denied allegations by Muddy Waters Research that the Canadian insurer was manipulating asset values, saying the short-seller’s report was “false and misleading.”The detailed...

Some Insurers Suspend Sales of Car Policies After UK Watchdog Again Intervenes

Feb 9 2024 // Britain’s financial watchdog said on Friday several insurers have agreed to suspend sales of policies that cover the depreciation of cars after it said it was worried the deals did not offer value for money.The...

Muddy Waters Shorts Canada Insurer Fairfax Financial, Alleging Asset Value Manipulation

Feb 8 2024 // Short seller Muddy Waters has placed bets against the shares of Canadian insurer Fairfax Financial alleging manipulation in its asset values. Shares of the property and casualty insurer sank 12% on Thursday, and set for...

Florida Specialty Insurer Fortegra Shelves IPO Plans at the Last Hour

Feb 7 2024 // Jacksonville-based specialty insurer Fortegra Group has withdrawn its plans for an initial public offering in the United States, just hours before the IPO and nearly three years after the company scrapped its earlier...

West Coast Insurers Warned of Billions in Losses Over Climate-Linked Investments

Feb 6 2024 // A new report warns insurance companies could face billions of dollars in losses if they stay on the current course of investments that contribute to climate change, at “a scale exceeding some of the worst wildfires...

Lex Greensill’s Fraud Means Zurich Can’t Payout $400 Million, Insurer Argues

Feb 6 2024 // Lex Greensill’s fraud and “conspiracy” with commodities tycoon Sanjeev Gupta should prevent the financier’s collapsed bank from making a $400 million claim, Zurich Insurance Group said in a London...

Report: Top AI Trends for Insurers in 2024 Include Claims, Other Insurance Processes

Feb 5 2024 // Insurers are prepared for artificial intelligence to move beyond task automation and machine learning to advanced uses in 2024, a new report examining the industry and how it’s using AI shows.The report from...

10 Largest Auto Insurers Each Raised Rates by Double Digits in 2023

Feb 5 2024 // According to S&P Global Market Intelligence’s RateWatch, Farmers Insurance instituted double-digit rate increases in 43 states in 2023 for a weighted average rate increase of 17.6% — and its private-auto...

Survey: Carrier Connectivity Top of Mind for Agents

Feb 5 2024 // Agents continue to favor carriers and MGAs that offer automation, ranking ease of doing business and time savings at the top of the list of value they get from connectivity, according to a newly released survey by...

California’s Homeowners Insurance Shift: Population, Inflation and Admitted Insurer Exits

Feb 5 2024 // The excess and surplus lines homeowners insurance market in California has undergone significant changes in recent years.The number of policies has changed substantially in over the last decade — first increasing,...

Move to End Georgia’s Direct-Action Lawsuits vs. Trucking Insurers Gaining Steam

Jan 31 2024 // This year could be the year that Georgia joins most other states and repeals its direct-action law that has reportedly caused severe problems for trucking companies needing liability insurance.Several Georgia Republican...

Appeals Court Rules Insurers Not Obligated to Defend Opioid Distributor McKesson

Jan 31 2024 // The role drug distributor McKesson Corp. had in the opioid crisis was no accident, meaning the company is not entitled to defense costs related to litigation against it.McKesson Corp. appealed a district court’s...

Banks, Insurers Set to Lose Reprieve From EU’s Toughest ESG Rule

Jan 30 2024 // Financial firms in the European Union look set to be hit by a new ESG requirement that they lobbied hard to avoid.The European Parliament and the European Council are moving toward an agreement that banks, asset managers...