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UK Motor Insurer Direct Line to Cut 550 Jobs in Turnaround Bid

Nov 12 2024 // Direct Line Insurance Group Plc, the UK insurer that rejected a takeover attempt by Belgian rival Ageas SA earlier this year, is set to cut about 550 jobs as part of a turnaround plan aimed at saving £50 million ($64...

Malaysia’s Top Bank Is Said to Weigh Options for Insurer Etiqa

Nov 12 2024 // Malayan Banking Bhd. is considering options including buying out Ageas SA’s minority stake in Etiqa as Malaysia’s biggest lender seeks to boost the value of the Southeast Asian insurer, according to people with...

Spain’s Devastating Floods Will Cost Insurers Over $3.8 Billion

Nov 8 2024 // The floods that devastated the Spanish region of Valencia at the end of last month are expected to trigger total insurance losses in excess of €3.5 billion ($3.8 billion), Moody’s said citing official...

CITA Insurance Services and Ascot Insurance Company announce nationwide real estate agents and brokers errors & omissions program

Nov 7 2024 // ORANGE, CA, November 6, 2024 – CITA Insurance Services and Ascot Insurance Company (Ascot) have partnered to deliver a new real estate agents and brokers error & omissions (E&O) program nationwide.This admitted...

Spain’s Floods to Cost Insurers More Than €1 Billion: Morningstar DBRS

Nov 4 2024 // Southern Spain’s devastating floods are expected to cost insurers well above €1 billion ($1.1 billion), given the significant damage to people, properties, vehicles and businesses as well as to the region’s...

NC Insurers Warned About Using Flood Denials in Underwriting

Nov 4 2024 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is reminding property insurers to refrain from raising homeowners’ premiums just because an insured filed a claim or inquiry in order to qualify for flood insurance...

KBRA Says Florida Insurers Will Weather the Storms; Cat Fund Can Handle Payouts

Nov 1 2024 // Florida’s Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, a state-created layer of reinsurance, expects to pay out about $4.6 billion to help cover insurers’ losses in Hurricanes Helene and Milton. But that won’t trigger a...

Bain-Backed Motor Insurer Esure Draws Interest from Aviva, Allianz

Nov 1 2024 // Aviva Plc and Allianz SE are among potential bidders for Britain’s home and motor insurance firm Esure Group Plc, according to people familiar with the matter.Sampo Oyj, which owns British general insurer Hastings...

Insurer Not Liable if Bank Improperly Cashes Insurance Check, Appeals Court Finds

Nov 1 2024 // Insurance carriers are not responsible if a bank improperly cashes a check made out to two insureds and gives the proceeds to only one of them, a federal appeals court decided this week.The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of...

Online Insurer Waterdrop Mulls Secondary Listing in Hong Kong

Oct 31 2024 // US-listed Waterdrop Inc. is looking at a secondary listing in Hong Kong as it seeks to expand its insurance business in the financial hub, according to Chief Executive Officer Shen Peng.The online insurance broker, which...

People Moves: Novatae Risk Group Hires Catrabone as Carrier Relations VP

Oct 28 2024 // Novatae Risk Group, headquartered in Dallas, named John Catrabone as vice president of carrier relations. Based in Ohio, Catrabone comes to Novatae with more than 30 years of experience in various insurance industry...

Title Insurer Settles Kickback Charges With District for $500K

Oct 25 2024 // District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb reported that Universal Title will pay $500,000 after an investigation by his office found that the company was engaged in an illegal title insurance kickback...

S&P Reveals Top 50 Largest P/C Insurers

Oct 25 2024 // As the third-fastest growing company on a list of the world’s top 50 largest insurers, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. continued to rank No. 1, according to research S&P Global Market...

Australia Sues Insurer QBE Over Pricing Discounts, Shares Slip

Oct 23 2024 // Australia’s corporate regulator is taking QBE to court, alleging that the country’s biggest insurer by gross written premiums misled more than half a million customers about discounts on various products during...

Top 5 Challenges Faced by MGAs in Managing Multi-Carrier Processes and How to Overcome Them

Oct 23 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys.Managing multi-carrier processes presents significant challenges for Managing General Agents (MGAs). With increasing complexity in the insurance landscape, MGAs must...

7 Ways Carriers Can Leverage Compliance Data for Business Opportunities

Oct 22 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.Historically, carriers have been inclined to treat compliance as a series of necessary checklist items to perform. But by shifting your mindset to see compliance as a...

90% of Insurers Have GenAI Budgets; 10% Can Fully Comply With AI Regs

Oct 21 2024 // Data and technology leaders at insurance organizations are gung ho about using GenAI to increase customers satisfaction, reduce operating costs and improve risk management, but few are fully ready to comply with...

Agents More ‘Satisfied’ with Commercial Insurers

Oct 21 2024 // Overall agent satisfaction with insurers of both personal lines and commercial lines has held strong despite a challenging underwriting environment, says a new J.D. Power study, with commercial lines satisfaction reaching...

Why Homeowners Insurers Are Unprofitable and What to Do About It: Aon

Oct 21 2024 // A new report from insurance broker Aon reveals that the prospective return on equity (ROE) for diversified homeowners insurance carriers decreased by 100 basis points to 5.0% from last year’s ROE, despite carriers...

Court Finds Ambiguity But No Bad Faith by Insurer in Bible App Data Claim

Oct 17 2024 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has let stand a state appeals court ruling that tackled for the first time what is meant by “your computers” under electronic data coverage in a commercial property policy.The...