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Learning to Time Travel: Why Insurers Should Embrace Both the Future and the Past

Oct 17 2022 // The first insurance company in the U.S., The Friendly Society, was established in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1735, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s insurance handbook, meaning the industry is...

Oldest Black-Owned Insurance Company Goes Quietly into Liquidation

Oct 14 2022 // After more than 120 years, the oldest black-owned insurance company in the United States has all but come to an end, and will soon be liquidated.North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co., which began in 1898 and whose...

Australian Health Insurer Medibank Reports Cyber Incident

Oct 13 2022 // Australian health insurer Medibank Private said on Thursday it will isolate and remove access to some customer-facing systems as it detected unusual activity on its network.The company said it took “immediate steps...

Top U.S. Homeowners Insurers Minimally Exposed to Losses from Ian: Moody’s

Oct 12 2022 // A report from Moody’s Investors Service clearly paints Ian as a loss event for Florida-only home insurers since large, national insurers have significantly reduced exposure in the Sunshine State throughout the...

AM Best: Trouble Around the Bend for Commercial Auto Insurers After Good 2021?

Oct 12 2022 // For the first time in many years the commercial auto insurance segment enjoyed a combined ratio below 100 in 2021, but increased claim frequency and severity in 2022 point to a U-turn in financial results.According to AM...

Learning to Time Travel: Why Insurers Should Embrace Both the Future and the Past

Oct 12 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvThe first insurance company in the U.S., The Friendly Society, was established in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1735, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s insurance...

Lloyd’s Re/Insurer MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd. Promotes Carrier to CEO

Oct 11 2022 // MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd. (MS AUL), the Lloyd’s re/insurer, announced the appointment of Andrew Carrier as chief executive officer.Carrier, currently MS AUL’s chief underwriting officer (CUO), will take up the...

Insurers’ Claims Investigation Work Product Protected After Alabama High Court Ruling

Oct 11 2022 // A company cannot be compelled to turn over its risk management work product that may include attorney-client information and claims investigators’ opinions, the Alabama Supreme Court decided.The case involved the...

Comp Insurer Antum Risk to Study Hospital Violence in South Carolina

Oct 7 2022 // The South Carolina Hospital Association plans to use data to address the growing issue of workplace violence, an effort that could ultimately affect workers’ compensation claim frequency and severity.The association...

An End of an Era: AB 5 and What It Means for Motor Carriers and Their Independent Contractors

Oct 7 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. For the last two-and-a-half years the entire nation has been tracking California Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), which changed the definition of who is considered an...

UK Market Turmoil Threatens Plans for Post-Brexit Reforms for Insurers

Oct 6 2022 // Reforming European Union insurance rules to release billions of pounds of capital is a key part of the UK government’s program to boost the economy. The market turmoil unleashed by the mini-budget may make such...

Climate Activists Ask Insurers to Withhold Cover for Giant Australian LNG Project

Oct 5 2022 // Climate NGOs are calling on insurers to withhold coverage for a giant LNG project and hold firm to their net zero ambitions.Reclaim Finance and other organizations have sent letters to global insurers, including AXA SA,...

Illinois Court: Insurers Cannot Exclude UIM Coverage for Bicyclists and Pedestrians

Oct 5 2022 // Auto insurance carriers must pay uninsured motorist benefits to insureds who are injured by motor vehicles while walking or bicycling, even if their policies explicitly provide coverage only to occupants of insured...

California Tells Auto Insurers to Disclose Pandemic Profits

Oct 4 2022 // California’s insurance commissioner ordered nearly 50 auto insurers to provide detailed information about their claim costs during the pandemic, his latest attempt to compensate consumers he says were overcharged as...

Insurer Off the Hook in Defending Western Union Against Terrorist Financing Suit

Sep 30 2022 // An insurer’s war and financial services exclusions relieve it of having to provide coverage for an insured being sued for allegedly aiding international terrorists responsible for the crash of Malaysia Airlines...

Hurricane Ian Losses Up to $47B in Florida, Sinking More Insurers, CoreLogic Calculates

Sep 30 2022 // Wind and storm-surge losses from Hurricane Ian could reach as $47 billion in Florida alone, a figure made larger by inflation and rising interest rates, the property analytics firm CoreLogic said in a new...

Connecticut Regulates ‘Defense Within Limits’ Provisions by Insurers

Sep 29 2022 // Connecticut’s insurance regulator has provided commercial insurers with updated guidance on “defense within limits” policy provisions including the lines of insurance on which they may be included and the...

Insurers Ask Court in New York to Seize, Sell Vessel to Pay $39M in Cargo Losses

Sep 29 2022 // More than 30 insurers that have paid an estimated $39 million in lost cargo claims, along with cargo owners without insurance, have asked the courts to seize and sell the Japanese vessel ONE Apus to cover their claims.The...

Insurers Should Be Ready for Global Average Disaster Losses of $123 Billion: Verisk

Sep 29 2022 // The global insurance industry should be prepared for insured losses from natural catastrophes well in excess of $100 billion every year, according to the 2022 Global Modeled Catastrophe Losses Report from Verisk Extreme...

UK Insurers, Banks Told to Do More to Help Customers Struggling With Cost of Living

Sep 29 2022 // Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) told banks and insurers on Thursday to do more to help customers struggling with a cost of living crisis as it investigates 40 banks for dragging their feet.Interest rates...