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Scope of EU Ban on Russian Coal and Fertilizers Jolts Insurers

Aug 15 2022 // The European Union jolted insurers and shippers by clarifying that a ban on EU entities servicing exports of Russian coal and some fertilizers applies to shipments anywhere in the world.An EU ban on imports of Russian coal...

The Continued Importance of Trust Monies, Correct Accounting, and Doing Business with Stable Insurance Companies

Aug 15 2022 // There was some recent news that the Florida Department of Insurance (DOI) is requiring all agencies to return to the state all of their unearned commissions if they did business with a particular carrier that the DOI had...

Louisiana Insurers Have Paid $13.1B on Ida Claims

Aug 15 2022 // Louisiana insurers have paid or reserved to pay $13.1 billion on Hurricane Ida claims through June 30, 2022, the state’s department of insurance announced in early August.Policyholders had filed 460,709 claims of all...

Dutch Insurer NN Group’s H1 Profit Slips on Impact of Storm Claims

Aug 12 2022 // NN Group’s core profit fell 12.1% year-on-year in the first half of 2022, the Dutch insurer said on Thursday, citing the impact of weather events and the sale of its asset management arm.Operating profit came in at...

Flexibility Is Key for Insurers Managing Inflationary Challenges

Aug 12 2022 // Inflation likely won’t subside anytime soon, and insurers will need to be proactive and flexible if they want to stay on top of the challenges, said Keith Buckley, managing director of Fitch Ratings’ global...

Officers Exempt from Workers’ Comp But Some Carriers Charging Anyway?

Aug 12 2022 // Tradespeople who call themselves and their workers “independent contractors” have long been an issue for the workers’ compensation industry, often cutting carriers out of premium and leaving injured...

Dissatisfied Claimants Put Carriers at Risk of Losing $170B in Premiums: Accenture

Aug 11 2022 // A research report published last week found that one-third of claimants were not fully satisfied with their most recent insurance claims experience, adding that speed of settlement is a clear pain point for...

Runoff Specialist RiverStone Buying Vermont Captive Insurer Western P&C

Aug 11 2022 // RiverStone, the U.S. insurance runoff specialist of the Fairfax insurance group, announced a tentative agreement to acquire Western Property & Casualty Insurance Co. to be effective this month.The shareholders of...

UK Insurer Aviva Posts 14% Rise in H1 Operating Profit

Aug 11 2022 // Aviva plans to return more cash to shareholders, the British insurer said as it posted a better-than-expected 14% rise in first-half operating profit, sending its shares to the top of the FTSE 100 gainers on...

Tennessee Launches its Own Captive Insurance Company for Cyber, Property

Aug 10 2022 // Tennessee regulators, who for years have touted the state as a comfortable home for captive insurance companies, have announced that the state government has created its own captive.The state is self-insured for property...

Insurers Get Safety Assurances for Ships Exporting Ukraine Grain Through Black Sea

Aug 9 2022 // Ships exporting Ukraine grain through the Black Sea will be protected by a 10 nautical mile buffer zone, according to long-awaited procedures agreed by Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations on Monday and seen by...

Phone Call With Insurer Does Not Void Insured’s Prior Rejection of Coverage

Aug 8 2022 // A motorcycle driver’s signed waiver of underinsured motorists coverage in 2004 was still in effect 15 years later when he was in a tragic crash despite a phone conversation he had in 2014 with a representative for...

Insurtech Startup Quotech Announces £1 Million Investment Led by Re/insurer Convex

Aug 8 2022 // Quotech, the insurtech that creates data-taming systems for specialty insurers, brokers, and MGAs, has raised £1 million from a number of angel investors and Convex Group Ltd., the international specialty insurer and...

Catch 2022: Law Requires Fla. Insurers to Report Plaintiff Legal Fees, But Data Not There

Aug 8 2022 // At a recent workshop held by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, a claims specialist for USAA summed up the conundrum that property insurers are about to face when asked to report the other side’s legal fees...

UK’s Solvency II Reforms Could Open Door to Share-Buyback Bonanza for Insurers

Aug 5 2022 // Insurers would potentially be able to use billions of pounds of expected gains from a relaxation of capital rules for share buybacks and to pay dividends, under plans by both candidates to succeed Boris Johnson as UK prime...

Louisiana Insurers Have Paid $13.1 Billion on Ida Claims

Aug 4 2022 // Louisiana insurers have paid or reserved to pay $13.1 billion on Hurricane Ida claims through June 30, 2022, the state’s department of insurance announced this week.Policyholders have filed 460,709 claims of all...

UK Insurer Aviva Builds Private Client Business With Azur Acquisition

Aug 4 2022 // UK Insurer Aviva has agreed to sign a binding agreement with the specialist managing general agent Azur Underwriting Ltd., to acquire its high-net-worth personal lines business in the UK and Ireland.Financial details of...

Viewpoint: Regulatory Interest in Big Data, AI More Than a Carrier Problem

Aug 4 2022 // The California Insurance Commissioner and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) recently issued a bulletin regarding industry bias and discrimination. The bulletin acknowledged allegations of bias and discrimination...

Weston Insurance Becomes Fifth Florida Insurer to Go Insolvent This Year

Aug 4 2022 // Weston Property & Casualty Insurance Co. is insolvent and should be placed into receivership, making it the fifth Florida property insurer this year to be dissolved, according to state regulators.The Florida Office of...

How Should Insurers Be Thinking About Digital Privacy Post-Roe v. Wade?

Aug 3 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvThe U.S. Supreme Court’s June overturning of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision protecting women’s constitutional right to an abortion has brought with it reports of growing digital...