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Insurer Jumped Gun with Appeal on CBD Plant Fire Claim, Appeals Court Finds

Apr 22 2022 // Insurance company officials and attorneys have been known to complain when policyholders file suit before the parties have had a chance to settle a claim.In West Virginia, it was the insurer, Kinsale Insurance Co., that...

Aspen Becomes 17th Insurer to Stop Insuring Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline

Apr 21 2022 // Lloyd’s of London syndicate Aspen Insurance has decided to cut ties with the existing Trans Mountain pipeline when its current insurance policy expires this summer, according to the climate activist group, Coal...

AM Best Withdraws Credit Ratings of Old Glory Insurance Company

Apr 21 2022 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb” (Good) of Old Glory Insurance Company, based in...

Innovation Boosts Carrier Top Lines: AM Best

Apr 20 2022 // Insurers with well-developed innovation initiatives have much higher levels of top-line growth than those who lag behind on the innovation curve, AM Best reported last month.In a special report titled “Insurers...

Carrier and Agency Duties Under the DOL Fiduciary Rule

Apr 20 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The insurance industry thrives on rewarding top-selling agents, but the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) fiduciary rule says traditional sales incentives tied...

Insurer Travelers’ Profit Beats on Lower Catastrophe Losses

Apr 19 2022 // Property and casualty insurer Travelers Companies Inc. reported a 48% jump in quarterly profit that beat analysts’ estimates on Tuesday, as lower catastrophe-related claims cushioned a hit from investment losses.The...

California Insurance Commissioner Launches Report and Site Outlining Insurer Fossil Fuel Investments

Apr 18 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday issued a new report and webpage detailing insurer investments in fossil fuels.The report is a study of fossil fuel investments by insurers, identifying insurance...

Louisiana Proposes Fines Against 5 Insurers for Alleged Improper Activity After 2020 Storms

Apr 18 2022 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has proposed fining five homeowners insurance companies a combined $764,750 following targeted market conduct examinations of their insurance activities between August 27, 2020,...

Producer and Carrier Contracts: An Agent’s Lifeblood, But Will Your Contracts Save You?

Apr 18 2022 // The world is a different place today. In days gone by, agents focused on protecting their expiration rights from carriers and producers stealing their books of business. From many angles, those were the halcyon...

Carolina Supreme Court Says Insurers Owe in Aging Fertilizer Pollution Case

Apr 14 2022 // The carriers that insured a Charleston fertilizer plant more than 30 years ago are liable for contamination at the site even though the former property owner who bought the policies did not ask their permission to transfer...

Dog-Related Claims Cost U.S. Home Insurers Nearly $900M in 2021

Apr 14 2022 // Dog bites and other dog-related injuries accounted for more than one-third of all homeowners liability claim dollars paid out in 2021, costing $881 million, according to an analysis by the Insurance Information Institute...

Fifth Circuit: Insurer Can’t Escape Coverage in Fatal Unloading Accident

Apr 12 2022 // An insurer can’t evade its duty to defend a Texas construction company sued over the death of a truck driver on its premises, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in an April 4 decision.Tarango...

Hong Kong-Based Digital Assets’ Insurer Weighs SPAC, Partners With Munich Re

Apr 12 2022 // OneDegree, a Hong Kong-based insurer of digital assets, has been approached by investment banks about going public through a blank-check company, its co-founder said.The firm, one of four with a so-called virtual insurer...

New Lloyd’s Insurer Inigo Issues Inaugural Catastrophe Bond

Apr 8 2022 // Inigo Ltd., the new Lloyd’s insurer, has entered the catastrophe bond market for the first time, less than 18 months after the firm began writing its portfolio of specialty insurance and reinsurance.Montoya Re,...

Trudeau Hits Canadian Insurers and Banks With Billions in Extra Taxes

Apr 8 2022 // Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is imposing a one-time windfall levy on Canada’s major banks and permanently increasing their income tax rate, fulfilling an election promise that has raised the ire of the...

Insurers Found Liable for $101M Payment into Lead Paint Abatement Fund

Apr 7 2022 // Taking a calculated risk by selling a hazardous product isn’t the same as intentionally causing harm. For that reason, insurers must cover a court judgment that requires the company that sold Dutch Boy lead paint to...

Louisiana Church Sues Insurer For Alleged Inadequate Storm Damage Coverage

Apr 6 2022 // A Louisiana church has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that its insurer failed to adequately cover millions of dollars in property damage resulting from two devastating weather events last year, including Hurricane...

Global Insurers Want to Increase Private Equity Investments, as Inflation Hits Portfolios

Apr 5 2022 // Insurers want to put more money into private equity this year as they contend with rising inflation and its effects on monetary policy, a survey by Goldman Sachs Asset Management showed on Monday.More than 40% of insurers...

Goldman Poll Finds Insurers Expect a U.S. Recession

Apr 4 2022 // Insurance executives who oversee more than $13 trillion in assets expect the U.S. to enter a recession in the near future, according to an annual survey conducted by Goldman Sachs Group Inc.Of 328 chief investment officers...

Japanese Insurer Tokio Marine Says Greensill Obtained Policies Fraudulently

Apr 4 2022 // Companies linked to insolvent British financier Lex Greensill obtained insurance fraudulently, insurer Tokio Marine said on Monday, adding it did not plan to pay out on the policies and would “vigorously...