All the headlines from our Carriers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 1 2022 // Florida property insurers have another cost increase to manage after the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund was approved for a premium increase.The fund’s governing body, the State Board of Administration, this month...
Jun 30 2022 // Marsh announced today several enhancements to directors and officers liability (D&O) insurance offerings that could enable more clients to benefit from superior environmental, social, and governance (ESG)...
Jun 30 2022 // Total insurer combined losses and expenses incurred in 2021 were $13.1 billion, or 96% of calendar year premium, compared with $12 billion in 2020, according to a report released today. The Workers’ Compensation...
Jun 30 2022 // Insurers and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester have agreed on a schedule for discovery and a bankruptcy court trial regarding a proposed $147 million settlement to cover sex abuse claims against the church. The...
Jun 30 2022 // EU antitrust enforcers accepted on Thursday an offer from Irish insurers’ association Insurance Ireland to open up its data sharing platform to non-members and apply fair criteria to access it aimed at averting a...
Jun 30 2022 // Turkey’s insurance association is in talks with the country’s Treasury on a potential inflation-indexed bond issue, the group’s head told Reuters, as insurers seek a new mechanism to protect their capital...
Jun 30 2022 // New Mexico Superintendent of Insurance Russell Toal and American Property Casualty Insurance Association President and CEO David A. Sampson are urging Congress to act quickly to pass the Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance...
Jun 29 2022 // In the annals of how the pandemic changed things, toss in a positive tale from insurer CSAA Insurance Group.Walnut Creek, California-based CSAA, a AAA Insurer, offers automobile, homeowners and other personal lines of...
Jun 29 2022 // A Florida accident victim gets a second chance to compel an auto insurer to pay a $12.7 million judgment after the insurer failed to respond to a $10,000 settlement offer, a federal appellate court ruled Tuesday.A divided...
Jun 29 2022 // A unit of Carlyle International Energy Partners LP has assumed the full risks of operating a new gas field in the Romanian waters of the Black Sea as insurers shun the zone because of its proximity to the war in...
Jun 29 2022 // Insurtechs bent on disrupting the insurance industry haven’t succeeded so far, but a future wave of insurtechs might emerge to accomplish a similar goal, carrier executives said recently.Speaking at the 38th Annual...
Jun 29 2022 // Florida insurers may have another weapon in the war over assignments of benefits in insurance claims, thanks to an appeals court ruling that went against one of the insurance industry’s most visible and active...
Jun 28 2022 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “bbb+” (Good) from “a-” (Excellent) of the insurers that operate...
Jun 28 2022 // The insurer for a security firm for a Rhode Island nightclub where shootings and stabbings took place on October 17, 2021 is asking a court to declare it has no duty to defend the security firm.Persons injured in the...
Jun 28 2022 // Taiwan’s financial regulator said on Tuesday that seven Taiwanese insurance companies have not received interest due on May 27 on Russian Eurobonds after a grace period ended on Sunday evening.Russia defaulted on its...
Jun 28 2022 // UK home insurer Policy Expert’s owner is considering a potential sale that could raise as much as £1 billion ($1.2 billion), people with knowledge of the matter said.Investment firm Primary Group Ltd. is working...
Jun 27 2022 // The medical profession in New Hampshire is accusing the insurance industry of using “junk science” in justifying its denials of Covid-related business insurance claims.In an amicus brief in a case between a...
Jun 27 2022 // Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group named Steve Kreuger as senior vice president, carrier partnerships. Kreuger will be responsible for creating and maintaining all employee benefits carrier partnerships at Alera...
Jun 24 2022 // An independent insurance agency in Millinocket, Maine has lost three of its carrier partners and continues to face backlash on social media and in its community after posting a racially-charged sign on its door on Monday,...
Jun 24 2022 // Insurtechs and insurance companies are “breaking down the wall” that stood between them as competitors in favor of working together to tackle dynamic cyber risk.“We’re all trying to solve the same...