All the headlines from our Carriers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 28 2021 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association said it insurers will following the law where it concerns Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s emergency regulation banning the use of credit-based...
Apr 28 2021 // The world’s banks, asset managers and insurers should provide more information to investors about the greenhouse gas emissions from the activities they finance, a group that tracks emissions data said on...
Apr 27 2021 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is reminding insurance companies of the May 6 deadline to file rating plans that comply with his emergency rule to temporarily prohibit the use of consumers’ credit...
Apr 26 2021 // The head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said on Monday he hoped talks would soon yield an agreement with the owner and insurer of a giant container ship which is still being detained since it blocked the waterway for...
Apr 26 2021 // Insurer groups expressed disappointment over a judge’s ruling denying an industry request to halt an emergency rule that temporarily bans the use of insurance credit scoring in Washington.The Independent Insurance...
Apr 23 2021 // LONDON – UK Club, an insurer of the Ever Given cargo ship which ran aground in the Suez Canal in March, said on Friday it had filed an appeal in an Egyptian court over the detention of the vessel by authorities.The Ever...
Apr 22 2021 // A case pitting several insurer groups against Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is set to be heard on Friday morning.The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Washington, the Professional Insurance...
Apr 22 2021 // There may be many more carriers and brokers waiting on the sidelines of the insuring cannabis sector to get in than most may realize.That was among the messages delivered by experts during Insurance Journal’s webinar...
Apr 22 2021 // LONDON — Insurers want to put more money into private equity this year while scaling back on hedge funds, a survey by Goldman Sachs Asset Management showed on Wednesday.Private equity was the most-favored asset class...
Apr 22 2021 // Insurers want to put more money into private equity this year while scaling back on hedge funds, a survey by Goldman Sachs Asset Management showed on Wednesday.Private equity was the most-favored asset class for insurers...
Apr 21 2021 // U.S. property/casualty insurers returned nearly $13 billion in premiums to policyholders in 2020 to reflect reduced exposures from the COVID-19 pandemic.Auto insurers returned premium in the greatest numbers, though...
Apr 21 2021 // A Long Island, New York-based petroleum barge company and three former and current management officials have paid $375,000 in restitution to the brother of one of two seamen killed in a barge explosion off the coast of...
Apr 21 2021 // LONDON – Britain’s goal to be a leader in adopting self-driving cars could backfire unless automakers and government regulators spell out the current limitations of the technology, insurance companies warn.Insurers...
Apr 20 2021 // An insurance company for the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will pay $8 million to a Black motorist who was paralyzed after a white police officer shot him during a 2016 traffic stop, both sides announced on April 19.The...
Apr 20 2021 // A suburban Atlanta barbecue restaurant owner will get $1.7 million to settle a federal lawsuit claiming he was harassed by government officials and employees.The city of Stockbridge’s insurer will pay the money to...
Apr 20 2021 // Carriers are starting to report their pretax catastrophe loss estimates for the 2021 first quarter, and the numbers are significant. Below are preliminary numbers from Allstate, Arch, AXIS, and The Hanover.*** The Allstate...
Apr 20 2021 // Cyber insurance underwriters are reporting substantially higher claims losses in 2020 than in prior years and as a result face increasing profit pressure.insurers will have to achieve both significant premium rate...
Apr 19 2021 // As of late March, Texas policyholders had filed 386,108 property and auto insurance claims related to the winter storm that blanketed the state in mid-February.That number reflects preliminary results from a data call...
Apr 19 2021 // Commercial auto insurer Lancer Insurance Co. has agreed to merge with another specialty insurer, Core Specialty, where it will operate under its own brand name as Core Specialty’s ninth specialty property/casualty...
Apr 19 2021 // The environment for many of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurers lines remains competitive despite the need for rate increases for key commercial lines of coverage such as property catastrophe, commercial automobile,...