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Fitch: US P/C Insurers Hold at Neutral for 2025

Dec 12 2024 // U.S. property/casualty insurers are positioned favorably heading into 2025, Fitch Ratings forecasted in its annual outlook report.Citing “a strong personal lines turnaround” and “resiliency following an...

Uber Warns NYC Response to Insolvent Taxi Insurer Exposes Drivers

Dec 11 2024 // Uber Technologies Inc. is asking New York City’s taxi regulator to reconsider proposed changes to commercial auto insurance requirements, saying they may unintentionally leave thousands of drivers in one of the...

Large UK Insurers to Report Daily Cash Positions During Crises Under New Proposals

Dec 11 2024 // Large British life insurers would need to report their liquidity positions daily during market crises under new rules proposed on Wednesday by the Prudential Regulation Authority, after it identified information gaps...

Insurers’ Climate Losses Almost Match Premiums From Fossil Fuels

Dec 10 2024 // Top insurance companies suffered $10.6 billion of climate-attributed losses this year, just shy of the $11.3 billion of direct premiums they underwrote for commercial fossil-fuel clients in 2023, according to Insure Our...

Failure to Produce Proof of Purchase Dooms Insurer’s Product Liability Case

Dec 6 2024 // A federal court in Pennsylvania recently affirmed that plaintiffs seeking to hold a seller or distributor liable for a faulty product must provide clear evidence of where they purchased their product.In a homeowners...

UK Insurer Aviva Said to Boost Direct Line Takeover Bid to £3.4 Billion

Dec 5 2024 // Aviva Plc has increased its offer for Direct Line Insurance Group Plc to about £3.4 billion ($4.4 billion), days after its initial proposal to buy the UK motor insurer was rejected, people with knowledge of the matter...

Insurer Fortegra Launches Subsidiary in UK

Dec 4 2024 // The Fortegra Group Inc., the Jacksonville, Florida-based specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree Inc., announced it has received regulatory approval to launch a UK subsidiary, called Fortegra Insurance Company UK.The...

Inigo Owners Said to Weigh Options for Lloyd’s of London Insurer

Dec 4 2024 // The owners of Inigo Ltd. are exploring options for the British specialist insurance group including a potential sale, according to people familiar with the matter.The shareholders, which include buyout firm JC Flowers...

Private Equity Tie-Ups With Insurers Create Risks, BOE Says

Dec 2 2024 // Private equity’s advance into the insurance sector exacerbates the risk of “fire sales” that disrupt the functioning of financial markets, the Bank of England warned.A growing number of PE firms in the US...

Insurer Says Pollution Exclusion Sinks Coverage for Pool Chemical Injuries

Nov 26 2024 // A commercial general liability policy with a pollution exclusion does not protect a Virginia homeowners association from lawsuits filed by swimmers alleging they were injured by chemicals discharged into the community...

UK Expands Sanctions Against Russian Oil Fleet and Its Insurers

Nov 25 2024 // The UK government expanded its sanctions against Russia’s energy industry on Monday, blacklisting dozens of tankers responsible for moving the nation’s oil as well as two insurers involved in the trade.The...

Florida Regulators Demand Data From Weiss Ratings After Recent Reports on Insurers

Nov 22 2024 // Weiss Ratings, a Palm Beach Gardens financial ratings firm, sparked some outrage from the Florida insurance industry in recent weeks after it released reports contending that some of Florida’s largest property...

Ninety One Joins Rush of Asset Managers Chasing Insurer Deals

Nov 21 2024 // South African asset manager Ninety One Ltd. has agreed to sell a stake to Sanlam Ltd., joining a raft of investment firms that have been tapping the deep pockets of insurers through such deals.Sanlam, the country’s...

Insurer, Contractors Allege Staged Injury Claims Scheme Under New York Scaffold Law

Nov 19 2024 // A construction industry captive insurer along with three construction contractors have filed a lawsuit alleging a massive New York fraud scheme involving staged workplace accidents and bogus workers’ compensation and...

The Power of BPO for Carriers, MGAs, and Wholesalers: A Comprehensive Solution with Selectsys BPO

Nov 18 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys.In the fast-paced and ever-evolving insurance landscape, carriers, MGAs, and wholesalers are constantly seeking ways to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and streamline...

Rating Firm Says Florida Insurers Will Weather the Storms. Cat Fund Can Handle Payouts to Insurers

Nov 18 2024 // Florida’s Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, a state-created layer of reinsurance, expects to pay out about $4.6 billion to help cover insurers’ losses in Hurricanes Helene and Milton. But that won’t trigger a...

Insurer Not Liable if Bank Improperly Cashes Insurance Check, Appeals Court Says

Nov 18 2024 // Insurance carriers are not responsible if a bank improperly cashes a check made out to two insureds and gives the proceeds to only one of them, a federal appeals court decided.The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on...

Allstate Insurers Sue Hyundai, Kia to Pay for Claims From Defective Cars

Nov 14 2024 // A group of subsidiaries of Allstate have filed a subrogation suit against Hyundai and Kia to get back costs paid to insureds for damages when their cars suddenly erupted in flames.According to the lawsuit, now in U.S....

Markets/Coverages: Aviva’s Lloyd’s Insurer Probitas Launches 5 New Lines of Business

Nov 13 2024 // Aviva’s Lloyd’s business Probitas announced it began to quote for five new classes of business – marine (cargo, fine art & specie, and ports & terminals), construction, renewable energy,...

Cevian’s Baloise Move Triggers European Insurers to Study Deal

Nov 13 2024 // Baloise Holding AG has become one of the most-discussed takeover candidates in the European financial sector, after agitation by an activist investor triggered top industry players to take fresh looks at the Swiss...