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Investors Back Startups for Commercial Auto, Climate Risk, High Risk Homes

Aug 14 2020 // An insurtech managing general agency focused on commercial auto insurance has raised $16 million in new Series A financing, a climate-risk related platform has $4.2 million in new seed financing, and a home insurance...

Progressive Q2 Profit Up on Fewer Accidents; CEO Says ‘Black Lives Matter,’ Vows Action

Aug 10 2020 // “Black Lives Matter to me and they matter to us as an organization,” Progressive Corp. CEO Tricia Griffith wrote in a letter to shareholders.In the letter that was mostly commentary on second quarter results,...

Atlas Financial Extends Underwriting Agreement with National Interstate

Jul 13 2020 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Atlas Financial Holdings Inc. has extended its agreement with National Interstate Insurance Co. (National Interstate) under which Atlas subsidiaries will continue to act as underwriting manager for...

Commercial Auto Insurers Report Worst Losses in Decade: AM Best

Jul 6 2020 // The U.S. commercial automobile insurance segment’s underwriting losses deepened to $4.0 billion in 2019, the segment’s worst loss in 10 years and a continuation of a decade-long trend of worsening underwriting...

U.S. Commercial Auto Insurers Report Worst Losses in Decade: AM Best

Jun 30 2020 // The U.S.commercial automobile insurance segment’s underwriting losses deepened to $4.0 billion in 2019, the segment’s worst loss in 10 years and a continuation of a decade-long trend of worsening underwriting...

Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. Provides Partnership Approach to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commercial Auto Market

Jun 24 2020 // Chicago, IL, June 24, 2020 – Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. (“PPCI”) has announced its debut into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts commercial auto market as an admitted carrier specializing...

There’s Plenty of Room for Improvement in U.S. Commercial Lines: Fitch

Jun 22 2020 // With an industry overall combined ratio for 2019 hovering just below 100, and individual lines like long-tail liability moving 10 points over breakeven, the U.S. commercial lines market has “plenty of room for...

Bold Penguin Partners with Ohio’s State Auto on Commercial Insurance

Jun 19 2020 // Bold Penguin, a commercial insurance technology provider, has added Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. (State Auto) to its platform, expanding its commercial auto insurance offering launched in...

Insurtech Buckle Acquires Atlas Financial’s Commercial Auto Subsidiary, Gateway

Jun 17 2020 // Buckle, an insurtech startup focused on rideshare insurance, has acquired Gateway Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Schaumburg, Illinois-based Atlas Financial Holdings, for an undisclosed price.The move allows Buckle to...

Louisiana’s Donelon Asks Commercial Auto Insurers to Offer COVID-19 Relief

May 6 2020 // Louisiana’s chief insurance regulator wants insurers to consider offering premium relief to their commercial auto insurance customers due to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon...

Updated: Insurance Premium Discounts, Other Relief Offered During Coronavirus Crisis

May 1 2020 // The group of property/casualty insurers offering auto insurance premium discounts to recognize that insureds are driving less during the coronavirus crisis continues to grow, and now includes all major auto insurers. Most...

Insurance Premium Discounts, Other Relief Offered During Coronavirus Crisis

Apr 24 2020 // The group of property/casualty insurers offering auto insurance premium discounts to recognize that insureds are driving less during the coronavirus crisis continues to grow, and now includes all major auto insurers. Most...

Auto Insurers Offering $8-$10B in Discounts in Coronavirus Relief Effort; Updated List

Apr 13 2020 // The group of property/casualty insurers offering auto insurance premium discounts to recognize that insureds are driving less during the coronavirus crisis continues to grow, and now includes all major auto insurers.State...

Coronavirus and the Auto Exposure

Mar 24 2020 // Over the last several days the VU has fielded several auto insurance related questions. These questions cannot be classed simply as personal auto or business auto questions because the most common question involves both...

Texas Insurer Hallmark Financial Exiting Binding Primary Commercial Auto Business

Mar 3 2020 // Citing loss development for prior underwriting years, Dallas-based specialty property/casualty insurer Hallmark Financial Services Inc., is exiting its Binding Primary Auto business.The commercial auto product the company...

6 Taken to Hospital After Charter Bus Hits Highway Barrier in Houston

Mar 2 2020 // Six people were taken to the hospital after a charter bus hit a highway barrier in Houston on Saturday morning and then got stuck on top of it, police said.Police said the bus driver was taken to the hospital with injuries...

Illinois Limousine Service to Pay $30K to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Feb 28 2020 // M&M Limousine Service in Des Plaines, Ill., will pay a deaf job applicant $30,000 to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit.The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...

RLI to Offer Samsara IoT Loss Control Services to Trucking, Commercial Auto Clients

Feb 19 2020 // RLI Transportation, a division of RLI Insurance Company, has partnered with Samsara, an industrial IoT company that provides sensors and software to manage vehicle fleets and industrial operations. The partnership will...

20 Things to Know About Surplus Lines Insurance in 2020

Feb 10 2020 // As we embark upon a new decade, the surplus lines insurance market has never been stronger. Growth in specialty products and demand for insurance protection in an increasingly dynamic, technological climate necessitates a...

New York Governor Signs Limo Safety Bills Inspired by Deadly Crashes

Feb 5 2020 // New York’s governor signed a package of limousine safety bills Monday that was inspired by deadly crashes in 2015 and 2018.One of the bills would require that motor vehicles converted into stretch limousines by...