All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 24 2025 // Faced with heightened climate risks and political uncertainties, insurers writing agribusiness and farm and ranch are deploying data analytics and technology as they grapple with a hard market and the need for greater...
Mar 21 2025 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry reported its first full-year underwriting gain in four years, fueling a jump in net income to $170 billion, according to a joint report from Verisk and The American Property...
Mar 20 2025 // Munich Re said it has acquired Next Insurance, which will become part of the reinsurer’s major primary insurance business, Ergo.The agreement in place values Next Insurance at $2.6 billion. Ergo already owned nearly...
Mar 18 2025 // For the first time in four years, the U.S. property/casualty industry will finish a year with an underwriting profit.AM Best today in a “First Look” at US P/C financial results said the industry left 2024 with...
Mar 14 2025 // A softer-than-expected market kept insurance premiums for technology companies down or flat in some lines in 2024, according to a new report from business insurance platform Embroker.Embroker’s 2024 Business...
Mar 10 2025 // The U.S. property/casualty industry took another underwriting loss in 2024, but results improved thanks to rate increases and changes in risk selection, most notably in the personal lines sector.A report from industry...
Mar 6 2025 // Analysts at AM Best warned that the planned imposition of U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, along with increased tariffs on China, will have a negative effect on the insurance industry—particularly...
Mar 6 2025 // Florida legislative leaders, facing increasing pressure from the public and the press, this week pledged to investigate property insurers’ financial structures. And bills filed before the 2025 Legislature began this...
Mar 6 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Darkhorse Insurance.This remarkable transformation is challenging the status quo and pushing the boundaries of what is possible in insurance. Insurtech is not just a buzzword; it...
Feb 21 2025 // The U.S. property/casualty industry took another underwriting loss in 2024, but results improved thanks to rate increases and changes in risk selection.A report from industry rating agency AM Best this week said U.S. P/C...
Feb 14 2025 // Connecticut continues to grow its captive insurance industry, adding nine new captive insurers in 2024 for a 17% increase over the previous year.In addition to the nine new captives, the state insurance department also...
Feb 11 2025 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) is highlighting in-demand jobs available to Michiganders in the insurance field as part of Insurance Careers Month.More than 73,000 Michiganders work in...
Jan 22 2025 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposed measures to stabilize the city’s taxi and rideshare insurance industry, which is reeling from the insolvency of its largest provider American Transit Insurance Co.Two of the...
Jan 17 2025 // While 2024 brought record-breaking data-breach costs and evolving cyber risk, all signs point to stable rates and ample capacity in 2025.Intense competition among cyber insurance carriers has resulted in higher limits,...
Jan 16 2025 // I watched as the skies over my home in Los Angeles turned an apocalyptic orange on January 7, 2025, as wildfires raged across the state. Among the most devastating, the Palisades Fire consumed thousands of acres, leaving a...
Jan 9 2025 // Maine Governor Janet Mills and House and Senate leaders are championing legislation to strengthen the ability of local communities, homeowners, businesses, and emergency responders to prepare for and withstand future...
Dec 20 2024 // Afore Insurance Services, a brokerage and broker acquisition platform based in the Atlanta area, has acquired Block Insurance in Oveido, Florida, a firm that has specialized in finding coverage for childcare providers,...
Dec 6 2024 // China’s financial regulator unveiled a plan on Friday to enhance supervision and support the development of the property insurance industry, according to a statement.The country will support qualified foreign...
Dec 4 2024 // Growth in net earned premiums outpaced a slight increase in losses and loss adjustment expenses to result in the U.S. property/casualty industry posting a nine-month 2024 underwriting profit of $4.1 billion versus a loss...
Dec 2 2024 // For a long time, the hard market has made it difficult for agents to offer their clients the coverage they want at affordable prices — assuming coverage was available at all. Now, there are signs that this is...