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Home, Commercial Rate Hikes Not Enough to Offset Construction Costs: Moody’s

May 19 2022 // To counteract rising construction material costs that have increased about 26.7% the first four months of 2022, personal and commercial property insurers will continue to gradually increase rates, said Moody’s...

Asked to Rethink 41% Rate Increase, Florida Farm Bureau Did. New Request is Higher

May 18 2022 // When Florida Farm Bureau Insurance companies filed for a 41% rate increase for homeowners last December, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation asked company actuaries to sharpen their pencils, review all data and try...

Three More Florida Insurers Asking for Big Rate Hikes at Hearings

May 17 2022 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation held hearings Tuesday on major rate increases from three more property insurers: Florida Farm Bureau, First Floridian, and Kin Interinsurance Network.The Kin and First Floridian...

Rapid Cyber Premium Growth by Fairfax, Tokio Marine Increased Share of Market

May 16 2022 // The top cyber insurance carriers in 2021 shifted to include Fairfax Financial Holdings and Tokio Marine U.S. as the marketplace grew 74% to over $4.8 billion, according to a report from Fitch Ratings.Overall, the top cyber...

Zurich Reports Strong Growth in Q1, Driven by Rising Commercial Insurance Rates

May 13 2022 // Zurich Insurance Group has made a strong start to the year and expects to exceed all its financial targets for 2022, despite ongoing inflationary pressures. The company has minimal exposure to the war in Ukraine.Premium...

UK’s Terrorism Reinsurer Pool Re to Reduce Reinsurance Pricing for Insurers

May 10 2022 // Pool Re, Britain’s leading terrorism reinsurer, announced the most significant reduction in its reinsurance pricing in 20 years. The reduction, which will come into effect in October 2022, will vary according to...

Rapid Cyber Premium Growth by Fairfax, Tokio Marine Increased Share of Market

May 9 2022 // The top cyber insurance carriers in 2021 shifted to include Fairfax Financial Holdings and Tokio Marine U.S. as the marketplace grew 74% to over $4.8 billion, according to a report from Fitch Ratings.Overall, the top cyber...

Allstate Outlines ‘Surgical’ Auto Rate Hikes to Combat Inflation

May 6 2022 // Rate increases in Allstate’s auto insurance business are in integral part of the insurer’s overall plan to address the impact of inflation.Wednesday during a conference call with analysts to discuss...

Cyber Premiums Rapidly Grew 74% in 2021: Fitch

May 2 2022 // According to estimates by Fitch Ratings, direct written premiums (DWP) for standalone and packaged cyber insurance increased 74% to nearly $5 billion in 2021 compared with overall growth for the property casualty industry...

Malpractice Insurance Premiums Increased 22%, Despite Fewer Claims

May 2 2022 // The number of malpractice claims filed against hospitals and physicians dropped 14% in 2020, even as premiums rose 22% on average, according to the most recent report by the American Society for Health Care Risk Management...

Allstate to Increase Magnitude of Auto Rate Hikes in 2022

May 2 2022 // Allstate said it is raising auto insurance rates more due to continued upticks in physical damage and bodily injury severity.The personal property insurer said in a statement on April 21 that first quarter unfavorable...

81% of Flood Insurance Policyholders Will See Rate Increases, Report Says

Apr 26 2022 // When the Federal Emergency Management Agency rolled out a major overhaul to its beleaguered National Flood Insurance Program last April, it promised that bigger, richer homes would bear the brunt of premium increases,...

London Market Continues to Benefit From Rising Rates and Other Tailwinds: AM Best

Apr 26 2022 // Upward premium rate momentum is expected to continue support underlying performance for the London market, despite mounting challenges connected to climate modeling, claims inflation and the war in Ukraine, according to AM...

Premiums for Florida Cat Fund to Jump 12% This Year, Report Shows

Apr 26 2022 // Premiums paid to the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund are expected to increase by more than 12% later this year, giving new urgency to calls to cut the fund’s retention level in half, a move that some estimates...

Massachusetts Approves 3.5% Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease

Apr 26 2022 // The state’s insurance commissioner has approved an overall average decrease of 3.46% in workers’ compensation rates starting July 1, 2022 for Massachusetts businesses.Massachusetts businesses will save...

Allstate to Increase Magnitude of Auto Rate Hikes in 2022

Apr 25 2022 // Allstate said it is raising auto insurance rates more due to continued upticks in physical damage and bodily injury severity.The personal property insurer said in a statement on April 21 that first quarter unfavorable...

D&O Loss Ratios Unchanged by Rate Hikes; Supply Disruption to Fuel Suits

Apr 18 2022 // Directors and officers liability insurance premium rate hikes have not had the anticipated impacts on loss ratios that carriers had hoped for, AM Best reported in March, citing the impact of social inflation on rising...

Rates Up Again in Q1 as Signs May Point to ‘Stronger Increases’: MarketScout

Apr 18 2022 // During the first quarter 2022 buyers of commercial insurance saw average rate increases across all lines of 6%, according to MarketScout’s Market Barometer.The average increase remained consistent compared to the...

Cyber Premiums Rapidly Grew 74% in 2021: Fitch

Apr 14 2022 // According to estimates by Fitch Ratings, direct written premiums (DWP) for standalone and packaged cyber insurance increased 74% to nearly $5 billion in 2021 compared with overall growth for the property casualty industry...

Rates Up Again in Q1 as Signs May Point to ‘Stronger Increases’: MarketScout

Apr 7 2022 // During the first quarter 2022 buyers of commercial insurance saw average rate increases across all lines of 6%, according to MarketScout’s Market Barometer.The average increase remained consistent compared to the...