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Rising Interest Rates: 2 Steps to Avoid Extra Expense

Apr 7 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by InsurBanc.It’s amazing how the world has changed during the first quarter of 2022. Globally, there is unrest that is both heartbreaking and nerve-wracking. Domestically, we...

Aircraft Lessors Seeing ‘Horrendous’ Hikes in Insurance Premiums: BOC Aviation

Apr 7 2022 // The likely huge insurance claims related to the cancellation of aircraft leases in Russia is already leading to “horrendous” hikes in the cost of renewing policies, the chief executive of major lessor BOC...

Arizona Auto Insurance Rates Rising on Heels of COVID

Apr 4 2022 // As if spiraling gas prices weren’t enough, motorists across Arizona and the nation are paying more for auto insurance as repair costs and more crowded roads push premium rates higher.After giving customers premium...

Property Catastrophe Reinsurers Show Greater Risk Appetites as Price Hikes Continue

Apr 1 2022 // Reinsurers have boosted their 2022 probable maximum loss (PML) exposures as higher prices continues to attract more capital to property-catastrophe risks, according to Moody’s Investors Service.Reinsurers’...

Hearing on Florida Citizens’ Near-Max Rate Increases Set for March 31

Mar 25 2022 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will hold a hearing on Thursday, March 31, to examine a request by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for a near-maximum rate increase for most of its policies.Citizens, limited by...

Rate Hikes, Telematics, Data Science Leading Allstate Back to Profit

Mar 25 2022 // For the second time this month, a personal auto insurance giant devoted an investor conference to the topic of rate hikes, with Allstate executives also assuring listeners the carrier has various other tools to return to...

Planning, the Pandemic and Price Increases

Mar 23 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety.Here’s valuable advice you can share with your construction clients, particularly those who require performance bonds. Although this article was written...

Arizona Auto Insurance Rates Rising on Heels of COVID

Mar 22 2022 // As if spiraling gas prices weren’t enough, motorists across Arizona and the nation are paying more for auto insurance as repair costs and more crowded roads push premium rates higher.After giving customers premium...

Inflation Outpacing Premium Increases for Auto and Homeowners Lines

Mar 21 2022 // US Insurers — already hammered by extraordinary losses caused by natural disasters — are failing to raise premiums at a pace that matches the inflation rate, according to the American Property Casualty...

More Price Increases for US Commercial Insurance in Q4 2021: WTW

Mar 21 2022 // U.S. commercial insurance prices rose again in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to WTW’s latest Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS).The aggregate commercial price change reported by carriers was...

Arkansas Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates to Decrease in 2022

Mar 14 2022 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain announced on March 10 that Arkansas businesses could see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance in 2022.The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) approved...

APCIA: Inflation Outpacing Premium Increases for Auto and Homeowners Lines

Mar 8 2022 // US Insurers — already hammered by extraordinary losses caused by natural disasters — are also failing to raise premiums at a pace that matches an historic inflation rate, the American Property Casualty Insurance...

More Price Increases for U.S. Commercial Insurance in Q4 2021: WTW

Mar 7 2022 // U.S. commercial insurance prices rose again in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to WTW’s latest Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS).The aggregate commercial price change reported by carriers was...

Florida Keys School Board Surprised by $400,000 Increase in Insurance Premiums

Mar 3 2022 // Florida homeowners aren’t the only ones feeling the pinch from sharply rising insurance premiums.School board members in the Florida Keys were taken aback this week when they were told that property insurance...

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

Mar 2 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 Monday, citing the impact of social inflation on rising claims...

BP Seeks to Appeal Kansas Town’s Lawsuit Over 2021 Gas Price Hike

Mar 2 2022 // Energy giant BP is seeking to appeal a decision that allowed a small Kansas town’s lawsuit over soaring natural gas prices in February 2021 to proceed.BP, formerly known as British Petroleum, filed two documents last...

SCOR Reports 19% Premium Growth in January Renewals, Average Price Hikes of 4.9%

Feb 8 2022 // SCOR reported 19.0% premium growth during the January property/casualty (P/C) reinsurance renewals and an overall average P/C price increase of 4.9%.SCOR said the 19% premium growth figure includes a large structured...

Loss Costs Outpace Increase in Premiums for U.S. P/C Industry Through Q3

Feb 7 2022 // Direct-premium production for the U.S. P/C industry through the third quarter 2021 improved as insurers increased rates, but adverse trends in loss costs for many lines of business continue to dampen profitability.Through...

U.S. Surplus Lines Premium Up 22% in 2021

Feb 7 2022 // Surplus lines premium increased 22% and transactions rebounded almost 6.6% over their 2020 totals in the 15 states with designated surplus lines’ stamping offices.The increases represented record levels of premium...

Kemper Eyes Rate Hikes, Agency Cancellations to Regain Footing After Q4 Fall

Feb 3 2022 // Kemper Corp. said it is taking rating and other actions, including canceling some agents, as it seeks to recover from inflation-riddled fourth quarter financial results.Kemper Corp. reported a net loss of $105.8 million...