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Australian Insurer IAG Says Rise in Claims, Third-Party Costs to Push Up Premiums

Aug 21 2024 // Insurance Australia Group said on Wednesday it expects premiums to keep rising because of a huge jump in loss claims and third-party costs for home and automobile repairs, sending its shares more than 3% lower.IAG said the...

CIAB: Clear Evidence of Softening Commercial P/C Market Conditions in Q2

Aug 20 2024 // Commercial property/casualty premium increases in the second quarter 2024 were flat or down from the previous quarter for all lines of business—evidence of a softening insurance market, according to The Council of...

Global Q2 Commercial Insurance Rates Remain Flat, Ending 7 Years of Price Hikes: Marsh

Aug 19 2024 // Global commercial insurance rates remained flat during the second quarter of 2024 (down from a 1% increase in Q1 2024), according to Marsh’s Global Insurance Market Index.The findings mark the first time since the...

Public D&O Price Decreased 5.2% in Second Quarter, Says Aon

Aug 19 2024 // The average price for directors & officers liability insurance decreased 5.2% per $1 million in limits in the second quarter, according to Aon Commercial Risk Solutions.Aon said the decrease compared to the same...

Hard Reinsurance Prices Likely to Last Longer Than in Previous Market Cycles: Report

Aug 15 2024 // Hard reinsurance pricing conditions are likely to last longer than in previous market cycles mainly due to persistently high claims activity from the accumulation of medium-sized disaster losses and secondary perils,...

Californians Facing Higher Rent Because of Rising Insurance Rates

Aug 15 2024 // Like single-family homeowners in California, landlords are facing higher insurance premiums, too. And they’re passing along some of those costs to their tenants.Many insurance companies have stopped writing policies...

UK Insurer Aviva Beats Earnings Forecasts on Home, Motor Insurance Price Hikes

Aug 14 2024 // British insurer Aviva beat first-half profit expectations following a rise in general insurance premiums in Britain and Ireland, and said on Wednesday it remained confident of meeting its 2026 targets.The life and general...

European Insurers Enjoy Big Profits After Premium Hikes

Aug 8 2024 // Several European insurers recorded bumper first-half profits on Thursday, as customers burnt by a pandemic, war and a pick-up in natural catastrophes in recent years continue to face higher premiums on policies.Higher...

Hard Market Conditions Expected to Ease in 2025 as Claims Inflation Softens: Swiss Re

Aug 5 2024 // Hard market conditions in the global non-life insurance sector will continue this year, but will begin to ease in 2025, as general inflation and claims inflation conditions soften, according to Swiss Re in a report, which...

Coastal Texas Braces for Insurance Rate Increase at Upcoming TWIA Meeting

Jul 31 2024 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the state’s insurer of last resort for homes and businesses on the Gulf Coast, will consider raising rates as climate change increases the chances of more severe storms and...

Public D&O Price Decreased 5.2% in Second Quarter, Says Aon

Jul 30 2024 // The average price for directors & officers liability insurance decreased 5.2% per $1 million in limits in the second quarter, according to Aon Commercial Risk Solutions.Aon said the decrease compared to the same...

Global Q2 Commercial Insurance Rates Remain Flat, Ending 7 Years of Price Hikes: Marsh

Jul 24 2024 // Global commercial insurance rates remained flat during the second quarter of 2024 (down from a 1% increase in Q1 2024), according to Marsh’s Global Insurance Market Index.The findings mark the first time in nearly...

Hard Market Conditions Expected to Ease in 2025 as Claims Inflation Softens: Swiss Re

Jul 18 2024 // Hard market conditions in the global non-life insurance sector will continue this year, but will begin to ease in 2025, as general inflation and claims inflation conditions soften, according to Swiss Re in a report, which...

TWIA Actuarial Committee Recommends 10% Rate Increase for 2025 Policies

Jul 16 2024 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Actuarial & Underwriting Committee voted on Monday, July 15 to recommend that the TWIA Board of Directors approve a rate filing to increase rates by 10% for 2025 residential...

P/C Premium Growth Likely But Profits Delayed Until 2025: Forecast

Jul 16 2024 // Favorable first-quarter economic and underwriting results for property/casualty insurance are in line with projections that the industry will see a small underwriting loss in 2024 and achieve profitability in 2025,...

Florida Citizens Board Votes to Raise Rates 14% But Costs Are Down

Jul 15 2024 // The board of governors for Florida’s state-created Citizens Property Insurance Corp. voted unanimously in June to raise personal lines rates by an average of 14% statewide – near the maximum allowed under the...

Allstate Seeking 34% Rate Hike on California Homeowners Insurance

Jul 12 2024 // Allstate is seeking an increase in its California homeowners insurance premiums by an average of 34%.According to the California Department of Insurance, the Allstate homeowners filing was received by the Department on...

What Happened to Reinsurance ‘Class of 2023’? Hard Market Defies Age-Old Patterns.

Jul 12 2024 // Catastrophic events, such as major hurricanes and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, traditionally have led to hard markets that in turn drove the formation of startup reinsurers to fill capacity needs. Reinsurers launched in...

Insurers Hike Rates as Extreme Storms Like Beryl Proliferate

Jul 12 2024 // Destructive storms like Hurricane Beryl that knocked out power to 3 million homes and businesses in Texas are growing more frequent and intense, and insurers are jacking up rates in response.That could mean big profits for...

Q2 2024 Personal Insurance Rates Up 7.6%: MarketScout

Jul 5 2024 // The average rate increase for U.S. personal lines coverages was about 7.6% in the second quarter, up from about 4.8% for the first three months of the year, according to MarketScout.Dallas-based MarketScout, a division of...