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#1 NC Supreme Court Bucks Trend, Finds COVID Caused Physical Loss to Restaurants

Dec 16 2024 // Courts across the country have overwhelmingly ruled in favor of insurance carriers in claims disputes following the government-ordered closures of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The North Carolina Supreme Court...

#2 California Wildfires Will Likely Lead to Large Economic and Insured Losses

Jan 8 2025 // Active wind-driven wildfires in Southern California that are estimated to have burned more than 1,000 properties and prompted evacuation orders for more than 80,000 residents will likely lead to what industry watchers say...

#3 New York Considers Making Property Insurers Cover Taxi Claims Losses

Dec 12 2024 // New York is considering asking property and casualty insurers to cover the claims of insolvent taxi insurer American Transit Insurance Co., according to people familiar with the plans.That measure is one of several options...

#4 Nonstandard Auto Segment Posts Profit for First Half 2024

Dec 13 2024 // While publicity about personal auto insurer initiatives has focused chiefly on requested rate increases, there’s more to the picture regarding auto insurers’ efforts to improve underwriting results after two...

#5 Loss-Free Property Cat Rates Fall 5%-15% as Reinsurer Appetite Grows: Guy Carpenter

Dec 30 2024 // Global reinsurers’ appetite rose for property catastrophe during the upcoming January renewals, which have seen risk-adjusted reinsurance rate reductions of 5%-15% for loss-free accounts, according to a renewal...

#6 RiverStone International to Provide Loss Portfolio Transfer for Zurich Insurance

Dec 23 2024 // RiverStone International, the London-based provider of legacy solutions, announced it has signed an agreement with the French branch of Zurich Insurance Europe and Zurich Insurance Co. to provide a loss portfolio transfer...

#7 Amazon Cites Safety for Slower Deliveries to 2 DC Low Income ZIP Codes

Dec 13 2024 // The District of Columbia has sued Amazon, alleging the company secretly stopped providing its fastest delivery service to residents of two predominantly Black neighborhoods while still charging millions of dollars for a...

#8 Virginia Approves 12% Loss Cost Decrease for Workers’ Compensation

Dec 12 2024 // Virginia has approved a 12.0% loss cost decrease in the workers’ compensation voluntary market along with rate decreases in the assigned risk market, effective April 1, 2025.The State Corporation Commission (SCC)...

#9 Losses From Crypto Hacks Jump to $2.2B in 2024, Report Says

Dec 23 2024 // Funds stolen by hacking cryptocurrency platforms surged 21% from a year ago to $2.2 billion in 2024, a report from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis showed on Thursday.The hacking amount exceeded $1 billion for the...

#10 Swiss Re Targets Net Income of More Than US$4.4 billion for 2025

Dec 13 2024 // Swiss Re is targeting a net income of more than US$4.4 billion for 2025 and aims to grow the ordinary dividend per share by 7% or more per year over the next three years while maintaining its multi-year IFRS ROE target of...

#11 Munich Re Targets Net Profit of €6 Billion ($6.3 billion) for 2025

Dec 13 2024 // Munich Re is aiming for an IFRS net profit of €6 billion (US$6.3 billion) in 2025 as a result of “consistently good operational performance in all business segments.”It also expects good underwriting...

#12 Allianz Withdraws $1.63B Offer for Singapore’s Income Insurance

Dec 16 2024 // German insurer Allianz has withdrawn its offer to acquire at least 51% of Singapore’s Income Insurance for about $1.63 billion, the company said in a statement on Monday.Reuters reported on Dec. 13 that the insurer...

#13 Future Pandemic Could Cause $13.6 Trillion in Economic Losses Over 5 Years: Lloyd’s

Dec 11 2024 // Another human pandemic could cause economic losses of $13.6 trillion for the global economy over a five-year period, commercial insurance market Lloyd’s of London predicted.The impact would mainly be from disruption...

#14 Viewpoint: Innovation Enhances Brokers’ Growth and Profits

Jan 7 2025 // Boosting growth and profitability is a goal for all U.S. insurance agents and brokers, but until recently that has been easier to assert than to achieve consistently. Booking organic growth is difficult, even for firms...

#15 European Central Bank Pitches Plan to Boost Insurance Coverage for Climate Losses

Dec 19 2024 // The European Central Bank and the region’s insurance authority proposed a two-pronged approach to increase insurance coverage for floods, storms and other weather disasters that are increasingly being fueled by...

#16 Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Inventor Found in Contempt of Court After Lawsuit Loss

Dec 20 2024 // A computer scientist who falsely claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin was handed a suspended prison termafter being found in contemptof court by a London judge after a stinging lawsuit loss.The Cryptocurrency Open Patent...

#17 Low-Income Tenants Sue Omaha Housing Authority Over Bed Bug Infestations

Jan 8 2025 // A class-action lawsuit filed Monday alleges the Omaha Housing Authority ignored and failed to eliminate bed bug infestations at high-rise apartments for low-income residents.The new lawsuit, brought by a pioneering firm in...

#18 Losses From Crypto Hacks Jump to $2.2 Billion in 2024, Report Says

Dec 26 2024 // Funds stolen by hacking cryptocurrency platforms surged 21% from a year ago to $2.2 billion in 2024, a report from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis showed on Thursday.The hacking amount exceeded $1 billion for the...

#19 Insured Losses From Los Angeles Wildfires Rising: $8B to $20B

Jan 9 2025 // Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new AccuWeather total loss estimates.With aerial firefighting returning as strong Southern California winds died down for a bit, damage assessments from a handful of...