All the headlines from our Property Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 22 2026 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) said it saved residents $227.9 million by blocking proposed property/casualty insurance premium increases from taking effect in 2025.Through the rate review process in 2025, PID...
Jan 15 2026 // This edition of International People Moves details CUO appointments at SCOR and Hamilton Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. SCOR Names Swiss Re’s Forgeron as P&C Chief Underwriting OfficerSCOR...
Jan 14 2026 // In separate reports last week, AM Best and Morgan Stanley analyzed P/C insurance industry expense ratios, with one reporting a 2.4-point drop over the past decade and the other projecting another potential 2.0-point...
Jan 8 2026 // “Sustainable value creators” among the 100 largest property/casualty insurance carriers generated more than twice as much of their value through underwriting than through investment activities over a 20-year...
Jan 7 2026 // In their latest report on the U.S. auto insurance market, analysts from S&P Global Market Intelligence predict the strongest overall U.S. property/casualty insurance underwriting results in 18 years for 2025, driven by...
Dec 29 2025 // Earlier this month, AM Best provided its initial tally of year-to-date financial results for U.S. property/casualty insurers, reporting a $34.9 billion net underwriting gain through the first nine months of 2025.According...
Dec 23 2025 // A former chief executive officer of a statistical agent that compiles data from insurance companies for state insurance departments has been sentenced on charges related to her theft of millions of dollars from the...
Dec 22 2025 // Three property/casualty insurers have dominated the industry’s artificial intelligence patent activity since 2014.State Farm, USAA and Allstate account for 77% of all AI patents by insurers in that time, according to...
Dec 12 2025 // With premium growth slowing to around 3% or 4%, and hurricane activity likely returning to normal levels, analysts at Fitch Ratings foresee 2026 underwriting results for property/casualty insurers lining up with results...
Dec 10 2025 // Brookfield Corp. plans to build its property and casualty insurance business as it looks to exploit a corner of the insurance industry in which the firm has a competitive edge and hasn’t been crowded by other private...
Nov 26 2025 // With a combined ratio of 89.1 for third-quarter 2025, the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry had its best quarter in at least a quarter of a century—and maybe longer, S&P Market Intelligence said.In a research...
Nov 21 2025 // Rising costs and changing customer expectations are driving satisfaction in the insurance and mortgage industry, according to an American Customer Satisfaction Index study.Among the four industries studied — health...
Nov 21 2025 // John Burkhart Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, promoted John Burkhart to president, U.S. property & casualty, Skyward Specialty Insurance. In this expanded role, Burkhart will...
Nov 19 2025 // According to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) quarterly survey, commercial property/casualty premiums across all account sizes in the third quarter 2025 rose by 1.6%, as premium increases in all lines...
Nov 3 2025 // Property/casualty prices are declining, while the cost of risk continues to rise–a trend that is unsustainable over time, according to John Doyle, president and chief executive officer of Marsh McLennan...
Nov 3 2025 // Although economic uncertainty could affect insurers in the near to midterm, workers’ compensation continues to be a key driver of the profitability of the entire property/casualty insurance industry even as prices...
Oct 27 2025 // Universal Insurance Holdings, parent company of one of Florida’s largest property insurers, reported an improved bottom line for the third quarter this year, even with a steady increase in policies in recent...
Oct 21 2025 // Insurer Chubb booked third quarter net income 20.5% higher than a year ago at $2.8 billion—with record P/C underwriting income of $2.26 billion.Underwriting income was 55% more than the same quarter last year, and the...
Oct 17 2025 // Property/casualty prices are declining, while the cost of risk continues to rise – a trend that is unsustainable over time, according to John Doyle, president and chief executive officer of Marsh McLennan...
Oct 8 2025 // Although economic uncertainty could affect insurers in the near to midterm, the workers’ compensation line continues to be a key driver of the profitability of the entire property/casualty insurance industry even as...