All the headlines from our Property Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 23 2021 // The U.S. property/casualty industry grew its net underwriting income by 28% in the first six months of 2021 compared with the same prior-year period.According to a new AM Best report, a 5.4% growth in net earned premiums...
Aug 20 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced that Kate Mead is the new head of its Canadian property/casualty broking team.Previously Willis Towers Watson’s practice leader for the Midwest, Northeast U.S. &...
Aug 18 2021 // The number of credit rating upgrades and downgrades in the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry increased in the first half of 2021 moderately over the same prior-year period, according to an AM Best special...
Aug 11 2021 // Austin, Texas-based insurance program market services firm Incline P&C Group entered a new issuing carrier relationship with Hippo Insurance Services to provide homeowners insurance coverage.Hippo offers its homeowners...
Aug 10 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by TransUnion.Credit-based insurance risk scores draw from credit data to more accurately assess consumer risk and improve the underwriting process Today, credit-based insurance...
Aug 10 2021 // Noting the passage in the 87th Legislature of Senate Bill 1367, which made changes to certain lines of insurance, the Texas Department of Insurance has outlined the changes that are effective for an insurance policy that...
Aug 2 2021 // NFP, a New York City-based insurance broker and consultant, announced it has acquired Aiken Insurances Ltd. (AIL).Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Dublin-based AIL is a retail and commercial insurance...
Aug 2 2021 // Robust global economic recovery, higher risk awareness and the strongest rate hardening for 20 years in non-life insurance commercial lines will combine to push premiums 10% above pre-COVID-19-crisis levels this year,...
Jul 29 2021 // The Hartford today announced it earned $900 million in net income in the second quarter of this year, a 94% jump from second quarter 2020.Core earnings of $836 million were up 91% from second quarter 2020. “Our...
Jul 29 2021 // Private property/casualty insurers in the U.S. saw their net income after taxes increase significantly in the first quarter to $20 billion from $17.9 billion in the first quarter of 2020. Growth was fueled, in part, by an...
Jul 20 2021 // Austin, Texas-based Incline P&C Group, through its Incline Casualty Co., is partnering with CRC Group’s 5Star Specialty Programs on transportation risks.Incline P&C Group is an insurance program market...
Jul 19 2021 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance said it will be applying for regulatory approval to acquire Malaysian property/casualty insurer AmGeneral Insurance Berhad, which is currently 51%-owned by AmBank Group and 49%-owned...
Jul 19 2021 // There were 339 announced property/casualty insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first half of 2021, up from 307 in 2020.According to OPTIS Partners’ M&A report, it was the highest recorded total...
Jul 16 2021 // Robust global economic recovery, higher risk awareness and the strongest rate hardening for 20 years in non-life insurance commercial lines will combine to push premiums 10% above pre-COVID-19-crisis levels this year,...
Jul 15 2021 // Property/casualty insurers plan to accelerate their use of automation for actuarial work, a new Willis Towers Watson survey found. What’s more, COVID-19 has been a major factor in the trend.The sector’s overall...
Jul 9 2021 // There were 339 announced property/casualty insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first half of 2021, up from 307 in 2020.According to OPTIS Partners’ M&A report, It was the highest recorded total...
Jul 5 2021 // In order to continue the discussion regarding what constitutes a Super Regional P/C Insurer™ and to give definition to this important group of insurers, Demotech Inc. analyzed year-end 2020 data for property/casualty...
Jul 2 2021 // The nation’s largest property/casualty insurance organization is defending ransom payment reimbursements by insurers in a new set of principles stressing that the insurance industry wants to partner with government...
Jun 22 2021 // MILAN/PARIS/KUALA LUMPUR – Italy’s top insurer Generali has agreed to buy AXA’s insurance assets in Malaysia and take full ownership of a joint-venture it runs in the country to strengthen its local...
Jun 21 2021 // The U.S. property/casualty industry saw its net underwriting income fall in first-quarter 2021 by 53% as compared with the same prior-year period, according to preliminary financial results analyzed by AM Best. Increased...