Latest Property Casualty Headlines

All the headlines from our Property Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Next Insurance Cuts April Premium by 25% to Help Small Firms in Coronavirus Crisis

Apr 1 2020 // An insurtech small business insurer is cutting April premiums by 25% for its customers with general liability, professional liability and commercial auto policies to help them get through the coronavirus...

P/C Insurance Industry Backs New Government Fund to Help Businesses, Workers Hurt by Coronavirus Shutdowns

Mar 31 2020 // The property/casualty insurance industry has joined a broad business coalition in supporting and crafting a new federal relief fund for businesses and workers affected by the quarantine and stay-at-home measures...

Sompo GRS Adds Carroll as Deputy Head of Life Sciences Practice in North Carolina

Mar 31 2020 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has appointed Michael P. Carroll as senior vice president and deputy head of Life Sciences for Sompo...

CAC Specialty Adds Trinkleback and Goodier in Colorado

Mar 30 2020 // CAC Specialty has named Robert Trinkleback leader of property/casualty loss control, and Jonathan Goodier vice president and property/casualty claims advocate in Denver, Colo. Trinkleback will help clients improve...

P/C Insurers Put a Price Tag on Uncovered Coronavirus Business Interruption Losses

Mar 30 2020 // The property/casualty industry estimates that business interruption losses from the coronavirus just for small businesses in the U.S. could be between $220-$383 billion per month — or a quarter to half of the total...

The Longer Coronavirus Crisis Lasts, the More Uncertain Is P/C Insurance Outlook

Mar 30 2020 // North American property/casualty insurers reported improved 2019 operating performance, but near-term performance will likely be more challenging with the onset of coronavirus and the resulting economic impact, according...

From Free Coverage to Medical Masks. P/C Insurers Deliver Some Good News.

Mar 30 2020 // While the property/casualty insurance industry is fighting attempts to force it to pay for the huge business income losses that it says most policies were never intended to cover, some individual insurers are finding small...

Demotech Affirms Ratings of 37 Florida Insurers; Still Reviewing Others

Mar 27 2020 // Demotech has affirmed 37 of the 46 Florida-based companies rated by the actuarial firm, as of March 26, according to information gathered from Demotech’s website. That leaves fewer than 10 Florida insurers that are...

Lloyd’s Faces COVID-19 Claims from Multiple Insurance Lines, Says CEO Neal

Mar 27 2020 // Lloyd’s insurers face COVID-19 related claims from approximately 14 categories of insurance, said Chief Executive Officer John Neal during a media call to discuss the market’s 2019 results.Neal said it is too...

How Policy Silence on Pandemics May Bedevil Insurers on Coronavirus Claims

Mar 26 2020 // Silence may be deadly for property/casualty insurers writing commercial insurance, an executive of an insurtech that specializes in analyzing insurance policy language suggested recently, explaining that without specific...

AM Best Warns Losses Could Be Big for P/C Insurers Writing Event Cancellation Business

Mar 25 2020 // Although event cancellation insurance represents a very small percentage of overall property/casualty premium, the losses for carriers that write this line of business amid the COVID-19 outbreak still could be significant,...

What State Insurance Regulators Have Asked of P/C Insurers to Address Coronavirus

Mar 25 2020 // As state insurance regulators monitor and respond to the coronavirus impact on insurance, property/casualty insurers are calling on them to coordinate their requests for data and ease up on some requirements.David A....

Donelan Named CEO of Sompo International’s Reinsurance Unit, Succeeding Young

Mar 23 2020 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd. (SIH), a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that, subject to regulatory approval, Christopher Donelan, currently the deputy CEO...

Manufacturers: Mostly On Their Own to Face Coronavirus Insurance

Mar 23 2020 // Remote Work Not Much Help for Assembly LinesProperty/casualty insurance professionals are trying to provide advice and empathy to their manufacturing clients coping with the effects of the spread of the coronavirus. But...

Pressure Builds on Insurers to Be Part of Coronavirus Business Solution

Mar 20 2020 // While legislators in Washington and states try to fashion financial relief for businesses interrupted by the public health actions related to coronavirus, outside pressure is mounting on private property/casualty...

NY Regs Ask Insurers for Details of Business Interruption Policies in Wake of COVID-19

Mar 20 2020 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has instructed insurers to submit details of business interruption policies that have been provided to insureds, as well as the coverage each policy offers...

Analyst Says Specialty P/C Insurers More Likely to See Business Interruption Losses

Mar 19 2020 // The original property/casualty insurance industry reaction that business interruption losses may be modest may have been too optimistic, according to a leading insurance analyst.KBW’s Meyer Shields believes that the...

AM Best to Test Insurers for Coronavirus Impact; Fitch Lowers Allstate Outlook

Mar 18 2020 // Ratings firm AM Best said it is developing stress testing that it will conduct on its rated insurance companies’ balance sheets to gauge the impact of the COVID-19 virus fallout on their risk-adjusted capital levels,...

P/C Insurers Score Low for Innovation, While Reinsurers Do Better: AM Best

Mar 18 2020 // In an initial test of its new innovation assessment scores, AM Best found that only 1 percent of rated property/casualty insurers merit scores high enough to categorize them as innovation leaders, according to a recent...

Arkansas’ Southern Pioneer P/C Insurance Acquired by Biglari; Ratings Unchanged

Mar 16 2020 // AM Best said the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “bbb” of Southern Pioneer Property and Casualty Insurance Co. (Southern Pioneer), based in...