Latest Property Casualty Headlines

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

P/C Insurers Pulled Off Underwriting Turnaround in First 9 Months

Jan 18 2019 // Private U.S. property/casualty insurers reported a $4.7 billion net underwriting gain in nine-months 2018, a sharp turnaround from a $21.0 billion net underwriting loss a year earlier.The results were helped by a rare...

Rich Joins EPIC Insurance Brokers in Houston

Jan 17 2019 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added Brandon Rich in its property/casualty practice in Houston as a client advocate, reporting to EPIC’s Southwest Region Managing Principal and Director KJ Wagner.Rich...

Brightway Goes ‘All In’ on Independent Agents, Unveils No-Cost Path to Agency Ownership

Jan 10 2019 // On the heels of celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Jacksonville, Fla.-based Brightway Insurance, a national property/casualty insurance retailer selling through a network of franchised independent agencies, has unveiled...

Newly-Privatized AmTrust Announces Leadership Changes

Jan 9 2019 // AmTrust Financial Services announced leadership changes as it moves forward now as a private company.Its $2.95 billion privatization plan was finalized on November 28, 2018 after receipt of all approvals, according to the...

Seeman Holtz P&C Acquires Houston’s Premier Medical Practice Group

Jan 8 2019 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty LLC has acquired Professional Medical Insurance Services (PMIS), headquartered in Houston, with seven other offices across the country.This PMIS medical and malpractice group will...

How Property/Casualty Insurance Is Becoming Less Valuable

Jan 7 2019 // I wrote about this some months ago and received many interesting comments. I decided to follow up on the same subject because it is so important.Value is a relative term often specific to a given asset. For example, if the...

P/C Insurer Trade Groups AIA and PCI Agree on Merger, New Name Starting Jan. 1

Dec 27 2018 // Members of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and the American Insurance Association have approved a merger that takes effect Jan. 1, 2019.The combined organization is set to have a new name, the...

Assessing Wildfires’ Impact on P/C Insurers’ 2018 Results

Dec 20 2018 // Fitch Ratings said it expects the November wildfires in California to have some but not great impact on property/casualty insurers’ year-end results and it anticipates limited or no rating actions due to the fires....

Fitch Sees U.S. P/C Insurers Reducing Investments in Hedge Funds

Dec 17 2018 // U.S. property/casualty insurers’ investment position in other alternative investments as reported is concentrated within a few large insurers and is relatively stable as a percentage of invested assets for the last...

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Dec 17 2018 // XL Catlin has added Kimberly Hans to its Broker & Client Management team as Southeast Regional Leader.Hans is based in Atlanta and reports to Robert Peretti, XL Catlin’s Head of Broker & Client Management in...

9 Month Results Show U.S. P/C Insurance Pivot to Big Profit: A.M. Best

Dec 17 2018 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s net underwriting income has so far swung from a massive loss in 2017 to substantial profit, according to an A.M. Best report.Carriers booked $3.5 billion in net...

State Specialist P/C Carriers Identified for 2018

Dec 17 2018 // The Demotech Company Classification System categorizes insurers into one of 11 categories created by Demotech based on the analysis of data reported by companies to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...

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Dec 17 2018 // Reliance Partners, which specializes in commercial insurance, added Brandon Richards as chief sales officer and opened a new office in Austin, Texas.Richards is a veteran insurance professional with more than 17 years in...

Connecticut Insurance Department Partnering with RiskGenius in Tech Pilot Program

Dec 14 2018 // The Connecticut Insurance Department is one of nine state insurance regulators participating in a pilot program to test a web-based platform that uses machine learning.The pilot states are partnering with RiskGenius, a...

WTW Taps Rowley from Brit, Harvey from Aon to Boost London P/C Arm

Dec 11 2018 // Willis Towers Watson has appointed Tom Rowley as senior vice president, North American Property, and named Matt Harvey as senior vice president, International Property. Both will sit within the Property & Casualty...

9 Month Results Show U.S. P/C Insurance Pivot to Big Profit: A.M. Best

Dec 3 2018 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s net underwriting income has so far swung from a massive loss in 2017 to substantial profit, according to an A.M. Best report.Carriers booked $3.5 billion in net...

People

Dec 3 2018 // San Diego, Calif.-based Wells Media Group Inc. has named Ashley Berg sales and marketing coordinator.Wells Media has also named Kelly de la Mora sales manager of Claims Journal. Berg will be responsible for a variety of...

Report Identifies P/C Insurance Companies with Best Reputations

Dec 3 2018 // USAA Insurance has the highest and best overall reputation among insurers, according to a new report from the Reputation Institute.The insurer landed in the top spot based on criteria including strong reputation,...

California Seizes Small Insurer Merced P&C Due to Wildfire Claims

Dec 2 2018 // California regulators moved Friday to take over an insurance company that can’t pay out all claims following a massive wildfire that destroyed more than 13,000 homes.Merced Property & Casualty Company was pushed...

Moody’s Says California Wildfire Losses Will Impact P/C Insurer, Reinsurer 4Q Earnings

Nov 29 2018 // Moody’s has released estimates showing property/casualty insurers and reinsurers total insured losses at $10 billion $15 billion from the California wildfires, which destroyed more than 20,000 residential and...