Latest Property Casualty Headlines

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Ratings Agency Ignites Controversy Over Financial Strength of Florida Insurers

Jul 24 2018 // With Florida about to enter peak hurricane season, a state insurance association representing 15 insurers in Florida is hitting back against a recent report from ratings agency Weiss Ratings that identified 10...

Iowa’s Holmes Murphy Welcomes 14 New Employee Shareholders

Jul 19 2018 // Iowa-based insurance services firm, Holmes Murphy, recently added 14 new employee shareholders.Holmes Murphy shareholders help lead the company in its mission to promote health, protect wealth, and deliver peace of mind....

P/C Insurers Double Q1 Profit on Tax Changes, Growing Economy, Lower Cat Losses

Jul 16 2018 // Tax reform, a growing economy and lower catastrophe losses helped U.S. property/casualty insurers more than double their first quarter profit this year.Insurers’ net income after taxes surpassed $17 billion during...

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Jul 16 2018 // Worldwide Facilities has opened a new location in Morehead City, N.C., where Kasey Vaughn joined as senior vice president.Vaughn brings 17 years of experience in wholesale personal and commercial lines practice. She...

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Jul 16 2018 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Jeffrey L. Brady of Brady, Chapman, Holland & Associates (BCH) in Houston to serve as IIAT chair for 2018-19.Brady was elected during IIAT’s 121st Annual...

3 New P/C Insurers OK’d to Do Business in Arkansas

Jul 16 2018 // Three new property/casualty insurance companies have been approved to do business in Arkansas, the state insurance department reported. All three are based in Florida.Counting the recently accepted companies, 10 new...

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Jul 16 2018 // Hanover Stone Solutions, an advisory firm providing risk consulting services to U.S. property/casualty and life insurance companies, has appointed Joanne Morrissey and Gary Dubois as senior advisors based in New York...

AXA, XL Choose Name for Combined P/C, Specialty Operations: ‘AXA XL’

Jul 12 2018 // Following the completion of the acquisition of XL Group by AXA SA – expected in the second half of 2018 – the two insurers have chosen the name of the division that will be dedicated to large property/casualty...

P/C Insurers Way Behind in Digital Customer Service: J.D. Power

Jul 10 2018 // Property/casualty insurers have a long way to go toward meeting customer expectations about their digital interactions.A new J.D. Power 2018 Insurance Digital Experience Study concludes that while a few insurers have...

3 New Property/Casualty Insurers OK’d to Do Business in Arkansas

Jul 5 2018 // Three new property/casualty insurance companies have been approved to do business in Arkansas, the state insurance department reported. All three are based in Florida.Counting the recently accepted companies, 10 new...

Burand’s State of P/C Insurance Industry: How P/C Insurance is Becoming Less Valuable

Jul 4 2018 // Value is a relative term often specific to a given asset. For example, if the price of gold declines from $1,800 an ounce to $1,250 an ounce, as it has, then gold is less valuable. The price of property/casualty insurance...

Kemper Completes Acquisition of Specialty Auto Insurer Infinity P&C

Jul 2 2018 // Chicago-based insurer Kemper Corp. has closed on its $1.6 billion acquisition of Birmingham-based nonstandard auto insurer Infinity Property and Casualty Corp.The stock portion of the cash and stock deal announced in...

Rising Homeowners Losses Hurt P/C Insurers: Fitch

Jul 2 2018 // Personal lines underwriting losses rose in 2017 for the fourth year in a row, Fitch Ratings found in a new report. There’s a twist, however.In the three years prior to 2017, personal auto insurance contributed...

Hanover Stone Solutions Appoints Morrissey, Dubois as Senior Advisors in NYC

Jun 29 2018 // Hanover Stone Solutions, an advisory firm providing risk consulting services to U.S. property and casualty and life insurance companies, has appointed Joanne Morrissey and Gary Dubois as senior advisors based in New York...

Citigroup’s Mexico Unit, Chubb Announce Bancassurance Distribution Agreement

Jun 29 2018 // Citibanamex, a subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., and Chubb Seguros México, an affiliate of Chubb Ltd., announced a definitive long-term agreement where Chubb will provide a range of non-life insurance products to...

Gulfstream of Florida Promotes Killingsworth to VP of Sales, Marketing, Agency Licensing

Jun 27 2018 // Gulfstream Property and Casualty Insurance Co., based in Sarasota, Fla., has promoted Mike Killingsworth to vice president of Sales, Marketing and Agency Licensing.In this leadership position, Killingsworth will spearhead...

Here’s a Shocker: Insurance Industry Reserves Still Adequate

Jun 25 2018 // Although analysts at Conning didn’t actually use the word “shocked” in their latest report on the property/casualty industry’s loss reserve position, the title of the report—and the image on the...

Brady to Serve as Chair of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas

Jun 21 2018 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Jeffrey L. Brady of Brady, Chapman, Holland & Associates (BCH) in Houston, to serve as chair for 2018-19.Brady was elected during IIAT’s 121st Annual...

Two P/C Insurance Trade Groups — AIA and PCI — Plan to Merge

Jun 20 2018 // Two leading U.S. property/casualty insurance carrier trade groups are talking about merging.The American Insurance Association (AIA) and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) said their respective...

Rising Homeowners Losses Hurt P/C Insurers in 2017: Fitch

Jun 18 2018 // Personal lines underwriting losses rose in 2017 for the fourth year in a row, Fitch Ratings found in a new report. There’s a twist, however.In the three years prior to 2017, personal automobile insurance contributed...