All the headlines from our Property Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 3 2024 // Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the property and casualty (P/C) MGUs owned by Ethos Specialty Insurance LLC from Ascot...
Aug 29 2024 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry recorded a net underwriting gain of $3.7 billion and net income of $94.6 billion for the first-half of 2024, according to a new report.“After years of consistent losses,...
Aug 20 2024 // Commercial property/casualty premium increases in the second quarter 2024 were flat or down from the previous quarter for all lines of business—evidence of a softening insurance market, according to The Council of...
Aug 20 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.By now, if you haven’t heard about insurance companies (large and small) and their max exodus from the most risky states, you may have been living under a rock....
Aug 19 2024 // S&P Global Market Intelligence is forecasting a combined ratio of 99.2 for the U.S. P/C insurance industry overall in 2024, signifying a return to underwriting profitability for the first time since 2021.According to...
Jul 23 2024 // S&P Global Market Intelligence is forecasting a combined ratio of 99.2 for the U.S. P/C insurance industry overall in 2024, signifying a return to underwriting profitability for the first time since 2021.According to...
Jul 16 2024 // Favorable first-quarter economic and underwriting results for property/casualty insurance are in line with projections that the industry will see a small underwriting loss in 2024 and achieve profitability in 2025,...
Jul 15 2024 // Even though direct loss ratios for commercial auto and other liability lines rose in first-quarter 2024, across all lines U.S. property/casualty insurers posted a net combined ratio of 94 — the best since...
Jul 10 2024 // Incline P&C Group, headquartered in Austin, Texas, appointed Scott Galiardo as chief actuary and chief underwriting officer for commercial and specialty lines and Tony Urban as the chief development officer. In this...
Jul 3 2024 // For the second year in a row, the U.S. property/casualty industry booked an underwriting loss of more than $20 billion primarily due to the lackluster performance of personal auto and home insurance lines.The total U.S....
Jun 27 2024 // Even though direct loss ratios for commercial auto and other liability lines rose in first-quarter 2024, across all lines U.S. property/casualty insurers posted a net combined ratio of 94—the best since first-quarter...
Jun 20 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Dyad. In the ever-evolving landscape of Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance, the distribution “middle”, comprised of intermediaries such as agents, brokers,...
Jun 19 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Canopius and Swiss Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. Canopius Taps AXA XL’s Houghton as Product Leader, SpecialtyCanopius, the...
Jun 17 2024 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance segment’s net investment income hit a record $73.9 billion in 2023, bolstered by the higher interest rate environment, according to a new AM Best report.The Best’s Special...
Jun 14 2024 // The U.S. property/casualty market sustained an estimated $21.1 billion in underwriting losses in 2023, highlighting the challenges the industry faces as a result of natural catastrophes and inflation.According to joint...
Jun 12 2024 // The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded a $9.3 billion net underwriting gain in the first three months of 2024, according to a recently published AM Best report.The gain marks a reversal of an $8.5 billion loss...
Jun 5 2024 // Just under half of property/casualty insurers recently surveyed by WTW say they plan to incorporate artificial intelligence into their analytics (49%), but most have yet to bring “traditional” analytics into...
Jun 3 2024 // Overall commercial property/casualty premiums increased slightly for all account sizes to 7.7% on average in the first quarter 2024, according to The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers’ Q1 Market Survey.With the...
May 31 2024 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance segment’s net investment income hit a record $73.9 billion in 2023, bolstered by the higher interest rate environment, according to a new AM Best report.The Best’s Special...
May 29 2024 // Insurtech hyperexponential has hired Risa Ryan as head of US P/C.Risa was most recently chief underwriting officer at Sompo International. She will be based in New York. She has over 25 years of industry experience, having...