All the headlines from our Property Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 13 2023 // Incline P&C Group Hires Gorney as COO Incline P&C Group, headquartered in Austin, Texas, appointed George Gorney as chief operating officer. Gorney joins Incline from U.S. Risk Insurance Group, where he previously...
Jul 7 2023 // Like the first quarter of 2023, the composite rate for U.S. commercial property/casualty lines increased 5% in the second quarter, according to MarketScout’s Market Barometer.The Dallas-based distribution and...
Jul 7 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Swiss Re, BMS Re, and QBE Canada.A summary of these new hires follows here. Swiss Re Taps AGCS’s Shahkarami as Head P&C SolutionsSwiss Re has...
Jun 15 2023 // A rise in first quarter losses in the homeowners insurance line of business primarily put U.S. property/casualty underwriting results in the red, according to AM Best.The U.S. P/C industry booked a $8.2 billion...
Jun 5 2023 // How could the current economic environment affect workers’ compensation — and the property and casualty insurance industry overall – in 2023?That’s a question that insurance veteran Robert Hartwig...
Jun 2 2023 // Stephens Insurance Adds Bettina to Houston Team as P&C SVP Stephens Insurance, LLC, an affiliate of Stephens Inc., has hired Chris Bettina as a senior vice president within the property and casualty practice. Bettina...
May 27 2023 // An insurer group was quick to respond over the weekend after State Farm announced it will cease accepting new applications for business and personal lines property/casualty in California to deal with increased risks and...
May 24 2023 // An analysis from S&P Global Market Intelligence found that the finger can be pointed at personal lines carriers for most of the property/casualty industry underwriting red ink during the first quarter.The U.S. P/C...
May 22 2023 // How could the current economic environment affect workers compensation – and the property and casualty insurance industry overall – in 2023?Earlier this month, insurance veteran Robert Hartwig forecasted answers....
May 10 2023 // Chubb Appoints Homan to Lead International Property and Casualty Division Chubb today announced that Mark Homan has been appointed division president, international property and casualty for overseas general insurance, the...
May 8 2023 // Analysts at Fitch Ratings predict a better underwriting result for U.S. property/casualty insurers in 2023 compared to 2022, but the combined ratio is still going to hover above breakeven, according to their forecast.Fitch...
May 8 2023 // In a “deliberate and modest fashion,” the composite rate for commercial property/casualty lines increased 5% during the first quarter 2023, according to MarketScout.The Dallas-based distribution and...
Apr 19 2023 // Canada’s Desjardins Group is seeking acquisitions in the property and casualty (P/C) insurance space as it seeks to boost its presence across the country, CEO Guy Cormier told Reuters on Tuesday.Cormier said the...
Apr 17 2023 // Analysts at Fitch Ratings predict a better underwriting result for U.S. property/casualty insurers in 2023 than 2022, but the combined ratio is still going to hover above breakeven, according to their forecast.Fitch...
Apr 17 2023 // High inflation alone led to an increase in property/casualty claims of 5%-7.5%, across five key markets in 2022, according to Swiss Re research.“In 2023, we expect that inflation should lead to an additional increase...
Apr 10 2023 // In a “deliberate and modest fashion,” the composite rate for commercial property and casualty lines increases 5% during the first quarter 2023, according to MarketScout.The Dallas-based distribution and...
Apr 10 2023 // Seventeen U.S. property/casualty insurance companies became impaired in 2021, with seven of the impairments driven by catastrophe losses from hurricanes, primarily in Louisiana and Florida, according to an AM Best...
Apr 5 2023 // Henningsen Appointed CEO of Lockton Texas P&C Business Lockton Companies has appointed Jeff Henningsen as chief executive officer (CEO) for the Texas P&C business, with teams in Dallas, Houston and Ft. Worth,...
Apr 4 2023 // Tanabe to Succeed Ruser as WCRI CEOThe Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) has named Executive Vice President Ramona Tanabe as CEO as of May 1. She succeeds John Ruser, who has served in the position since 2015...
Apr 3 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Insurance Quantified.Underwriting commercial P&C insurance is complex – each industry looks different, small businesses are different than medium-sized ones, and each...