Latest Property Headlines

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

People Moves: Aspen Taps SiriusPoint’s Mardon as Global Head of Property Catastrophe; CNA Hardy Appoints Marsh’s Berman as Head of Specialty

Nov 3 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aspen Insurance Holdings and CNA Hardy.A summary of these new hires follows here. Aspen Taps SiriusPoint’s Mardon as Global Head of Property...

Ravaged Fort Myers Becomes Magnet for Risk-Taking Property Buyers

Nov 1 2023 // A year after Hurricane Ian ripped through southwest Florida, wealthy risk-takers are transforming one beach town.In Fort Myers Beach, many of the middle-class cottages that once dotted the Estero Island town were wiped off...

UK Commercial Property Defaults Rise as Rate Hikes Hit Borrowers

Oct 17 2023 // The number of soured commercial real estate loans has begun to rise in the UK as the rapid increase in interest rates feeds through to property valuations.The overall default rate on UK commercial real estate debt reached...

Property Rates and Reality Checks

Oct 16 2023 // Property insurance carrier after property insurance carrier is exclaiming that they need 20% here and 15% there and 18% over there. Rates in many parts of the country are already bordering on unaffordable, however. Agents...

Tennessee Comptroller Wants More-Frequent Property Appraisals

Oct 5 2023 // Tennessee’s comptroller wants more-frequent property appraisals to keep up with rapidly escalating home prices, a move that could have an indirect impact on property insurance limits and premiums in the...

People Moves: Lockton Europe Taps WTW’s Rowley as Head of N. American Property; Sompo Int’l Names Faugas From AGCS as France Country Manager, Insurance

Oct 3 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lockton Europe and Sompo InternationalA summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Europe Taps WTW’s Rowley as Head of North American...

MGA iprism Purchases Property-Focused MGA, SK Underwriting

Sep 25 2023 // iprism, the London-based construction, property, commercial and high-net-worth MGA, announced the acquisition of property-focused MGA, SK Underwriting Ltd. for an undisclosed amount.Kent, England-based SK Underwriting was...

Next Florida House Speaker Wants More Property Insurance Legislation, Deliberations

Sep 21 2023 // The next speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, set to take charge in 2025, said he hopes to see more legislation that could further address spiraling property insurance costs.“Do I believe we are done with...

Chinese Police Detain Staff of Evergrande Unit as Property Crisis Enters New Phase

Sep 18 2023 // Authorities detained some staff of the money management business of China Evergrande Group, a sign that the saga around the defaulted developer at the heart of the nation’s property crisis has entered a new phase...

New Florida Immigration Law Could Worsen Property Insurance Costs

Sep 14 2023 // If Florida insureds and insurers haven’t been pummeled enough by rising costs in recent years, they could soon see another factor that could hit them in the pocketbook.Florida’s tough new immigration law that...

Property Owners Win Key Ruling Against State of Michigan Over 2020 Dam Failure

Sep 12 2023 // DETROIT (AP) – Property owners seeking to hold the state of Michigan responsible for the disastrous failure of a dam in 2020 have won a critical ruling from an appeals court.The court said claims of “inverse...

People Moves: Encova Names Mabe to Board of Directors; JM Wilson Promotes Bolhuis to Assistant Property & Casualty Manager

Sep 7 2023 // JM Wilson Promotes Bolhuis to Assistant Property & Casualty ManagerJM Wilson has promoted Kristin Bolhuis to assistant property & casualty manager in their Portage, Michigan office. Bolhuis’ responsibilities...

APCIA, RAA Testify Before Senate Committee on Property Insurance Market

Sep 7 2023 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) and the Reinsurance Association of American together presented testimony in Washington today on the state of of the property insurance market.The presentation,...

The Care and Feeding of Property-Catastrophe Models

Sep 7 2023 // Executive summary: The key to getting useful model results is working with models that fit specific underwriting needs and making sure the models are regularly updated while employing qualitative analysis (in addition to...

NC Appeals Court: Trial Needed After Agent Failed to Disclose Pond on Property

Sep 6 2023 // A North Carolina insurance agent will have to return to court to determine if he or the client acted negligently by failing to disclose details about an insured’s property, the state’s Court of Appeals decided...

People Moves: Sompo Int’l Taps Zurich’s Weiss as Head of Property & Energy, Continental Europe; Inigo Hires Aviation Specialist Harker From Marsh

Aug 28 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Sompo International and Inigo Limited.A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Int’l Taps Zurich’s Weiss as Head of Property &...

NAIC to Ask for Data to Better Understand Property-Market Availability, Affordability

Aug 21 2023 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners said at its Summer National Meeting that it plans to collect data from insurers in order to help insurance regulators better understand property markets, especially when...

Global Insurance Prices Continue to Moderate in Q2 With Exception of Property: Marsh

Aug 21 2023 // Global commercial insurance pricing rose 3% in the second quarter of 2023, down from 4% in Q1, according to Marsh, which pointed to two notable trends during Q2: a moderation in cyber rates and continuing challenges in...

Judge Won’t Block Florida Law Banning Chinese Ownership of Property

Aug 18 2023 // (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Florida on Thursday declined to block the state’s law barring citizens of China and other “countries of concern” from owning homes or land in the state.U.S. District...

People Moves: Gallagher Re Taps Howden’s Posada for LatAm, Caribbean Sales; Dale Hires Pettifer for Property Open Mkt; AXA XL Names Hayzelden for Upstream Energy

Aug 17 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Gallagher Re, Dale Underwriting Partners and AXA XL.A summary of these new hires follows here. Gallagher Re Taps Posada from Howden to Lead LatAm,...