All the headlines from our Trends Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 3 2025 // California’s private self-insured employers reported 7.4% fewer workers’ compensation claims in 2024 than in 2023, pushing private self-insured claim frequency to a four-year low, a new report shows.However,...
Jul 2 2025 // The 2025 Solar Risk Assessment report, recently released by kWh Analytics, has sparked significant discussion among industry professionals about the evolving challenges facing renewable energy assets. To explore the...
Jun 30 2025 // Jeffrey Bell watched as crews dug up and replaced neighbors’ lead water pipes, hoping his mother’s house would be next. Workers told him it wasn’t on their list but probably assigned to another...
Jun 30 2025 // One of the most successful hedge fund strategies of recent years — insurance-linked securities — is latching on to an old idea whose popularity is suddenly soaring.Parametric insurance, where policyholders get quick...
Jun 30 2025 // The UK government is planning to announce rule changes to help create a potential new insurance market worth billions of pounds as part of a drive to boost competitiveness.Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is...
Jun 30 2025 // Two more property insurers have put their toes in the Florida market this summer, bringing to 14 the number of new carriers in the state since 2023. It’s another sign that legislative discouragement of claims...
Jun 27 2025 // The number of Independent Medical Review decision letters issued in response to California workers’ compensation medical disputes is trending up in the last few years after declining steadily from 2018 through 2022,...
Jun 26 2025 // Tariffs, enhanced technology to defeat law enforcement along with profitability of criminal enterprises, and geopolitical circumstances have led to an increased threat to the global supply chain, according to the National...
Jun 26 2025 // A recent analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence reveals that the pace of growth in the U.S. excess and surplus lines market slowed to 13.4% in 2024, down from 14.5% a year earlier.While growth stayed up in double...
Jun 24 2025 // As we reach the midpoint of 2025, now is a perfect time to reflect on some of the key trends that have defined the first half of the year while also looking ahead at what to expect in the back half of 2025.The...
Jun 24 2025 // U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran’s reprisals have doubled the price of insuring shipments to the Middle East and the Gulf in the last week, insurance sources said on Monday.War risk insurance premiums for...
Jun 23 2025 // Watch out, insurance industry. A well-known cybercrime group appears to have shifted focus to insurers.Apparently, recent cybersecurity incidents at Erie Insurance, Philadelphia Insurance Cos., and most recently Aflac are...
Jun 23 2025 // Indian insurance policy sellers expect the cost of coverage for airlines to spike as much as 30% after the deadliest aviation crash in more than a decade.Sajja Praveen Chowdary, director at Indian broker Policybazaar,...
Jun 19 2025 // The first three months of 2025 brought devastating wildfires to California, significant wind and hail events to Texas, and substantial increases in tornado activity to “Tornado Alley,” but claim volume...
Jun 19 2025 // Climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years and that may explain why long-range computer forecasts keep underestimating the surge in killer heat...
Jun 18 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Cotality.Hurricane risk isn’t exclusive to Florida — or to coastal areas at all, for that matter. Many people, including insurance professionals, do not realize how far...
Jun 18 2025 // U.S. homeowners insurance rates rose 40.4% over the past six years, with the biggest increases hitting in the last two years, a new report shows.LendingTree’s 2025 State of Home Insurance Report shows rates from 2019...
Jun 17 2025 // IICF Legacy Leaders honored for contributions to the foundation and local communitiesLOS ANGELES – June 16, 2025 – The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping...
Jun 17 2025 // A Michigan lawmaker has proposed legislation that would mandate auto insurance premium reductions of at least 10% on any new or renewed policy, a bill that the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) says...
Jun 16 2025 // Collegiate teams that competed in the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments turned heads in March. Now, we’re hearing about topics that made it to the final rounds of Verisk’s recent emerging...