All the headlines from our Trends Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 23 2025 // Competition among European non-life primary insurers is increasing, despite rising claims inflation, according to S&P Global Ratings in a report on the European insurance sector.Property/casualty commercial insurers...
Jul 23 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of The Brethren Mutual Insurance Co. in...
Jul 23 2025 // The United Nations’ highest court will deliver an opinion on Wednesday that is likely to determine the course of future climate action across the world.Known as an advisory opinion, the deliberation of the 15 judges...
Jul 23 2025 // The independent agency channel placed 61.5% of all property/casualty insurance written in the U.S. in 2024, a slight decline from 2023 where independent agents placed 62.2% of property/casualty lines...
Jul 23 2025 // Major tech firms should commit to fully powering data centers with renewable energy by 2030, said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.Big tech also must be responsible in its use of water for cooling,...
Jul 23 2025 // Chubb followed up a challenging first quarter due to the California wildfires with second quarter net income of nearly $3 billion, up about 33% compared to the same quarter a year ago.Second quarter P/C underwriting income...
Jul 21 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Society Insurance, a mutual...
Jul 21 2025 // While authorities were desperately trying to save people from the deadly Fourth of July floods in Kerr County, Texas, a private drone collided with a search and rescue helicopter and forced it to make an emergency landing,...
Jul 21 2025 // According to the MarketScout Market Barometer, the composite rate for U.S. personal lines increased in the second quarter by 4.6% compared to 4.9% during the first quarter.Dallas-based MarketScout, a division of Novatae...
Jul 21 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...
Jul 21 2025 // The U.S. cyber insurance market witnessed a surge in reported claims, reaching a record 33,561 incidents, according to the 2024 NAIC Cyber Insurance Report.This escalation underscores the growing complexity and frequency...
Jul 18 2025 // Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers, attorneys representing more than 900 survivors who have filed lawsuits said Wednesday.Dozens of complaints,...
Jul 18 2025 // AM Best announced it has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Southern Vanguard...
Jul 17 2025 // Nearly a quarter of cybersecurity bosses said their companies have experienced an attack powered by artificial intelligence in the past year, according to a new survey in which AI risk emerged as the defining challenge.The...
Jul 17 2025 // Marsh McLennan reported consolidated revenue during the second quarter of 2025 of $7.0 billion, an increase of 12% from $6.2 billion in Q2 2024, with underlying (organic) revenue growth of 4%, compared with an increase of...
Jul 17 2025 // Providence, Rhode Island-headquartered United Natural Foods on Wednesday flagged about $350 million to $400 million hit to its fiscal 2025 net sales from an unauthorized activity on its internal networks.The grocery...
Jul 15 2025 // State Farm is implementing a significant rate hike for Illinois homeowners, citing more frequent severe weather events and rising home replacement costs that are driving up the cost and frequency of claims.The rate hike...
Jul 15 2025 // Insured losses from U.S. hurricanes could rise by nearly 50% under a 2°C (3.6°F) global warming scenario, according to MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global re/insurer.A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of...
Jul 15 2025 // British farmers are facing increased fire risks to both their fields and harvesting machines, following a long spell of hot, dry weather.Incident reports from fire and rescue services over the weekend show blazes hitting...
Jul 15 2025 // Dozens of U.S. ice cream producers are planning to remove artificial colors from their products by 2028, a dairy industry group and government officials said on Monday.The producers, which together represent more than 90%...