All the headlines from our Trends Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 7 2025 // Standard market woes, captive growth, and the increased importance of navigating relationships with third-party administrators–insurance experts in the commercial trucking arena have helped their clients traverse a...
Apr 7 2025 // Architects and engineers professional liability insurers report concerns about the persistent effects of inflation on claim expenses, uncertainty about the U.S. economy, higher risk project types and professional design...
Apr 7 2025 // Commercial property insurance rates continue to fall for most accounts after most property insurers saw profitable books in 2024. That’s good news for insureds, commercial property brokers say, as clients begin to...
Apr 4 2025 // A Pennsylvania woman who sold part of her barn for use in a barn-rebuilding TV reality show now faces charges after investigators said she filed a fraudulent wind claim on the structure.Tracey Jeffreys, 63, of the Milton...
Apr 3 2025 // The team of hurricane researchers at Colorado State University has predicted an above-average Atlantic hurricane season for 2025.CSU’s initial forecast of the hurricane season issued April 3 calls for 17 named storms...
Apr 3 2025 // The fragmented auto insurance customer experience is set for disruption, according to a new report by Deloitte.The report, “Reinventing the insurance customer experience for loyalty,” highlights how...
Apr 2 2025 // The Texas Department of Insurance said in a March 28 bulletin that it accepted the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) advisory loss cost filing proposal of an overall average decrease of 11.5% to the current...
Apr 2 2025 // Swiss financial market watchdog FINMA has revamped its organizational structure with immediate effect, the regulator said on Tuesday, as it gears up for future challenges including supervision of the enlarged...
Apr 2 2025 // North Carolina Insurance Mike Causey said Tuesday that he had negotiated a lower average rate increase for mobile home policies than the North Carolina Rate Bureau had asked for.“I am happy to announce that North...
Mar 31 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a filing from the California FAIR Plan Association to increase commercial property coverage limits.Related: New Fire Maps Put Nearly 4M Californians in Hazardous...
Mar 31 2025 // Property and casualty insurance has traditionally been a cyclical industry, meaning it goes through phases of firm pricing and tight capacity followed by softer market conditions that tend to favor insurance buyers. The...
Mar 27 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company...
Mar 25 2025 // The Lloyd’s executives said the market has continued to demonstrate its value to stakeholders by delivering 6.5% premium growth while maintaining underwriting discipline.Lloyd’s saw a continuation of positive...
Mar 25 2025 // With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will degrade the accuracy of...
Mar 24 2025 // In mountain ranges around the world, glaciers are melting as global temperatures rise. Europe’s Alps and Pyrenees lost 40% of their glacier volume from 2000 to 2023. These and other icy regions have provided...
Mar 24 2025 // Parts of Hawaii are sinking faster than others, according to a recent study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, highlighting the flood risk to infrastructure, businesses and communities in low-lying...
Mar 24 2025 // U.S. commercial insurance rates showed a continued upward trend, with signs of moderation in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the latest findings from WTW’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey...
Mar 24 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICRs of “a+”...
Mar 24 2025 // This year restaurants and bars continue to grapple with many of the same challenges they faced in 2024. The rising cost of labor and food, along with the ongoing struggle to recruit and retain employees, remain among the...
Mar 20 2025 // Munich Re said it has acquired Next Insurance, which will become part of the reinsurer’s major primary insurance business, Ergo.The agreement in place values Next Insurance at $2.6 billion. Ergo already owned nearly...