Casualty Losses to Drive 2019 Rate Firming
WTW cites ‘relentless loss activity’ in liability lines.
FEMA to Renew Private Reinsurance Program
Seeks quotes for $2 billion to backup flood insurance losses.
- Nationwide Insurance Cutting 1,000 Jobs
- Liberty Mutual Restructures Distribution for Commercial & Specialty Products
- Carbon Copies of Flo, Jake, Gecko Join Climate Change Protest at NAIC Meeting
- Insurance Industry Kept Promises to Hurricane Victims; Now Tested by Wildfires
- Travelers Partners with Contractor, Tech Firm on Wearables for Construction Safety
- New York Clinic Owner, Doctor, Attorney Arrested for Insurance Fraud Scheme
- New York Clinic Owner, Doctor, Attorney Arrested for Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Parts of Northern New England Hit with Heavy, Wet Snow
- Massachusetts Lawmakers Set Hearings on Natural Gas Disaster
- Mass. Contractor Faces $311K in Penalties for Exposing Workers to Safety Hazards
- New Jersey Court Ruling Could Erase 20K Drunken Driving Convictions
- Officials Confirm Five More Measles Cases in Central New Jersey Community
- $8.6B Worth of Homes at High or Extreme Risk from California Fires
- California Judge Sets Date for Next Next Monsanto Cancer Trial
- S&P Says Insurers And Reinsurers Can Absorb Losses from California Wildfires
- CREST Insurance Group in Arizona Names Perrin COO
- California Commissioner Wants Fire Claims Expedited, 9K Properties Lost
- California Issues Emergency Declaration to Allow Out-of-State Adjusters to Help with Fire Claims
- New South Carolina Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Talc Cancer Case Retrial
- Severe Weather Causes Tour Bus to Overturn in Memphis, 2 Killed
- West Virginia Gov Makes 3 Appointments to Miners’ Health Safety Office
- Kentucky Woman Gets 5 Years, Ordered to Pay $1.6M for Crop Insurance Fraud
- Worldwide Facilities Adds Davis to Brokerage Team in Atlanta
- North Carolina Ag Chief Says $250M in Aid Needed for Farmers After Florence
- Arkansas Deputy Insurance Commissioner Anderson Receives NAIC Award
- Leicht Elected President of Texas Surplus Lines Association
- Nearly 3.5 Tons of Chicken Salad Recalled by Houston Company
- Gas Leak Blamed for Deadly Texas Hospital Blast
- Universal Insurance Adds Anderson in Oklahoma
- Benefitfocus Opens New Tulsa Office
- Michigan Man Sentenced to Prison for Staged Auto Crash Fraud Scheme
- Delle Joins Missouri’s Town and Country Insurance Agency
- Early Snowstorm Shuts Down Schools, Businesses in Eastern Missouri
- Ratings of Missouri’s Savers Property and Casualty Insurance Under Review
- Tower Hill Specialty Expands Property Insurance Offerings to Missouri
- Nebraska Seeking New Ways to Warn Drivers About Deer
National News
- Insurance Industry Kept Promises to Hurricane Victims; Now Tested by Wildfires
- Jobless Ranks May Be Inflated by Millions of Gig Workers
- Boeing Defends 737 Safety as First U.S. Lawsuit Filed Over Lion Air Crash
- Liberty Mutual Restructures Distribution for Commercial & Specialty Products
- Travelers Partners with Contractor, Tech Firm on Wearables for Construction Safety
- ProWriters Launches Online Cyber Insurance Portal
East News
- New York Clinic Owner, Doctor, Attorney Arrested for Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Parts of Northern New England Hit with Heavy, Wet Snow
- Massachusetts Lawmakers Set Hearings on Natural Gas Disaster
- Mass. Contractor Faces $311K in Penalties for Exposing Workers to Safety Hazards
- New Jersey Court Ruling Could Erase 20K Drunken Driving Convictions
- Officials Confirm Five More Measles Cases in Central New Jersey Community
Midwest News
- Michigan Man Sentenced to Prison for Staged Auto Crash Fraud Scheme
- Delle Joins Missouri’s Town and Country Insurance Agency
- Early Snowstorm Shuts Down Schools, Businesses in Eastern Missouri
- Ratings of Missouri’s Savers Property and Casualty Insurance Under Review
- Tower Hill Specialty Expands Property Insurance Offerings to Missouri
- Nebraska Seeking New Ways to Warn Drivers About Deer
Tallying Losses from October's Global Cats
Hurricane Michael, Italy’s floods, Asia’s typhoon YuTu among costliest.
Texas / South Central News
- Arkansas Deputy Insurance Commissioner Anderson Receives NAIC Award
- Leicht Elected President of Texas Surplus Lines Association
- Nearly 3.5 Tons of Chicken Salad Recalled by Houston Company
- Gas Leak Blamed for Deadly Texas Hospital Blast
- Universal Insurance Adds Anderson in Oklahoma
- Benefitfocus Opens New Tulsa Office
Southeast News
- New South Carolina Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Talc Cancer Case Retrial
- Severe Weather Causes Tour Bus to Overturn in Memphis, 2 Killed
- West Virginia Gov Makes 3 Appointments to Miners’ Health Safety Office
- Kentucky Woman Gets 5 Years, Ordered to Pay $1.6M for Crop Insurance Fraud
- Worldwide Facilities Adds Davis to Brokerage Team in Atlanta
- North Carolina Ag Chief Says $250M in Aid Needed for Farmers After Florence
Pennsylvania Charges 60 with Insurance Fraud
AG competes statewide sweep covering multiple types of insurance.
West News
- $8.6B Worth of Homes at High or Extreme Risk from California Fires
- California Judge Sets Date for Next Next Monsanto Cancer Trial
- S&P Says Insurers And Reinsurers Can Absorb Losses from California Wildfires
- CREST Insurance Group in Arizona Names Perrin COO
- California Commissioner Wants Fire Claims Expedited, 9K Properties Lost
- California Issues Emergency Declaration to Allow Out-of-State Adjusters to Help with Fire Claims
International News
- UK Prime Minister Defiantly Battles to Save Brexit Divorce Deal – and Her Job
- Hardline Brexiteers Bet UK Can Defy Trade-Gravity Theory with No-Deal Brexit
- Deutsche Bank, BofA, JPM Drawn into Danske Money Laundering Probe: Sources
- Hard Brexit Could Cost UK 6% of GDP, IMF Warns
- Tokio Marine’s Sale of Reinsurance Units to Boost Operational Efficiency: Fitch
- Indian Tech Billionaire’s Exit Pulls Corporate India Deeper into #MeToo Firestorm
- Hamilton Re Taps Hiscox’s Roache as Head of Risk XS
Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns
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