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#1 Prior Knowledge Ends Filmmaker Baldoni’s Coverage for Harassment Claims: Insurer
Jul 22 2025 // The insurer for the actor Justin Baldoni and other executives at his movie studio Wayfarer says its policies do not cover actress Blake Lively’s allegations of sexual harassment during the filming of the movie...
#2 Insurer Can’t Sue for Unjust Enrichment by Deceptive Insured, Appeals Court Says
Jul 28 2025 // A decision by a federal appeals court last week shows what limited options insurance carriers have when they discover major misrepresentation by the insured long after claims have been paid. The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of...
#3 Staff Cuts Help Fuel GEICO Profit; Auto Insurer Not ‘Pouring Money’ Into AI
May 5 2025 // He’s not yet ready to declare “mission accomplished,” but Ajit Jain, vice chair of Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance operations, said the conglomerate’s personal auto insurer, GEICO, is no longer...
#4 Insurer Says it Has No Duty to Defend Kansas City Super Bowl Parade Shooting Lawsuit
Jul 22 2025 // Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters said in a complaint last week that it has no duty to defend or indemnify a Kansas City sports promotion group facing an underlying lawsuit over a mass shooting at a 2024 Super Bowl...
#5 Florida Judge Blocks State Agency for Citizens Claims Disputes, But Insurer Appeals
Aug 5 2025 // A Florida judge temporarily halted Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. from sending claims disputes to a state arbitration agency, but a notice of appeal by Citizens automatically suspended the judge’s...
#6 Mixed Bag: What Trump 2.0 Tariffs, DOGE Activities Mean For Insurers
Jan 2 2025 // Setting aside the populist flavor of his campaign rhetoric, Donald J. Trump’s previous service as the nation’s 45th president presents a remarkable opportunity to make educated guesses about the impact of his...
#7 Experts Predict Impacts of $25B+ Milton Hit to Insurers, Reinsurers
Oct 9 2024 // A wide cone of uncertainty surrounds insurance experts’ pre-landfall predictions about the state of the industry that will prevail in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, with most viewing it as a $20 billion-plus loss...
#8 Los Angeles Fires Become Existential Test for California’s Stopgap Insurer
Jan 9 2025 // The conflagrations tearing across Los Angeles are on track to be among the most expensive wildfire disasters in U.S. history, draining insurance coffers and threatening California’s massive state-sponsored insurance...
#9 US Court Declines to Dismiss Mandarin Hotel COVID-19 Claim Against Insurers
Sep 25 2024 // Insurers have failed to win dismissal of a federal COVID-19 business interruption lawsuit against them by the luxury hotel chain Mandarin Oriental. Judge John P. Cronan of U.S District Court in New York found that...
#10 Complaints About Florida Insurers Have More Than Doubled in 5 Years, or Have They?
May 19 2025 // Consumer complaints about property-casualty insurers in Florida have more than doubled in the last five years and are on track to reach a new high in 2025, according to data provided by Florida regulators. Insurance...
#11 Only Carrier or Comp Judge Can Determine Compensability, Fla. Appeals Court Says
Jul 3 2025 // An employee cannot file a tort lawsuit against her employer until after it has been determined that she is not eligible for a workers’ compensation claim. And that compensability determination can only be made by an...
#12 Boost Prices or Retreat? How Carriers Improved Homeowners Books in 2024
May 21 2025 // Direct written premiums in the U.S. homeowners insurance market rose more than 13 percent in 2024, and the net combined ratio for the line fell below breakeven for the first time in five years. Higher prices explained much...
#13 Florida Appeals Court Upsets Applecart on Workers’ Comp Statute of Limitations
Jan 16 2025 // A recent decision and concurring opinion by a Florida appeals court may have upset years of practice and could raise costs for workers’ compensation insurers. Some claims that carriers were once ready to close out of...
#14 European Homeowners Battle Insurers Over $2.9 Trillion Climate Risk
Jun 13 2025 // When Bernard Weisse first noticed a tiny crack in the outer wall of his house on the outskirts of Paris, he dismissed it as little more than a nuisance. But in the four years since, a spiderweb of fissures has spread from...
#15 Will California’s FAIR Plan Have Enough Cash for Its Wildfire Claims?
Jan 16 2025 // There has been some question about whether California’s insurer of last resort – the FAIR Plan – has enough cash on hand to pay for its share of wildfire claims. As surplus is inadequate and reinsurance has a...
#16 Hedge Funds Hunt Deals in Risk Scenarios Too Costly for Insurers
Apr 7 2025 // As Los Angeles residents digested the apocalyptic scene left by wildfires earlier this year, the stage was simultaneously being set for hedge funds to pursue market-beating returns fanned by climate change. The investment...
#17 The U.S. Property & Casualty Crisis: How It’s Going for Insurers and the States They’ve Left
Aug 20 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. America’s home insurance crisis By now, if you haven’t heard about insurance companies (large and small) and their max exodus from the most risky states,...
#18 Update: Re/Insurer Losses From LA Wildfires Expected to Be Significant but Manageable
Jan 10 2025 // Insurers are facing significant losses from the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires — given the high value of homes and businesses in the affected communities. However, those losses are likely to be manageable for...
#19 AM Best Report Cites MGA’s Role in Insurer Insolvencies
Dec 18 2024 // This story has been edited for clarity. In May of 2022, as Florida lawmakers debated solutions to the Florida property insurance crisis, a number of Democrats in the state Senate argued litigation and roof claims were not...
#20 City’s Insurer to Pay $550K for Police Twice Wrongfully Arresting, Jailing Man
Jul 29 2025 // A Rhode Island city’s insurer will pay $550,000 to settle the case of a resident who was twice wrongfully arrested and jailed for a crime he did not commit. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced the...
