Latest Carriers Headlines
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Still an Uphill Climb for Commercial Auto Market
Feb 5 2018 // The difficult job of moving commercial auto insurance to a profitable place has not gotten any easier. More vehicles on the road thanks to a rebounding economy, more miles driven, distracted drivers and...
Bermuda’s Re/Insurance Model to Be Tested Following U.S. Tax Reforms: Fitch
Feb 5 2018 // The Bermuda re/insurance model will be tested following U.S. tax reforms and the continuing challenges of competitive market conditions, according to a report by Fitch Ratings. The cut in the U.S. corporate tax rate to 21...
Why Independent Agents Remain Alive and Well
Feb 5 2018 // When I began my career as a journalist covering the insurance industry back in 1981, many of my early stories reported on dire warnings in a series of studies and expert pronouncements predicting the imminent demise of the...
Incumbent Re/Insurers Drive Insurtech Investments in Q4 2017: Willis Towers Watson
Feb 2 2018 // Re/insurance industry incumbents are fueling investments in insurtech startups, sending a clear message to potential disruptive outsiders, according to a report published by Willis Towers Watson, which detailed 2017 trends...
Super Regional P/C Insurer Conference Registration Underway
Feb 1 2018 // Following up on a sold-out inaugural conference last year, the industry’s second annual Super Regional P/C Insurer Conference has been scheduled for July 22-24, 2018 at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa in Lake...
Normandy Insurance Company Hires Morton as Pennsylvania Field Manager
Feb 1 2018 // Normandy Insurance Company, a Deerfield Beach, Fla.-headquartered workers’ compensation carrier, has hired Kelly Morton as its Pennsylvania field manager. The multi-state workers’ compensation carrier recently...
Insurers Begin to Offer Cryptocurrency Theft Cover, Tackling Risks of Growing Sector
Feb 1 2018 // Major global insurers are starting to offer protection against cryptocurrency theft, willing to tackle daunting challenges it brings rather than miss out on this volatile and loosely regulated, but rapidly growing...
Insurtech Slice Wants to Rent Its On-Demand Platform to Others to Launch Products
Feb 1 2018 // Slice Labs, the developer of on-demand, pay-per-use insurance for homeshare companies and others, has started offering use of the platform it created to outside insurers and startups seeking to launch new products. Slice...
EU Will Not Offer Post-Brexit Passporting for UK Insurers, Banks: Diplomats
Jan 31 2018 // European Union negotiators see no room for discussion with Britain on maintaining “passport” access to EU financial markets for its banks after Brexit, but they are willing to look at free trade in the sector,...
California Commissioner Says Insurers Should Cover Mudslide if Fire Was Cause
Jan 29 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today issued a formal notice to all property/casualty insurers reminding them of their duty to cover damages from the recent mudslide and debris flows if it is determined that...
After Catastrophes, ‘Pricing Complacency,’ P/C Insurers Face Real Test in 2018: S&P
Jan 29 2018 // While the U.S. property/casualty insurance sector passed the capital test in 2017, a year with record catastrophe losses, insurers will face the real test in 2018 if catastrophe losses come close to last year’s...
Satisfied Independent Agents Are Growth Engines for P/C Carriers: J.D. Power
Jan 26 2018 // Despite the growth of both technology-based and direct-to-customer sales channels in the property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry, independent agents still control the lion’s share of P/C premiums and represent a...
California-based Law Firm Representing Insurers Takes ‘Solution-Oriented’ Approach
Jan 25 2018 // It’s no coincidence that the word “solutions” is included in the name of a new law firm representing insurers that recently launched in California. Woods Group Solutions, headquartered in Sonoma, Calif.,...
Audit Finds Lax Monitoring of $7B in Illinois Medicaid Payments to Insurers
Jan 25 2018 // Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration cannot adequately account for more than $7 billion paid to Medicaid insurance providers in 2016, an audit released on Jan. 23 found. The critical review by Auditor General...
Startup Neptune Offering Digital Private Flood Product to Agents, Carriers in Nationwide Expansion
Jan 25 2018 // A digital startup private flood insurance provider, Neptune Flood, has secured $2 million in seed round funding and has plans to “aggressively expand” nationwide by offering its platform to carriers, agencies...
P/C Insurers’ Bottom Line Should Benefit from Trump Tax Cut
Jan 25 2018 // Federal tax reform was a big topic of discussion at the Insurance Information Institute’s 2018 P/C Joint Industry Forum, with panelist Jay Gelb of Barclays Capital stating the recently passed tax law is going to be...
Florida Agents March on State Capitol in Lawmaker Push to Reform AOB
Jan 25 2018 // More than 125 insurance agents from across Florida, along with members of the Consumer Protection Coalition (CPC), march to the Florida Capitol on Wednesday to highlight the need for Assignment of Benefits (AOB) reform....
California Commissioner Wants Insurers to Pass Tax Savings to Policyholders
Jan 23 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones wants insurers in his state to pass along savings from taxes expected to be generated by the new tax bill passed in Congress recently. “The recent revision to the Federal...
Airbus Looks to Insurers to Fill Export Trade Funding Gap After Europe’s Freeze
Jan 23 2018 // Airbus said on Monday it is working with private insurance firms and banks to help fill a two-year gap in trade funding left by a European freeze on government export credits, but expects limited public financing to resume...
Ratings Outlooks Revised to Positive for South Dakota Insurer
Jan 22 2018 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” of Northwest G.F. Mutual Insurance Co. (NWGF)...
