Most Popular Carriers Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Carriers Topic Page over the last year.
#1 State Farm Sued Over Policies Backed by Distressed Insurer PHL
Dec 3 2025 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. faces a lawsuit accusing it of fraud and unjust enrichment for selling products from PHL Variable Insurance Co., which authorities say has a $2.2 billion capital shortfall that...
#2 Insurers Escape Coverage for Parents Accused of Hiding Son’s Murder Weapon
Feb 14 2025 // A Pennsylvania husband and wife are not covered by their homeowners or personal umbrella insurance policies for claims they inflicted emotional distress by hiding the gun their son used to kill a friend and thus delaying...
#3 After Florida Report, Georgia Senator Wants Investigation into MGAs, Insurer Profits
Mar 19 2025 // Concerns about Florida-based insurance carriers masking profits with the help of affiliated companies has spilled across the border into Georgia, with one state senator calling for an investigation. Sen. Nabilah Islam...
#4 Don’t Look Now, But Citizens Is No Longer the Largest Property Insurer in Florida
Nov 3 2025 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-created insurer of last resort, is no longer the largest carrier in Florida. The ranking is seen as a significant milestone in the push for a more stable, market-based insurance...
#5 USAA Becomes 3rd Insurer to Report $1B-Plus in Claims So Far for LA Wildfires
Feb 5 2025 // USAA has paid out more than $1 billion for the Los Angeles wildfires, making it the third insurer to report $1 billion or more in payouts for the destructive blazes that burned thousands of properties. The company, which...
#6 Another Insurer — Philadelphia Insurance — Reports Network Outage
Jun 11 2025 // Philadelphia Insurance Co. is currently experiencing a network outage that is affecting its systems. This outage has knocked out the insurer’s phone and email systems, as well as customer access to online...
#7 California Approves FAIR Plan Request to Assess Insurers $1B for Wildfire Claims
Feb 11 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a California FAIR Plan request for a $1 billion assessment on admitted market insurers to cover claims from the Los Angeles wildfires. The FAIR Plan reported it has...
#8 Mangrove, Another New Property Insurer, Enters Florida Market
Jan 27 2025 // Itasca Re chairman Stephen Weinstein has launched a new Florida-domiciled insurance carrier, known as Mangrove Property Insurance, with plans to assume thousands of policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Mangrove,...
#9 Two More Insurers Enter Florida Market as Hurricane Season Warms Up
Jun 30 2025 // Two more property insurers have put their toes in the Florida market this summer, bringing to 14 the number of new carriers in the state since 2023. It’s another sign that legislative discouragement of claims...
#10 Homeowners Suing USAA and AAA Insurers Over LA Wildfires
Jun 6 2025 // Some homeowners who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires have filed lawsuits against three large insurers over claims payouts they say didn’t cover their losses. The lawsuits were filed in Los Angeles County...
#11 Father, Two Sons Charged With Defrauding North Carolina Insurer of Last Resort
Jun 23 2025 // North Carolina authorities have charged a 65-year-old man and his two sons with insurance fraud for allegedly submitting false and exaggerated claims to one of the state’s property insurers of last resort. William...
#12 Three Insurers Join Ward’s Annual Top 50 P/C Ranking for 2025
Jul 10 2025 // Property/casualty insurers have started to broadcast the fact that they have earned spots on Ward’s list of 50 top-performing insurance companies for 2025, but only one was named for 35 straight years—RLI Corp. In...
#13 She Took Out 40 Insurance Policies Worth $20 Million, Scamming Insurers and Investors
Mar 13 2025 // A federal jury convicted a Maryland woman yesterday for conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, and related charges for wire fraud, money laundering and filing false tax returns. According to court documents, Maureen Wilson,...
#14 Florida OIR Wants More Data, Warns Insurers About Concurrent Causation Denials
Feb 24 2025 // As consumer complaints have apparently mounted over unpaid hurricane losses, Florida’s top insurance regulator and some lawmakers are signaling new scrutiny on insurance carriers’ claims-handling and other...
#15 Underwriters of the Future Are Constant Partners With Agents, Carrier Exec Says
May 23 2025 // The future of underwriting will be built on closer relationships between carriers and insurance agents, with carriers working hand-in-hand with agencies to maximize profits from books of business. That was the word from...
#16 Mangrove, Florida’s Newest Home Insurer, Receives Demotech Rating
Feb 3 2025 // Brand new Florida home insurer Mangrove Property Insurance Co. has received a Financial Stability Rating (FSR) of “A, Exceptional” from Demotech, Inc., a financial analysis firm that specializes in rating...
#17 Insurer Payouts Now at $12B for LA Wildfires, Report Shows
Mar 12 2025 // Insurance companies have so far paid out more than $12 billion for losses from the two biggest of the Los Angeles-area wildfires that swept through the region and destroyed tens of thousands of homes in January. California...
#18 Seibels Bruce, One of the South’s Oldest Insurance Companies, Closes its Doors
Jan 17 2025 // Two decades after its subsidiaries were deemed insolvent and 155 years after it was founded, one of the oldest insurance companies in the South has officially gone out of business. Seibels Bruce & Company’s...
#19 Three Top P/C Insurers Account for Most of Insurance AI Patents
Dec 22 2025 // Three property/casualty insurers have dominated the industry’s artificial intelligence patent activity since 2014. State Farm, USAA and Allstate account for 77% of all AI patents by insurers in that time, according...
#20 Wall Street Brokers Start Trading Insurer Claims From LA Fires
Mar 20 2025 // Wall Street brokers have started selling insurers’ claims tied to Los Angeles’ deadly wildfires, which may trigger a payout from the utilities blamed for the destruction, according to people familiar with the...
