Most Popular Market Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Market Topic Page over the last year.
#1 With American Mobile Out, Florida’s Mobile Home Insurance Market Seems to Have ‘Fallen Apart’
Aug 5 2024 // Reinsurance in Florida’s long-stressed property insurance market was supposed to have stabilized this year – with only moderate rate increases and more availability. But those calmer waters apparently have not...
#2 Tariffs Will Negatively Affect Insurance Industry, Says AM Best
Mar 6 2025 // Analysts at AM Best warned that the planned imposition of U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, along with increased tariffs on China, will have a negative effect on the insurance industry—particularly...
#3 Insurance Industry Contemplates Knock-On Effect of Tariffs to Claims, Consumers
Apr 8 2025 // Insurance industry analysts, economists, and trade associations have continued to look at the potential effect of President Trump’s tariffs. About a month after Trump looked to impose steep tariffs on China, Mexico,...
#4 AM Best: US P/C Industry Improves Despite 2024 Underwriting Loss
Feb 21 2025 // The U.S. property/casualty industry took another underwriting loss in 2024, but results improved thanks to rate increases and changes in risk selection. A report from industry rating agency AM Best this week said U.S. P/C...
#5 Why Trump’s Plan to Stop Tallying Weather Losses Matters to the Insurance Industry
May 9 2025 // Extreme weather is an increasingly expensive problem in the US. Last year, fires, droughts and storms caused more than $182 billion in damages — but going forward, the federal government won’t be keeping track. The...
#6 AM Best: US P/C Industry in 2024 Posts First Underwriting Profit in Four Years
Mar 18 2025 // For the first time in four years, the U.S. property/casualty industry will finish a year with an underwriting profit. AM Best today in a “First Look” at US P/C financial results said the industry left 2024 with...
#7 Personal Lines Turnaround Fuels US P/C Industry Underwriting Gain
Sep 17 2024 // A turnaround in the personal lines insurance segment results was a key driver of an overall $3.8 billion profit from underwriting for the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry, according to a new report from AM...
#8 AM Best: US P/C Industry Records $1.1B Underwriting Loss for Q1
Jun 9 2025 // Growth in net earned premiums during the first three months of 2025 was offset by losses and expenses, resulting in a $1.1 billion net underwriting loss of the U.S. P/C industry. According to industry rating agency AM...
#9 US P/C Insurance Industry Posts First H1 Underwriting Profit Since 2021
Aug 29 2024 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry recorded a net underwriting gain of $3.7 billion and net income of $94.6 billion for the first-half of 2024, according to a new report. “After years of consistent losses,...
#10 A Los Angeles Actuary on Lessons From the Palisades Fire
Jan 16 2025 // I watched as the skies over my home in Los Angeles turned an apocalyptic orange on January 7, 2025, as wildfires raged across the state. Among the most devastating, the Palisades Fire consumed thousands of acres, leaving a...
#11 Insurance Industry Rejects Proposed Moratorium on State AI Regulation
Jun 18 2025 // A proposed decade-long moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence has gained the attention of many, including those within the insurance industry. The 10-year prohibition of AI regulation is contained within...
#12 Ergo Enters US Small Business Insurance Market With Full Buy of Next Insurance
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...
#13 Auto Insurance Market Stays Rational Despite Improved Trends, Says Allstate
May 5 2025 // Allstate Corp. CEO Tom Wilson said he does not expect auto insurers to get more aggressive on pricing as the industry’s rate increases seem to have leveled off. For the most part, Wilson explained to analysts during...
#14 Investigations to Legislation: Florida Lawmakers Weighing Insurance Industry Changes
Mar 6 2025 // Florida legislative leaders, facing increasing pressure from the public and the press, this week pledged to investigate property insurers’ financial structures. And bills filed before the 2025 Legislature began this...
#15 Cyber Insurance Market to Expand as Risks Evolve: Gallagher
Jan 17 2025 // While 2024 brought record-breaking data-breach costs and evolving cyber risk, all signs point to stable rates and ample capacity in 2025. Intense competition among cyber insurance carriers has resulted in higher limits,...
#16 Cyber Insurance Market Size Expected to Soar: Munich Re
Apr 14 2025 // Munich Re said in a recent report it expects the global cyber insurance market to reach about $16.3 billion gross premiums in 2025, with continued growth that will have the market at more than $32 billion in 2023. In...
#17 5 Ways to Prepare for the End of the Hard Market
Dec 2 2024 // For a long time, the hard market has made it difficult for agents to offer their clients the coverage they want at affordable prices — assuming coverage was available at all. Now, there are signs that this is...
#18 Hard Market ‘Supercycle’ Likely to Be Prolonged: Lloyd’s CEO Neal
Sep 6 2024 // Now that the market has achieved a first-half profit of £4.9 billion with a combined ratio of 83.7—its best interim results in 17 years—does this mean the hard market cycle is ending? During a media briefing to...
#19 AIG CEO Zaffino on Approach to Catastrophe Losses in Today’s Reinsurance Market
Nov 6 2024 // American International Group CEO Peter Zaffino said he expects the reinsurance market’s attachment points to remain on top of losses generated by the frequency and severity of natural catastrophes. Losses will...
#20 Viewpoint: How Insurance Industry Can Use AI Safely and Ethically
Sep 18 2024 // Executive Summary: Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the brink of transforming most aspects of business, including insurance, but it needs to be used responsibly, according to Zywave Chief Technology Officer Doug Marquis,...
