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#1 Viewpoint: A Workers’ Comp Hard Market Is Coming to California

Aug 11 2025 // Word on the street is that California employers should start expecting higher workers’ compensation rates. California employers have enjoyed a soft workers’ comp market for the last decade, but all indications...

#2 ‘Soft Market Under Stress’ Offers Unique Window of Opportunity for Insurance Buyers

Aug 1 2025 // A buyer-friendly competitive commercial insurance market is likely to be short-lived, according to a new analysis of second-quarter 2025 market conditions from global professional services firm Aon. “This is not a...

#3 Top 5 Auto Insurers File for Average 6% Rate Reduction This Year, Florida OIR Says

Jul 29 2025 // Florida may have had some of the highest property and auto insurance rates in the country in recent years, but so far this year, the largest auto insurers have filed for rate decreases averaging about 6%, regulators...

#4 Florida OIR Approves 31.5% ‘Catch-up’ Rate Increase for TRUE, Despite Missed Filings

Aug 1 2025 // Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation this week approved an average 31.5% increase in homeowner rates for Trusted Resource Underwriters Exchange – one of the largest Florida rate hikes in two years – despite...

#5 Mercury Seeks 6.9% Rate Increase in Filing Based on New Cat Modeling Regulation

Aug 15 2025 // Mercury Insurance said it has submitted a filing based on California’s new regulation enabling catastrophe modeling to be included as a factor in ratemaking. The filing is reportedly the first to use the Verisk...

#6 California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Says Recent Rate Declines Flattened

Aug 5 2025 // Written premium in the first quarter was 4% lower than the same period in 2024, extending a trend in which written premiums in calendar years 2022 through 2024 remained relatively stable compared to large swings during the...

#7 Surplus Lines Sector Shows 13.2% Rise in Premium Mid-Year: WSIA Report

Aug 8 2025 // Surplus lines sector continues to grow with mid-year premium reaching $46.2 billion from the 3.7 million items filed so far in 2025, according to data from U.S. surplus lines service and stamping offices in 15...

#8 Texas Auto Insurer for Residual Market Approved for Rate Increase

Jul 30 2025 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) said in a bulletin this month that it has approved private passenger and commercial auto rate increases for the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA), the state’s...

#9 US Tariffs Projected to Slow Global Economy and Insurance Premium Growth: Swiss Re

Aug 4 2025 // Global growth is slowing as U.S. tariff policy reduces trade and heightens geopolitical uncertainty, which ultimately will lead to decelerating growth in insurance premiums, according to Swiss Re. Global GDP growth...

#10 This Hard Market Explained

Aug 4 2025 // This hard market is the longest and hardest in generations. Historically, hard markets occurred every seven years or so and lasted two to three years. Agents that sold price and represented carriers who sold price worked...

#11 Renewal Rates in Q2 Tell of ‘Slowly Softening’ Commercial Lines Market, Says Ivans

Aug 4 2025 // Premium renewal rates increased year-over-year for all major commercial lines, except workers’ compensation, according to second-quarter 2025 results of the Ivans Index. The Chicago-based technology provider for...