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Beazley’s H1 Profits Drop but Full-Year Outlook Rises on Cyber Premium Growth

Jul 22 2022 // Lloyd’s of London insurer Beazley on Friday reported first-half profits fell on hits to its investment portfolio from market volatility, but raised its full-year profitability guidance on an increase in cyber risk...

Travelers’ Income Drops, but Still Beats Profit Estimates on Record Premium Growth

Jul 22 2022 // Insurer Travelers Cos. Inc. reported a smaller-than-expected fall in quarterly profit on Thursday, as record premium growth cushioned a hit from higher catastrophe-related claims and lower returns on investments. The...

Progressive Corp. Records June, Q2 Loss

Jul 15 2022 // Progressive Corp. said Friday it recorded a loss of about $543 million for the second quarter 2022 and a loss of $436.7 million in June. Pretax loss on securities in Q2 were about $1.18 billion – $564 million in June. To...

Insurance Losses From Sydney Floods Approach A$100M: ICA

Jul 8 2022 // Insurers have received 8,415 claims as a result of July’s floods in Sydney, carrying an initial estimated insurance price tag of A$97.9 million (US$66.8 million), according to the Insurance Council of Australia...

Report: California Workers’ Comp Insurer Losses Were up in 2021

Jun 30 2022 // Total insurer combined losses and expenses incurred in 2021 were $13.1 billion, or 96% of calendar year premium, compared with $12 billion in 2020, according to a report released today. The Workers’ Compensation...

Stealth Partner Group Releases June 2022 Stop-Loss State of the Market Report

Jun 29 2022 // Charlotte, N.C. (June 29, 2022) – Stealth Partner Group, an Amwins company and premier stop-loss general agency, released its State of the Market report, providing up-to-date market intelligence on health care and...

Parents Sue Boston Hospital Over Loss of Baby’s Body

Jun 27 2022 // A Massachusetts couple whose prematurely born baby girl died less than two weeks after she was delivered has sued one of Boston’s most prestigious hospitals for losing the infant’s body, denying the parents the...

Ukraine Crop-Handling Port Damaged in Russian Attacks, Adding to Farm Sector Losses

Jun 24 2022 // Infrastructure owned by two major agriculture traders was damaged in Russian attacks at one of the biggest crop-handling ports in Ukraine, adding to the mounting losses suffered by its farm sector. Rocket strikes on the...

Future Profit Models for Insurers and Their Agent/Broker Partners

Jun 20 2022 // I read an article written by a former carrier CEO who is now a consultant and private equity backer to insurance ventures. The main point of the article was that insurtech, or any paradigm shifting insurance entity, will...

Derecho Storm Ranks as Canada’s 6th Largest Insured Loss on Record

Jun 16 2022 // The storm that swept through southern Ontario and parts of Quebec on Saturday, May 21, caused over C$875 million (US$676.3 million) in insured damages, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, which quoted initial...

UK Pubs Group Sues Zurich, Liberty Mutual, MS Amlin for $1.2B Over COVID BI Losses

Jun 13 2022 // Britain’s biggest pubs group Stonegate, which is suing Zurich Insurance and two peers for 1 billion pounds ($1.2 billion) over lockdown losses, battled the COVID-19 pandemic “day by day, venue by venue,”...

Mohegan Sun Casino Dealt a Loss on COVID-19 Insurance Claim

Jun 10 2022 // A Connecticut casino and resort operator has lost its bid to obtain insurance reimbursement for business losses due to the COVID-19 virus. Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (FMI) has succeeded in having the resort’s...

Insurance Ban on Russian Tankers Could Help Cut Moscow’s Energy Revenues: Yellen

Jun 10 2022 // U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said a plan to ban European and UK firms from insuring tanker shipments of Russian oil could help limit Moscow’s energy revenues as allied countries seek to curb revenues flowing...

World’s Biggest Re/Insurers Expanding in Africa, but Climate Change Could Hit Profits

Jun 10 2022 // The world’s biggest insurers are expanding in Africa, looking to tap growth promised by a rising population and middle class, but climate change could complicate their quest for profits. With Western markets...

P/C Industry Posts 2021 Underwriting Loss but Surplus Hits $1 Trillion

Jun 6 2022 // Full-year net income for U.S. property/casualty insurers increased slightly to $61.9 billion from $60.3 billion in 2020, but the industry turned in a $3.8 billion underwriting loss in 2021. The P/C industry posted a $5.2...

Income vs. Wealth

May 31 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by InsurBanc. Career aspirations are often guided by maximizing one’s income. Highly effective and successful employees earn an ever-increasing wage and grow their income as...

U.S. P/C Q1 2022 Underwriting Income Up 5%: AM Best

May 31 2022 // AM Best reported Friday that first-quarter net underwriting income for the U.S. property/casualty industry rose 4.6% to $3.3 billion. Explaining the result, AM Best said that a 10.5 percent jump in net earned premiums and...

People Moves: MEMIC Names White Underwriter for Pennsylvania; World Insurance Hires Robb as General Counsel; S&S Adds Loss Control Specialist White

May 27 2022 // MEMIC Hires White as Senior Underwriter in Pennsylvania Workers’ compensation insurer MEMIC Group has hired Curtis White as senior production underwriter, responsible for renewals and new business in...

P/C Industry Posts 2021 Underwriting Loss but Surplus Hits $1 Trillion

May 26 2022 // Full-year net income for U.S. property/casualty insurers increased slightly to $61.9 billion from $60.3 billion in 2020, but the industry turned in a $3.8 billion underwriting loss in 2021. The P/C industry posted a $5.2...

Insurers, Banks Must Take Climate Action or Face Profit Hit, Higher Capital Charges: BOE

May 24 2022 // LONDON – Banks and insurers that fail to manage climate risks as a “first-order” issue could face a 10% to 15% hit to annual profits and higher capital requirements, the Bank of England (BoE) said on...