Latest Property Headlines
All the headlines from our Property Topic Page, ordered by recency.
DeSantis Unleashes ‘Florida DOGE’ in Quest to Kill Property Taxes
Aug 28 2025 // Ron DeSantis is seeking to complete his project of remaking Florida into a conservative paradise with perhaps his riskiest wager yet: a campaign to largely wipe out property taxes. In his nearly seven years in office, the...
Katrina 2005-2025: Property Policy Evolution
Aug 28 2025 // Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005, with the eye of the Category 3 hurricane centered on Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, though the storm is remembered largely because of the devastation to New Orleans,...
California’s new take on wildfire loss models, and what this means for property insurers
Aug 26 2025 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has made some serious moves to tackle the state’s insurance crisis head on, last year launching its Sustainable Insurance Strategy (SIS). With the SIS came a set of...
‘Big Four’ Reinsurers Maintain Property-Cat Appetite, Despite Signs of Rate Softening
Aug 26 2025 // Europe’s four largest reinsurers – Swiss Re, Munich Re, Hannover Re and SCOR – are maintaining their appetite for property-catastrophe risks as well as their ambitious profit targets for 2025 – despite signs of...
People Moves: B&R Welcomes New Vice President to National Property Practice
Aug 19 2025 // Lauren Root Brown & Riding, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, named Lauren Root as vice president of its national property practice. Based in the firm’s Houston, Texas, office, Root specializes in property and...
California’s new take on wildfire loss models, and what this means for property insurers
Aug 18 2025 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has made some serious moves to tackle the state’s insurance crisis head on, last year launching its Sustainable Insurance Strategy (SIS). With the SIS came a set of...
South Carolina DOI Pitches Rate Cut on Some Credit Property Insurance
Aug 12 2025 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance has proposed new rates for credit property insurance, holding the rate steady for household goods but reducing rates for other categories for 2026. Because rate decreases in...
People Moves: Chubb Promotes in Surety, Property; WTW Hires ICT Directors; HDI Global USA Names Aguiar Head of Energy & Power Underwriting
Aug 11 2025 // Steve Haney Chubb Makes Key Leadership Appointments in Surety’s Global and North America Businesses Chubb Limited, headquartered in Warren, New Jersey, named Steve Haney, vice president, Chubb Group and currently...
People Moves: Liberty GTS Names Remsen Head of East, Americas; Black Named National Property Leader at Amwins; Tasse to Head Amwins Underwriting Growth
Aug 4 2025 // Liberty GTS Appoints Remsen Head of East in the Americas Region Jason Remsen Liberty Global Transaction Solutions (GTS), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, promoted Jason Remsen to head of East, Americas. He will be based...
Espionage, Including Theft of Intellectual Property, Cost Australia $12.5B in 2023-2024
Aug 1 2025 // Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion in 2023-24, according to a study by ASIO and the Australian Institute of Criminology. The figure includes the direct costs of known espionage incidents, including state-sponsored...
US Property-Focused-MGA Avatar Launches in UK, Led by Clapham From Aon
Jul 31 2025 // Avatar MGA Ltd., a next generation managing general agent (MGA), has received Lloyd’s coverholder and UK regulatory approval to begin binding business from Aug. 1, 2025. The US D&F property-focused MGA is backed...
Viewpoint: Green Technologies Bring New Property Risks – and Opportunities
Jul 31 2025 // From roof-mounted solar panels and automated warehouses to electric vehicle depots, green technologies are transforming commercial property risk profiles. While these innovations improve energy efficiency and...
People Moves: HDI Global Canada Appoints Reedie as Head of Engineering and Construction; QBE Promotes Connolly as European Property Product Manager
Jul 21 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at HDI Global Canada and QBE Europe. A summary of these new hires follows here. HDI Global Canada Appoints Reedie as Head of Engineering and...
DeSantis Names Ingoglia CFO; Tough Talk, Mixed Voting Record on Property Insurance
Jul 17 2025 // The Florida Department of Financial Services, without a department head since April – after Jimmy Patronis was elected to Congress – has a new chief financial officer in the form of Blaise Ingoglia, a millionaire home...
Florida Reinsurance Buyers Found Ample Property Capacity at Mid-Year Renewals
Jul 8 2025 // Reinsurers have gained confidence and returned to the Florida market as a result of recent legislative reforms that have transformed the state’s risk landscape, according to brokers Aon and Gallagher Re in their...
Business Moves: Howden Japan Acquires Holos; Ageas Buys Saga’s Underwriting Biz; BMS Purchases Australian Property Broker; UK’s Direct Line Now Owned by Aviva
Jul 2 2025 // Howden Japan Acquires Majority Stake in Retail Broker Holos Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced it has acquired a majority stake (68.3%) in Holos Holdings Co. Ltd., a leading retail insurance...
Omni Hotels Sued for Alleged Religious Discrimination at Chicago Property
Jun 30 2025 // Omni Hotels Management Corporation violated federal law at its Michigan Avenue location in Chicago when it discriminated against an employee by denying his request to not work on Sundays due to his religion, the U.S. Equal...
Markets/Coverages: Miller Launches Property Smart-Follow Facility
Jun 24 2025 // Miller, the London-based specialist re/insurance broker, has unveiled MillerBoost, a new property smart-follow facility designed to help brokers and their clients move faster and with more conviction in a rapidly evolving...
People Moves: Howden Belgium Appoints De Baets as CEO; Liberty Promotes Directors of 3 New Divisions for Marine & Aviation, Specialty, Property
Jun 23 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Howden and Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM). A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Belgium Appoints De Baets as CEO Howden, the London-based...
St. Louis Waives 25% Holdback Rule for Property Claims From May 16 Tornado
Jun 17 2025 // St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer signed an executive order to waive a 25% holdback of insurance payouts for property damage claims related to the May 16 tornado that damaged at least 10,000 properties in the city. The order...
