Latest Property Casualty Headlines
All the headlines from our Property Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
What to Watch: The Trends for P/C Insurance in 2025 So Far
Jun 24 2025 // As we reach the midpoint of 2025, now is a perfect time to reflect on some of the key trends that have defined the first half of the year while also looking ahead at what to expect in the back half of 2025. The...
People Moves: Liberty Mutual Names Bhatnagar President, GRS Major Accounts; Geary Hired as TMHCC CEO of North America P/C; Willis Appoints Fisher to Lead Law Firms
Jun 18 2025 // Liberty Mutual Insurance Appoints Bhatnagar President, Major Accounts, GRS North America; Fallon Announces Retirement Neal Bhatnagar Liberty Mutual Insurance, headquartered in Boston, named Neal Bhatnagar president, major...
Tariffs and P&C Insurance: Potential Impacts and Innovative Solutions for Continued Profitability
Jun 17 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Since his inauguration in late January, President Donald Trump has imposed (and pledged to impose) several tariffs affecting nearly all U.S. imports. While the somewhat...
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...
Q1 Shows ‘Clear’ Signs of Commercial P/C Softening, Says CIAB
Jun 2 2025 // According to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) quarterly survey, commercial property/casualty premiums across all account sizes in the first quarter of 2025 rose by 4.2%–down 22% from the last...
Dissecting the McKinsey Report for Profitability in P&C
May 25 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. P&C market summary It’s no secret the property and casualty (P&C) market is full of struggle. After years of premium increases and market withdrawals, the...
Don’t Miss Out: Enter Now for Insurance Journal’s Top 100 P/C Agencies Ranking
May 23 2025 // The deadline to submit for Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Agencies and Top Agency Partnerships ranking is approaching! We hope that you will consider entering your firm for Insurance Journal’s 2025 Top 100...
Q1 Shows ‘Clear’ Signs of Commercial P/C Softening, Says CIAB
May 19 2025 // According to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) quarterly survey, commercial property/casualty premiums across all account sizes in the first quarter 2025 rose by 4.2%—down 22% from the last three...
2024 P/C Insurance Combined Ratio Best in More Than a Decade
May 15 2025 // With combined ratios for personal and commercial lines landing only 0.4 points apart last year, the property/casualty insurance industry’s aggregate 2024 combined ratio was 96.5—marking the lowest figure since...
Zurich Insurance P/C Revenue Rises in 1st Quarter; Targets Affirmed
May 8 2025 // Zurich Insurance reported higher first-quarter revenue and gross written premiums at its core property/casualty (P/C) business on Thursday, maintaining its targets despite instability in the crucial U.S....
Viewpoint: Challenging P/C Market Generates Opportunities for Surplus Lines’ Writers
May 8 2025 // The U.S. surplus lines market notched double-digit year-over-year (YoY) premium growth from 2018-2023, as wholesale brokers tapped this market with greater frequency to explore coverage solutions for businesses amid...
People Moves: 3 Key Exec Roles Filled in Everest Wholesale Business; Willis Appoints Merker to Lead P/C Broking Sales
Apr 25 2025 // Everest of Warren, New Jersey, made three key leadership appointments to the company’s U.S. wholesale business, Everest Evolution. Matt Meserole Matt Meserole has been named head of excess casualty, overseeing the...
Navion Acquires P/C Business of Instasure in California
Apr 21 2025 // Navion insurance Associates Inc. acquired the property/casualty book of business from Instasure in California. Instasure is an insurance agency that specializes in serving the commercial insurance needs of clients. Navion...
US P/C Insurance Industry Income Tops $100B in 2024: Verisk, APCIA
Apr 7 2025 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry reported its first full-year underwriting gain in four years, fueling a jump in net income to $170 billion, according to a joint report from Verisk and The American Property...
AM Best: US P/C Industry in 2024 Posts First Underwriting Profit in Four Years
Apr 7 2025 // For the first time in four years, the U.S. property/casualty industry will finish a year with an underwriting profit. AM Best in a “First Look” at U.S. P/C financial results said the industry left 2024 with a...
Florida’s Universal P&C Overstated Claims to Cat Fund, Must Pay $4M Fine, AG Says
Apr 2 2025 // The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund will not have to pay some $30 million to Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co., after the carrier settled a civil suit that alleged the insurer had backdated claims to boost...
People Moves: JM Wilson Promotes Staruch, Dodd and Ladik and Re-Hires Snyder-Knutson; Huntington Hires Weaver as Senior Director of P&C
Apr 1 2025 // JM Wilson Promotes Staruch, Dodd and Ladik and Re-Hires Snyder-Knutson Natalie Staruch JM Wilson, headquartered in Portage, Michigan, Natalie Staruch was promoted to executive property & casualty (P&C) underwriter....
People Moves: Everest Re Taps Haines From Carpenter as Global Head of Engineering; MGA Aqueous Promotes Dorrell to New Role as Head of P/C
Mar 27 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest Re and the MGA Aqueous Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Re Taps Haines From Carpenter as Global Head of...
US P/C Insurance Industry Income Tops $100B in 2024: Verisk, APCIA
Mar 21 2025 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry reported its first full-year underwriting gain in four years, fueling a jump in net income to $170 billion, according to a joint report from Verisk and The American Property...
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...
